Heather Kirk June 27, 2023 0 Comments

Updated June 26, 2023

Update: The interest will only grow now that DHS has confirmed its plan to compete this contract as a Multiple Award BPA through a GSA Multiple Award Schedule. The RFP related to the next iteration of this 5-year BPA to provide support for the FEMA Grants Outcomes (FEMA GO) system is still expected to be released in early September.

More Details Below.

Added June 12, 2023

The latest word out of the DHS Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Grants Management Modernization Program (GMM) is that an RFP related to the next iteration of this 5-yearBPA to provide support for the FEMA Grants Outcomes (FEMA GO) system is expected to be released in early September.  

GMM, an initiative that seeks to simplify and coordinate business management approaches across all the Agency’s 40+ grants programs, continues to be focused on establishing a common grants life cycle and platform for users with the new system called FEMA Grants Outcomes (FEMA GO). A focus for the next iteration of this BPA is to provide support to GMM by adapting FEMA GO to new requirements and delivering software for capability that was deferred until after Full Operational Capability (FOC).  

OS AI touched on this opportunity last Fall – details, including some key points of contact and related data are included below.  

Posted September 20, 2022 

A research request was recently provided to OS AI from an equity-backed mid-tier IT consultancy and current DHS partner that specializes in enterprise Federal modernization efforts looking for details related to a potential FY 2023 recompete of this Department of Homeland Security IT Modernization and transformation BPA contract.  

We at OrangeSlices AI do believe in the need for more and better-informed competition, so provided below are 1) opportunity details provided by the requestor; 2) some key points of contact; 3) related pursuit/capture data; and 4) when possible, projected odds of this contract going back to the incumbent. 

Competitive Details (if known) related to the predecessor contract: 

Scope: The predecessor contract, a 5-year single-award Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Grants Management Modernization (GMM) Program Agile development contract, was put in place to support GMM efforts to “streamline grants management across the agency’s 40+ grant programs through a user-centered, business-driven approach” and to “consolidate FEMA’s ten legacy IT systems into a single grants management IT platform.” This was expected to include consolidation of “FEMA’s grants operations, establishing a common grants management lifecycle and unifying business processes across grant programs where possible.” 

** Please note that OS AI will not speculate here as to the accuracy of any scope details provided and/or any current plans related to the timing, details, and likelihood of any recompete.  

Related Data: [Updated 06.12.2023]

Sample of Key Potential Points of Contact (current or past): 

  • Chase Smith, Contract Management Team Lead, FEMA – chase.smith@fema.dhs.gov
  • William Sanfilippo, Contracts Specialist, FEMA – william.sanfilippo@fema.dhs.gov. 
  • Alonna Barnhart, Program Manager, Grants Management Modernization, FEMA 
  • Dexter Woodruff, Senior Advisor / Executive Officer (XO) – Grants Management Modernization (GMM), FEMA 
  • Murali Kalavapudi, Senior Program Manager/Technology Manager (Consultant) 
  • Kartik Mecheri, Co-founder and Chief Architect, Karsun Solutions 
  • Vishnu Devara, Information Technology Service Delivery Manager, Karsun Solutions 

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FEMA Focused IT and Consulting Firms drawing the most attention: [Updated 06.12.2023]

To support any companies looking for partners, included below is a list of the large and small business IT partners we have noted as drawing the most views by Government and industry leaders on the OrangeSlices AI consultant directory since the beginning of February 2023 and that bring direct past performance and/or related relationships in support of FEMA.  

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Pro Tip – If you are a small business with capabilities and socio-economic status that might support this or any related effort, comment below and let others know you are interested. Comments are some of the most viewed portions of any article.  

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.  

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