3 Contracts to Watch in Q4 of 2020

We are tracking three government contracts expected to drop in Q4 of 2020: Cyber Information Technology Services, Navy Enterprise Resource Planning Technical Support Services (NERP), and Chief Information Officer Solutions and Partners (CIO-SP4). Learn more about these opportunities in the descriptions below.

Government Contract #1: Cyber Information Technology Services

Program Snapshot:
Agency: Navy
Release Date: October 2020 (Deltek Estimate)
Value: $709 Million
Competition Type: Undetermined

Program Summary:
The Naval Supply Systems Command, FISC Norfolk has a continuing requirement for cyber information technology technical, training and analytical support to Naval Information Forces and its subordinate commands.

Requirements:  
The required support is in the area of Information Technology (IT) professional services. This PWS (Performance Work Statement) provides for services requirements that include both short term and annual support. Specific support services and tasks will be provided in detail at the task order level, however, the required IT support will be in the following mission areas:

• System Administration (SA)
• Network Administration (NA)
• Host Based Security System Administration (HBSS)
• Assured Compliance Assessment Solution Administration (ACAS)
• Information Assurance Controls Verification (IAC)
• Information Assurance Validation (IAV)
• Technical Writing Services (TW)
• Information High-Performance Computing Modernization & Integration Support
• Strategic Communications Support
• Network Environment Modernization & Mission Support
• Information Operations (IO)
• Mission, Functions & Tasks Support (MFT)
• Navy Information Operations Database (NIODB)/Mission Data Load (MDL) Production Management
• Electronic Warfare (EW) Training & Curriculum Development Support
• Program Management and Project Management Support (PM)
• Development of TTP/SOP Artifacts (TS)
• System Patch Administration Support
• Security Technical Information Guidance Controls Support (ST)
• Development of CONOPS
• Cross Domain Management
• Maintenance Figure of Merit (MFOM) Sustainment
• Ashore Modeling Implementation/Sustainment Support
• Defense Readiness Reporting System – Strategic (DRRS-S)
• Defense Readiness Reporting System – Navy (DRRS-N)
• Navy Training Information Management System (NTIMS)
• The Navy Mission Essential Task (NMET) development process
• Navy Readiness Reporting Enterprise (NRRE) Policies
• HTML/ASP Web Developments, Adobe Flash Development, Instructional Design and MS Office Applications

Government Contract #2: Navy Enterprise Resource Planning Technical Support Services (NERP)

Program Snapshot:
Agency: Navy
Expected Release Date: December 2020 (Deltek Estimate)
Value: $809.5 Million
Competition Type: Full and Open | Unrestricted

Program Summary:
The Department of the Navy, Naval Information Warfare Systems Command, NAVWAR has a continuing requirement for improvement, reengineering, and data contractor support services.

Requirements:
The contractor shall provide support and maintenance of process management and data services and the support necessary to deliver the related changes to the Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Business Systems Center (BSC) Information Technology (IT), Information Management (IM), large scale System Integration (SI) and Information Systems (IS) mission.

Government Contract #3: Chief Information Officer Solutions and Partners (CIO-SP4)

 Program Snapshot:
Agency: HHS
Expected Release Date: December 15, 2020 (Deltek Estimate)
Value: $40 Billion
Competition Type: SB Set-Aside | Full and Open | Unrestricted

Program Summary:
The Department of Health and Human Services’ National Institute of Health (NIH) has a continuing requirement for information technology (IT) integration and outsourcing support services through a combination of the Chief Information Officer Solutions and Partners (CIOSP) program.

Requirements:
Provide the following for the below Task Areas:

Task Area 1 – IT Services for Biomedical Research, Health Sciences, and Healthcare
Task Area 1 is defined as the intersection of IT and Healthcare involving the design, development, creation, use and maintenance of information systems for the healthcare industry and/or healthcare industry related Government Agencies. The objective of this task area is to support Biomedical Research, Health Sciences and Healthcare by performing studies & analyses; providing operational, technical, and maintenance services for the systems, subsystems, and equipment, some of which interface with, and are extensions to, information systems throughout the federal Government.

Task Area 2 – Chief Information Officer (CIO) Support
Task Area 2 is defined as the analytic and program management support functions involving the leadership (i.e., strategy, introduction and direction) and management (i.e., execution, performance and oversight) of information systems. The objective of this task area is to support Chief Information Officers (CIOs) in implementing laws, regulations and polices; to facilitate evolving CIO practices; and to support Program Offices.

Task Area 3 – Digital Media
Task Area 3 is defined as the support functions involving the capture and management (i.e., authentication, verification, validation, and disposal) of digital media. The objective of this task area addresses systems and services that support the creation, collection, preservation, storage, retrieval, distribution, and modification of digital media. Digital media can include, but is not limited to, documents, images, audio, geographical information systems, video, and photographs.

Task Area 4 – Outsourcing
Task Area 4 is defined as the practice of leveraging outside organizations that assume the responsibility of your information systems with little to no managerial input (i.e., not staff augmentation). The objective of this task area is to provide the Information Technology (IT) infrastructure and IT services required to assume management and operations of Government IT resources and IT business functions (i.e., managed by performance – KPIs, SLOs, SLAs, etc.).

Task Area 5 – IT Operations and Maintenance
Task Area 5 is defined as the practice of hiring outside resources that perform information systems support with direct oversight (e.g., staff augmentation). The objective of this task area s to support the operation and maintenance of IT systems, keeping IT systems viable with supported vendor releases or off-the-shelf applications software upgrades. Operations and maintenance on IT systems shall include all software and hardware associated with mainframes, client/server, web-based applications, XYZ-as-a-Service and networking.

Task Area 6 – Integration Services
Task Area 6 is defined as the coupling of information systems with disparate data, information, an/or systems. The objective of this task area is to support the development and deployment of integrated information systems, which includes the integration of technical components, information technology components, organizational components and documentation. Integration projects can support a wide range of agency functions. In the healthcare and research domain, workflow systems such as, medical imaging systems, patient management systems, clinical management systems, and laboratory management systems, are often provided via integration of commercial components with existing infrastructure.

Task Area 7 – Cyber Security
Task Area 7 is defined as the authentication, verification, validation, and protection of data, information systems and resources. The objective of this task area is to support the protection of cyber infrastructure, assurance of agency information, and operations that protect and defend information and information systems. This is accomplished by providing confidentiality, integrity, availability, accountability, restoration, authentication, non-repudiation, protection, detection, monitoring and event react capabilities.

Task Area 8 – Digital Government and Cloud Services
Task Area 8 is defined as the digital communications between entities. The objective of this task area is to support Government services that are provided through digital and/or electronic means, creating a transparent interaction between Government and citizens (G2C – Government-to-citizens), Government and business enterprises (G2B – Government-to-Business enterprises) and Government interagency relationships (G2G – Government-to-Government).

Task Area 9 – Enterprise Resource Planning
Task Area 9 is defined as the planning, implementation and training for enterprise-wide software applications. The objective of this task area is to support the implementation of enterprise management applications and systems in the federal environment, which are integrated software applications used to control, monitor and coordinate key business activities across an enterprise. These applications generally fall into the following categories: Financials, Human Resources, Logistics, Manufacturing and Projects.

Task Area 10 – Software Development
Task Area 10 is defined as the planning, requirements gathering, development and implementation for software applications. The objective of this task area is to develop customized software applications, web applications, mobile applications, database applications, and other solutions not available in off-the-shelf software applications.

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