Edge Database Subscriptions for the Service Center Operations Directorate (SCOPS)
Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services · USCIS CONTRACTING OFFICE(ERBUR)
Account requiredWhy it scored this way
Every reason behind the verdict rather than the headline one — which of your certifications match, how much runway is left, whether the work is your size, and what we would need to know to sharpen it.
Written against this notice and what you have told us about your company. Anything we do not know is marked [NEEDS INPUT] in the draft rather than guessed at — read it before you send it.
Start a free trial to draft these. Nothing is sent to an agency on your behalf, ever — you get a document to review, edit and submit yourself.
Compliance matrix
Every stated and implied requirement, its source section, whether it is mandatory, and where your response will address it.
Proposal outline
A submission skeleton where every required element is a heading with its source requirement quoted beneath it. You write the substance; nothing gets forgotten.
Questions to submit
Genuine ambiguities and requirements that disadvantage a smaller bidder, drafted as questions you can submit before the Q&A deadline.
Past performance write-ups
Which of your prior awards best match this requirement, and draft write-ups in the format the agency asked for.
Solicitation details
Solicitation number
70SBUR26P00000019
Notice type
Presolicitation
NAICS
611710
Product service code
DA10
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
Posted
2026-08-13
Response deadline
Aug 30, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC
Place of performance
Camp Springs, MD
Contracting contact
Joshua.S.Riley@uscis.dhs.gov
Market intelligence
Account requiredWho wins this work, and what it pays
Comparable awards under NAICS 611710 at this agency — the incumbent, what they were paid, when their period of performance ends, and the real pricing distribution rather than the headline number. From public federal award records.
The mission of USCIS is to administer the immigration and naturalization laws of the United States. USCIS must ensure customers receive timely and accurate information, and correctly adjudicated benefit applications and petitions through a commitment to excellence, courtesy, process improvement and customer satisfaction. SCOPS supports the USCIS mission by providing accurate and useful information to our customers, granting immigration and citizenship benefits, promoting an awareness, and understanding of citizenship, and ensuring the integrity of our immigration systems. To support this mission, SCOPS requires an unlimited subscription to access the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers (AACRAO) Electronic Database for Global Education (EDGE) system to determine foreign applicant education validity. AACRAO shall provide unlimited access to the EDGE online system for USCIS SCOPS and AAO program offices. The USCIS adjudication officers utilize EDGE information to support their decision and determine foreign applicant education validity. EDGE offers a thorough description of the educational systems for each country in the world. If there are divergent pathways for academic qualifications and skilled work qualifications, EDGE maps and describes those in extraordinary detail. Each academic and professional qualification is explained as the prerequisites for those qualifications. EDGE then describes how those various qualifications equate to academic and skilled qualifications which are offered in the United States. Further, EDGE describes how the various qualifications may be used to pursue additional academic qualifications. The amount of data which EDGE provides, as well as the level of detail aids USCIS in performing the level of analysis that is required for Adjudication Officers determinations. Further, if there is an academic or skilled qualification which is not yet identified in EDGE, USCIS will contact EDGE with a request. EDGE Country designated contact will then perform the research to obtain a description of the previously unidentified qualification and notify USCIS of the update to EDGE.
Contact
Point of contact
Joshua S. Riley
Role
not stated on this notice — SAM publishes a role for only about 5% of them, so this may be a contract specialist rather than the contracting officer
Email
Joshua.S.Riley@uscis.dhs.gov
Secondary
andrea.k.cline2@uscis.dhs.gov
Submit questions
Ambiguities and requirements worth clarifying, written as questions you can send before the deadline.
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