Solicitation Details

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secure, Performant, Reliable, and User-Centered Experiences (SPRUCE) is a frictionless vehicle through which VA can acquire top-quality professionals and industry partners to deliver exceptional user experiences. The SPRUCE Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract connects VA employees with best-inclass industry partners to deliver high-quality digital products in accordance with Office of Information Technology (OIT) Working Principles.

The SPRUCE IDIQ contract vehicle will provide VA with commercial, streamlined delivery services and teams. The contractor(s) shall provide VA with expert teams that shall consistently deliver viable digital solutions in support of VA’s strategic mission and objectives. The specific nature of the capabilities required for each team will be articulated at the Task Order level. However, it is expected that a typical delivery team requested under the SPRUCE IDIQ will require multi-disciplinary teams with members having expertise in software development and operations, technical advising and architecture planning, service design and user research studies, data science and data analytics, and product support operations (task orders may include multiple functional areas). Task Orders will be limited to a total value of $50M, including options. SPRUCE will have a total ordering ceiling of $2,442,037,228.80 …

See the full Notice ID: 36C10B24R0005 solicitation here.

Background and Related Data

SPRUCE is a follow-up contract to the heavily utilized Customer Experience DevOps and Agile Releases (CEDAR) IDIQ, which had four Prime awardees. More Here on CEDAR, courtesy of our friends at HigherGov.

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Included below is a list of the Most Viewed VA focused firms on OrangeSlices AI partner platform over the past 90 days. We suspect this group will be some of the most sought after this week.

**Several of the companies on this list are Elev8 GovCon Honorees, noted for a corporate culture that demonstrates excellence, making them 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.

Recent/Related VA News

Pro Tip – Feel like you are missing out on some of the key action at Veterans Affairs? It can be hard to keep up. Make sure you are in the know by checking out the VA Competitive Intelligence Segment page, chock full of insights and intelligence related to the agency.

 

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