By Outrider Editorial Team · Updated August 20, 2026
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing non-instructional services that support educational processes or systems.
FY2025 obligations
$404.3M
Contract actions
1,885
IDVs
255
Top buying agencies
- Department of Defense$236.0M
- General Services Administration$46.7M
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$33.8M
- Department of Veterans Affairs$28.7M
- Department of Education$16.2M
FY2025 federal contract obligations, USAspending.gov
NAICS 611710 obligated $404 million in FY2025 across 1,885 contract actions. DoD leads at $236 million, largely supporting the military school systems and professional education enterprise, GSA follows at $47 million through schedule buying, NASA at $34 million for education outreach, VA at $29 million, and the Department of Education at $16 million.
What belongs here
Non-instructional services that support educational processes or systems: curriculum development, testing and assessment administration, educational consulting, student support services, and instructional technology support.
- Delivering the instruction itself is a training code such as 611430.
- Degree-granting institutions are 611310.
- Computer skills instruction is 611420.
Competing in this code
255 IDVs against 1,885 actions at an average near $214,000 is a task order market. The crosswalk detail worth acting on is that the leading paired PSC is educational software, meaning much of what agencies buy in this code is a platform plus the services around it, not pure consulting. That changes the competitive field: an education services firm bidding against a learning technology vendor loses on the platform question, and the reverse loses on instructional design. Firms that can credibly answer both, or team to cover the gap, win a disproportionate share.
Frequently Asked
NAICS 611710 questions, answered.
What is the SBA size standard for NAICS 611710?
SBA sets it at $24 million in average annual receipts, averaged over your last five completed fiscal years. Come in at or under that and you are small on every NAICS 611710 solicitation, including the set-asides.
Which agencies buy educational support services under NAICS 611710?
FY2025 obligations: DoD ($236 million), GSA ($47 million), NASA ($34 million), VA ($29 million), Education ($16 million). DoD's share supports the military school systems and professional military education enterprise, which is a larger education operation than most agencies run.
Why does educational software show up as the leading PSC in this code?
Because agencies increasingly buy a learning platform together with the services that surround it: curriculum migration, assessment configuration, and user support. That means a pure consulting bid competes against technology vendors, and the winning offers usually cover both the platform and the instructional design.
What is the boundary between NAICS 611710 and training codes?
Instruction. 611710 is explicitly non-instructional support to educational processes and systems: curriculum development, assessment administration, student support, and technology support. Once you are teaching, the requirement moves to a training code such as 611430 or 611420, which reach different buyers.
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