Heather Kirk June 18, 2024 1 Comment
Updated June 18, 2024
DHS has provided an updated timeline, sharing that the next generation of this high-profile ADaPTS BPA, which will seek to obtain highly specialized technical and program management support services to assist OCIO in executing and accomplishing its mission objectives, will be released as early as October 1, 2024. The exact acquisition strategy is still being developed and you can expect to see many companies working hard to influence how, when, and where the RFP is released.
Key Points of Contact
Jaylin Wilson, Contracts – Jaylin.Wilson@hq.dhs.gov – 202-869-0444
Danielle Lachter, Contracts – Danielle.Lachter@hq.dhs.gov – 202-827-6577
Stacey Macmillan, Contracts – Stacey.macmillan@hq.dhs.gov – 202-816-2945
Added February 29, 2024
DHS OCIO kickstarts competition for $256M Architecture, Development, and Platform Technical Services (ADaPTS) 2.0 multiple-award BPA
This sources sought notice officially jumpstarts the recompete efforts for this multiple award BPA requirement to provide the Office of the CIO with a full range of IT and program support services, but this requirement which is expected to be one of the most competitive procurements of the year, will not sneak up on any IT contractor, small or large, who actively covers DHS.
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Notice ID:  SSN_DHS_ADaPTS
The objective of this procurement is to obtain highly specialized technical contractor support services to assist the OCIO in executing and accomplishing its mission objectives.
The scope of this effort includes the contractor support services necessary to provide a full range of IT and program support services. All services and products that will be provided must comply with Government security, Section 508, and architecture requirements. The scope of the services and products to support these services required includes:
  • Program and Project Management
  • Agile Software Development Processes
  • Security/Development/Operations (SecDevOps) Processes
  • Engagement and facilitation of key stakeholders
  • Business Analysis and Requirement management
  • Application, service and cloud architecture support
  • Application and Service Design, Development, Implementation and Migration
  • Unit, System, User Acceptance, Section 508, and Automated Testing
  • User Interface / User Experience Design
  • Business Intelligence, dashboard and analytics support
  • Business process re-engineering and change management
  • Integration with databases and applications.
  • Analytics and reporting
  • Release management
  • Training support
  • Data Standardization, Quality, and Analytic Support Services
  • Platform Support and Disaster Recovery (DR)
  • User guides and system documentation
  • Acquisition Lifecycle Framework (ALF) Support
  • Systems Engineering Lifecycle (SELC) Support
  • Operational Analysis (OA) and other Post-Deployment Support
  • Manage Cloud based commodity computing services and Shared Services
  • Knowledge management, communications, and graphics support
  • Audit, Tasker, and Executive Clearance Support
  • Security Support Services
  • Security Engineering Services
  • Zero Trust Strategy Development and Implementation
  • Configuration Management Support
  • Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Support
  • Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning/Natural Language Processing (NLP) Support
  • Support for other new and evolving technologies
  • Accessibility Subject Matter Expert Support
  • Electronic Content Accessibility Support
  • Accessibility Compliance Support
  • Technical Editor Support
DHS has released the sources sought and draft PWS for the next iteration of this important multiple award BPA.
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