June 2018 Monthly Insights: Top 3 Contracts to Watch

1. Financial and Business Systems Support (FBSS)

Agency: DoT
Expected Release Date: July 2018 (Deltek Estimate)
Value: $110 Million
Competition Type: Small Business Set-Aside
Summary of Requirements: The Department of Transportation (DoT), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has a requirement for Financial and Business Systems Support (FBSS). The contractor shall cover Work Area – Systems and Systems Support, which includes associated Project Management. Areas of support include the following:

Defining Requirements and Testing Solutions
Supporting Users
Prototypes and Pilots

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2. USDA Forest Service Information Technology Infrastructure Services Support

Agency: USDA
Expected Release Date: September 2018 (Deltek Estimate)
Value: $500 Million
Competition Type: 8(a) Set-Aside
Summary of Requirements: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service has a continuing requirement for End User Information Technology (IT) Services. The contractor shall fulfill the following requirements:

Program Management
End User Device Support
Database Administration
System Administration and Application Hosting Support
Server Administration
Desktop Administration
Asset Management
User Support
User Training
Electronic Messaging and Groupware
Queue Management
Deployment of Hardware and Software

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3. DTRA Agency-Wide IT Services and Support Full and Open (F&O)

Agency: DOD
Expected Release Date: October 2018 (Deltek Estimate)
Value: $475 Million
Competition Type: Full and Open | Unrestricted
Red Team’s Take: Click HERE for our in-depth analysis on the contract
Summary of Requirements: The Department of Defense (DOD), Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), has a continuing requirement for DTRA Agency-Wide IT Services and Support Contract under a Full & Open set aside (2nd IDIQ vehicle). Upon award, the Contractor shall fulfill the following requirements:

Network Engineering and Operations
Architecture (e.g. storage management; geospatial information systems; enterprise information environment)
Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) System Development (Software Development)
Project Management (e.g. manage agency IT initiatives)
Systems Engineering (e.g. design, engineer, integrate, and implement IT solutions)
Quality Assurance (e.g. IT products and services)
Test and Evaluation (e.g. verification and validation)
Operations and Maintenance (e.g. break-fix & corrective maintenance; IT operations [infrastructure]; monitor & control; new user/relocation; problem resolution; system administration; telecommunication; and audio/visual)
Communication Security (e.g. management and custodial services)
Configuration Management (e.g. manage core service configuration baseline)
Continuity of Operations/Disaster Recovery (e.g. plan and develop solutions; storage area network; redundancy)
Cloud Services (e.g. brokerage, provisioning and management; operations)
Cyber Security (e.g. cross domain support; cyber security service provider; risk management framework)
Governance (e.g. policy; capital planning and investment control; internal controls; quality assurance; reporting; and requirements)
Knowledge Management (e.g. high performance computing [efficiencies and implementation – {big data, exascale, HPC Cloud}], big data analytics, sources, and storage; data sharing; content management; data visualization; E-discovery; forensics)
Asset Management (e.g. technology forecasting; technical reviews; procurement; and lifecycle management)