HHS HRSA seeks small business partners to support $100+M National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) program

OS has been informed that the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) recently began its market research activities seeking information regarding the availability and capability of small businesses to provide support services for the HRSA Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB), a workforce tool that prevents practitioners from moving state to state without disclosure or discovery of previous damaging performance.

The purpose of the specific requirement is to provide Operations and Maintenance (O&M) as well as Development, Modernization, and Enhancement (DME) services for this web-based repository of reports containing information on medical malpractice payments and certain adverse actions related to healthcare practitioners, providers, and suppliers.

As with any small business market research action is unclear whether HRSA is truly open to adding a Prime small business partner, or if this is merely a formality as they justify the rationale for having any subsequent solicitation released as an unrestricted competition. What we do know is that the requirement that any small business has experience managing an individual Prime contract of at least $18M per year and implementing regulatory compliance workflows with external entities such as state licensing boards, hospitals, or other entities, will make it a tall order for most small businesses.

The current NPDB O&M and DME support contract was awarded to GDIT in 2020. Contract Details and Spend to Date for that $112M NPDB Support BPA can be found here. That 5-year contract was competed on GSA GSS and drew 4 bids. GDIT, by way of its 2018 acquisition of CSRA, is a known and longtime incumbent on this program and in support of HRSA. Sky Solutions and technology partner Pega are known key subs to GDIT on this effort.

Given the size and high profile nature of this program, Wayne Berry, the HRSA Small Business Advocate, is certain to receive his fair share of calls from small businesses looking to influence any decisions related to how any RFP, including any set-aside decisions, are made.

Sample Key Points of Contact (Current and Past)

• Mario Checchia, Contracts, HRSA
• Kwasi Antwi, Contracts, HRSA
• Wayne Berry, HHS HRSA Small Business Official – Wayne.Berry@hhs.gov
• Adriane Burton, CIO, HRSA
• Satish Gorrela, CTO, HRSA
• Rachel Rush, IT Specialist and NPDB COR, HRSA
• Adrianna Abate, Technical PM for NPDB, GDIT
• Daniel Gauvreau, Agile Delivery Lead / Software Team Lead, GDIT
• Kamal Narang, Vice President & General Manager, Federal Health Sector, GDIT

Related Data

• Contract Award and Spend to Date: $112M HRSA National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) Support BPA – 75R60222F34005
• Overview of the HRSA National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB), Source: HRSA
• HHS HRSA FY 24 Justification of Estimates for Appropriations Committees
• HHS Employee Directory
• 20 of the other top RFP/RFQ Targets for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in 2023
• OS AI Resource: Federal Civilian Health IT and Consulting Segment Page

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HHS HRSA Focused Primes drawing the most attention

Included below is a list of the 30l leading IT and Consulting firms that we have noted as drawing the most views by Government and industry leaders on the OrangeSlices AI consultant directory since the beginning of 2023 and that bring direct past performance and/or related relationships in support of HHS HRSA.

• REI Systems **
• Sapient
• LCG Systems
• Leidos
• Global Alliant **
• Navitas
• Forum One
• DMI
• VerticalApps **
• A P Ventures
• Accenture
• Alpha Omega **
• Disruptive IT
• Deloitte
• Sparksoft **
• Arch Systems
• J29 **
• Bizzell
• Audley Consulting Group
• CyberData Technologies
• CVP
• IQ Solutions
• Index Analytics **
• SD Solutions
• GDIT **
• MicroHealth
• ASSYST
• NTT Data
• i-Link Solutions
• Enquizit

 ** An Elev8 GovCon Honoree, noted for a corporate culture that demonstrates excellence, making the company a beacon for talent, for partners, and for clients.      

We cannot and will not speculate here as to the reasons for the increased interest, but whether it is a company evaluating them as a potential partner; a federal acquisition leader doing their due diligence; or a consultant weighing their next job move, this group of companies has been receiving increased interest.

If you are a small or large business with capabilities and socio-economic status that might support any of these efforts, comment below and let others know you are interested. 

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