Social Security cards (via Wikimedia Commons).
With IT modernization on the way in Fiscal Year 2018, the Social Security Administration is planning on using a number of new and existing contracting opportunities for IT support to the agency in the new fiscal year. Other large contracts will include facilities support and professional services.
In a sign of the growing use of Government-wide Acquisition Contracts (find our Intro to GWACs here) and other government-wide contracts across the Federal space, the biggest opportunity currently on the SSA docket will be awarded through the new, massive Enterprise Information Systems (EIS) IDIQ, which we covered earlier in the year. Support for SSANet – Ethernet and Optical Data Transport, Network Systems will be a re-compete with a NAICS code of 517110 -Wired Telecommunications Carriers- with a potential value of $200 million.
After SSANet and a separate, similar $20-25 million contract also planned for EIS, SSA is also planning a major, total small business set-aside known as Enterprise Small Business IT Support Services (ESBITSS). Worth between $20 million and $25 million, ESBITSS will be a re-compete of two separate contracts currently active with SSA: and IDIQ contract held by Zolon Tech Inc., and a BPA call through IT Schedule 70 held by IT Concepts Inc. The new IDIQ, with a primary NAICS code of 541519, will provide “highly skilled, systems engineering personnel to support activities in SSA’s mainframe, 1xbet casino at toripelit.com and distributed and telecommunications environments” through the following categories (according to an RFI released this summer):
- Lifecycle activities, DevOps, and Software Improvement
- Database and Data Administration
- Software Engineering, Systems Security, and Management Support
- and Infrastructure and Telecommunications Environment Support
After these IT contracts, SSA is also planning a re-compete for Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA), Chief Information Officers (CFO) Act Reviews. Currently handled by Kearney & Company, P.C. through GSA Schedule 520, the new opportunity will be worth between $25 million and $30 million. The opportunity will again be awarded through a GSA Schedule with a primary NAICS code of 541990.
Finally, SSA is planning on a re-compete for a 100% small business set-aside in support of the Mid-Atlantic Social Security Center (MATSSC) in Philadelphia, PA. Brooks Range Contract Services Inc. holds a firm-fixed price IDIQ for “Consolidated Facilities Management Services” at MATSSC which ends in February 2018. With a NAICS code of 561210 -Facilities Support Services- GSA is planning on awarding a new, $5-10 million contract as a small business set-aside through a GSA Schedule.
The extensive use of existing schedules, GWACs, and IDIQs in the SSA forecast for 2018 illustrate the consolidation of Federal contracts trending across the space. Examples of Federal support for these consolidation efforts range from NITAAC reducing GWAC access fees, to GSA’s “Making it Easier” program which assists companies in joining GSA Schedules.
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