The Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid (FSA) has awarded MITRE Corporation a sole-source task order for Architecture and Data Modernization Support (ADMS), supporting the FSA Technology Modernization Initiative (FTMI).
The effort provides independent technical research, assessments and advisory support to help define the architecture, data models and integration approaches for future FSA modernization initiatives and acquisitions. The work supports planning for Digital Customer Care (DCC), Title IV Origination and Disbursement (TIVOD), and the Unified Borrower Portal (UBP).
The requirement includes enterprise architecture and systems integration assessments, master data management, data quality, modern data technologies and common data model support. It also includes research and pilot activities involving agentic AI for data migration, metadata generation, real-time data movement and data quality remediation, along with evaluation of MITRE’s AI tools for extracting business logic from legacy code and supporting AI-assisted code modernization.
Awardee: MITRE CORPORATION
Customer: FEDERAL STUDENT AID
Funding Agency: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Task Order: 91003126F0079
Referenced IDV: TIRNO-99-D-00005
Solicitation: 91003126Q0015
Base Period Estimated Value: $3,800,000
Maximum Estimated Value: $4,800,000
Period of Performance: 12-month base plus potential six-month extension
FSA selected MITRE through the Treasury Department’s Center for Enterprise Modernization (CEM) Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC). The agency cited the need for independent, vendor-neutral technical guidance to inform future modernization requirements and acquisitions without organizational conflicts of interest.
