SAM #70SBUR26P00000019

Unlimited AACRAO EDGE Database Subscription for USCIS Credential Validation

US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), under the Department of Homeland Security, is seeking to procure an unlimited subscription to the AACRAO EDGE database. - Government Buyer: - Department of Homeland Security - US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) - USCIS Contracting Office (ERBUR) - OEM/Vendor: - American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers (AACRAO) - Products/Services Requested: - Unlimited subscription to the AACRAO Electronic Database for Global Education (EDGE) - Access required for Service Center Operations Directorate (SCOPS) and Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) program offices - Service includes research support for new or unidentified foreign educational qualifications - Notable Requirements: - Subscription must provide comprehensive, unlimited access for all relevant USCIS adjudication officers - Database must offer detailed global education system descriptions and equivalency mapping to U.S. standards - No hardware, physical products, or part numbers specified; this is a service-based, online subscription

Description

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.

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