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$56,542,405

Department of Education·Department of Education

to ZEN STRATEGICS LLC

educationexpiring · 40d· period of performance ends in 40 daysONGOING · MOD OF 2021 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2021-08-17·LATEST ACTION2026-04-10·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_91003121F0331_9100_91003121A0021_9100
Award description

THE PURPOSE OF THIS BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENT (BPA) CALL ORDER IS TO PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (DOED) FEDERAL STUDENT AID (FSA) WITH CYBERSECURITY OPERATIONS SUPPORT TO THE DOED ENTERPRISE CYBERSECURITY GROUP (ESG).

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Cybersecurity operations support for the Department of Education's Federal Student Aid systems.

Sub-sectors
cybersecurity-operationsstudent-aid-systemsfederal-agency-infrastructure
Why this matters

FSA manages $200+ billion in student loans for 40+ million borrowers annually; cybersecurity failures could expose sensitive financial and personal data.

Supply-chain signal

Reflects federal investment in qualified cybersecurity talent and enterprise security tools; drives workforce demand in government IT operations.

U.S.–China competition angle

Federal cybersecurity modernization addresses concerns about Chinese cyber espionage targeting U.S. government data and critical financial systems.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-08. Cost: $0.013919.

Period of performance
Start
2021-08-17
End
2026-08-22
Status
expiring · 40din 40 days
Sources

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