CIO•SP3 - Small Business

The Chief Information Officer-Solution and Partners 3 (CIO-SP3) Small Business contract is a broad-based Government Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) managed by the National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC). NITAAC intends to award multiple IDIQ contracts to provide IT services to meet scientific, health, biomedical, administrative, operational, managerial, and information management requirements. Furthermore, the CIO-SP3 Small Business task areas are designed to support the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) by supporting all IT services described in the FEA. CIO-SP3 Small Business task areas include: Health IT, CIO Support, Imaging, Outsourcing, IT Operations, Integration Services, Critical Infrastructure Protection and Information Assurance, Digital Government, Enterprise Management Systems, and Software Development. CIO-SP3 Small Business is known as a $20 million contract ceiling which is also for 10 years. This contract also has an indefinite quantity of GWAC.

Contract Information:
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Contract Email: Contact

Contract Number(s): HHSN316201800033W [Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)]
Contract Number(s): HHSN316201800054W [Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HubZone)]
Contract Vehicle(s): CIO-SP3 Small Business
                                                                     

Contract Details

• 10-Year, multiple award indefinite-delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) GWAC
• $20 billion contract ceiling
  
• For everything ITSM in support of the Federal Enterprise Architecture, the Department of Defense Enterprise Architecture and the Federal Health Architecture
  
• 55% contract access fee capped at $150K on any task order base or optional period (not to exceed 12 months) with funding in excess of $20M
• No additional charge for value-added services and support

Prompt Payment Terms

RightDirection Technology Solutions LLC (RDTS) requires all payments to be made within 30 calendar days of receipt of invoice unless prior arrangements have been made and approved by the Chief Financial Officer. RDTS will remit payment for all invoices received within 30 calendar days unless arrangements have been made to extend payment terms and have been approved by authorized personnel with the associated vendor.

Benefits

• Streamlined ordering and procedures under FAR Subpart 16.505 save time, money and resources
• 8(a) competition allows for sole source awards without additional competition or justification under FAR Subpart 19.804-6 (b)
• Task orders placed directly by agency with end-to-end management by procuring CO
• Task order competition drives rates even lower
• Customized terms, conditions and labor categories easily added at the task order level

Available Task Areas:

Task Area 1: IT Services for Biomedical Research, Health Sciences, and Healthcare

The objective of this task area is to support Biomedical Research, Health Sciences and Healthcare by performing studies and analyses and 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. A comprehensive, but not limited, sampling of work to be performed under this task area is shown below:

• Health Sciences Informatic and Computational Services
• Health Communication Support Services and Enhancements to Facilitate Integration and Data Exchange at the Federal, State, and Local Level
• Integration of Health Systems Across Federal Agencies and Public and Private Healthcare Systems
• Modernization and Enhancement of Existing Health IT Legacy Systems
• Automation of Administrative and Clinical Processes
• Biomedical Information Services
• Biomedical Modeling, Visualization, and Simulation
• Biosurveillance and Disease Management Support
• Scientific Computing Services
• IT Clinical Support Services
• Telemedicine (e.g., mobile health/mHealth)
• Healthcare Payment Processes and Fraud and Abuse in Medical Claims
• Health Emergency Preparedness and Response to Include IT Support for Epidemic and Bio-Terrorism Simulations, Emergency Response Training, Exercise Support, etc.
• Security of Healthcare and Biomedical Research Systems
• IT Service Management
• Healthcare Systems Studies
• Natural Language Processing Software and Services (Biology/Medicine Focus)
• Medical Computer-based Training
• Standards Development for Health IT Services

Task Area 5: IT Operations and Maintenance

The objective of this task area is 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, and networking. A comprehensive, but not limited, sampling of work to be performed under this task area is shown below:

• Operational Support
• Software Maintenance and Upgrades
• Telecommunications Maintenance (Data, Voice, Images, including Wireless)
• Infrastructure Management Services (IMS)
• Configuration Management
• Network/Hardware Support
• Help Desk/IT Support
• Resource Management
• Backup and Recovery Management
• Electronic Software Licensing Services including license: deployment, management, tracking, upgrading, etc.
• System Management
• IT Training
• IT Operation and Maintenance Planning
• Data Quality Management
• Transformation Services
• Continual Service Improvement
• Balanced Scorecard for Operations
• IT Infrastructure Optimization

Task Area 6: Integration Services

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, medical imaging systems, patient management systems, clinical management systems, and laboratory management systems are often provided via integration of commercial components with existing infrastructure.  A comprehensive, but not limited, sampling of work to be performed under this task area is shown below:

• Infrastructure Engineering, Development, Implementation, Integration
• Enterprise Application Integration
• Gap Analysis and Benchmarking
• Data Migration and Integration
• Acquisition Support
• Risk Assessment
• Open Source Integration
• Enterprise Data Management
• Collaboration Tools
• Business Process Reengineering
• Test and Evaluation Services
• Financial Analysis
• Feasibility Studies
• Requirements Analysis
• System Design Alternative (SDA) Studies
• Systems Engineering
• Architecture Validation and Verification

Task Area 9: Enterprise Resource Planning

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.  A comprehensive, but not limited, sampling of work to be performed under this task area is shown below:

• ERP Package Implementation
• Integration of Business Systems
• Business Consulting Services
• Business Transformation and Business Process Reengineering
• Business Systems Modernization
• IT Software Package Selection
• ERP IT Infrastructure
• ERP Infrastructure Planning, Installation, and Tuning
• Performance Load Testing
• ERP End User Training