Will NIH NIDA’s $3.5B RFP “HOPSS” before Easter? Three Burning Questions

Note: The article was published before it was announced that several major Federal Health events has been postponed as Trump officials pause external communications at HHS. No confirmation yet about whether this will be postponed. 

By Matt Sweatt, Director- Government Solutions, DivIHN

I’m getting excited to hear from NIH NIDA leaders this Friday (event details here) regarding the HHS One Professional Services Solution (HOPSS) requirement hitting the streets soon. (Hopefully) As I’m sure that everyone remembers, HOPSS is a HHS wide, roughly $3.5B contract (multiple award IDIQ) supplying approximately 2,150 personnel in the support of STEM and BOSS services. In preparation for the event, everyone should have questions ready for the contracting team to answer.

Three burning questions I have are:

1. What is the acquisition timeline? I’m sure that the RFP will be released soon, but the over/under is Easter, what do you think?
2. While I can’t imagine this being released as a small business set-aside in any capacity, I am interested in seeing what type of subcontracting plan/goals will be required by NIDA.
3. What will the past performance requirements look like? Will commercial, and State past performance be considered along with Federal? Will it be viewed equally? Outside of any JVs, MPs, and CTAs, in a normal prime-sub teaming relationship, how many past performances will be required from the prime?

Just a few musings of an interested party. I’m sure that all these questions and more will be answered Friday at Shelley’s FREE NIDA HOPSS event that DivIHN Integration has the privilege of sponsoring! I hope to see you there!

About DivIHN:

DivIHN is an SBA approved 8(a) IT professional services and staffing firm with over 22 years of experience. While not large in the Federal space as of now, we have an exemplary history of supporting commercial (Fortune 500) Local, and State governments. Highlights:

• Awarded an $800M+ IDIQ by the State of Illinois to provide disparate staffing and solutions across all government agencies.
• Possess Basic Ordering Agreements with 3 different DOE laboratories, and support 2 others with staffing and solutions as required.
• Robust recruiting team of 40+ that find hard to locate candidates.
• Support large commercial entities with their recruitment requirements including Deloitte & EY.
• Support large healthcare organizations with their staffing needs including Baxter, Abbott, Dexcom, & AskBio.

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