Updated December 19, 2023
One time is just a data point and two times is not quite a trend. However, for the second time in the past week, DHS has announced that they are taking a $50+M contract previously awarded on the CIO-SP3 SB GWAC and competing it on GSA MAS. We will not speculate about the reasons for the move, but a $100+M hit to any acquisition shop portfolio is worth noting.
According to DHS, the timeline for this solicitation has been pushed up. The Government now intends to issue the RFP for this 5-year DHS US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Student Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) system support requirement in early February on GSA MAS / NAICS 541512 – Unrestricted with an Evaluation Factor for Small Business included in the solicitation. More details about this requirement are included below.
This news out of DHS comes on the heels of an announcement last week that a separate $50+M DHS TSA Enterprise ISSO Program Services RFP is being pushed to MAS.
Added November 3, 2023
Current CIO-SP3 SB Primes and projected CIO-SP4 Prime awardees are forming strategies and identifying partners who can help them win the next iteration of this 5-year DHS US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Student Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) system support contract.
The incumbent contract, a four-year task order, was last awarded in 2020 to VariQ, who was acquired by Capgemini in 2020. That contract was competed in the “Other than Small Business” category on CIO-SP3 SB. (Yes, we know it does not make sense to have that category on a small business contract, but they did and don’t get us started…)
The focus of the next iteration of this contract, which will also be 4+ years in duration, is to provide the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) with Design, Development, Test, Deployment, Operations and Maintenance (O&M), Engineering, and Security support for the SEVIS portfolio of applications. This support is expected to include processes, procedures, people, material, and information required to deliver, support, operate, and maintain the software aspects of the system. It also includes, as required, modifying the software system or component after delivery to correct faults; improving performance or other attributes; adapting to a changed environment or maintenance activities focused on anticipated problems; and performing preventive maintenance to support a continuously operating and reliable, stable, and secure application.
The current expectation is that this will once again be recompeted on the CIO-SP3 SB contract as unrestricted (OTSB), with an RFP release in March of 2024 and a projected value of greater than $50M. There have been some people asking what happens if the longstanding CIO-SP4 protest gets resolved and the GWAC is awarded. Only time will tell, but for now companies will need to be nimble. It should be noted that Capgemini was named as an apparent awardee (to include via a JV) on the CIO-SP4 contract (see the full list of preliminary awardees here)
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