Fresh Squeezed Daily: $33M+ VA Business Intelligence Services Line (BISL) Contract

A research request was recently provided to OS AI from a newly formed JV Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) looking for details related to a potential FY 2023 recompete of this Department of Veterans Affairs contract.  

The complete response from OS AI is not included here, but we at OrangeSlices AI do believe in the need for more and better-informed competition, so provided below are some of the competitive details. 

Opportunity Details Provided by Requestor:  

Scope: The predecessor contract was put in place to support the Business Intelligence Services Line (BISL), which integrates data from multiple Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) IM/IT sources through its Corporate Data Warehouse (CDW), a central collection of standardized databases that provide tens of thousands of VA users a unified view of mission-critical information by synchronizing key enterprise-wide clinical, administrative, and financial data. BISL engaged the incumbent to provide a broad range of core support services to enhance CDW performance, effectiveness, and electronic health record transition.” 

Competitive Details (if known): 

• Funding Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs 
• Incumbent:                 Federal Advisory Partners (F|A|P) (acquired Favor TechConsulting (FTC))   
• Contract Vehicle:        This was last competed on T4NG as an SDVOSB set-aside action. 
• Expected Competition Date: Fiscal Year 2023 – date tbd  
• Contract Details and Spend to Date for Award ID 36C10B19N10060033 

** 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:  

• PR: $33M VA Business Intelligence Services Line (BISL) Support Task awarded to FTC, September 9, 2019 
• Favor TechConsulting (FTC) Is Acquired by Sagewind Capital-Backed Federal Advisory Partners (F|A|P), January 28, 2022 
• Review of the FY 2023 Budget and 2024 Advance Appropriations Requests, Veterans Affairs, June 2022 
• VA T4NG Prime POC Listing 

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

• Matthew Newell, Contracting Officer, Veterans Affairs 
• Cara Dinocera, Contracts, Veterans Affairs cara.dinocera.10b@va.gov 
• Will D., Sr. Database Architect, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 
• Monica Rosser, Chief Growth Officer, Favor TechConsulting (FTC) 
• Tim Borchert, CEO at Federal Advisory Partners 
• Chris Katkocin, President at Federal Advisory Partners 

Firms drawing the most attention: 

Included below is a list of the large and small companies we have noted as drawing the most views by Government and industry leaders on the OrangeSlices AI consultant directory over the past week and that bring direct past performance and/or related relationships in support of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

• Initiate Government Solutions  
• Federal Advisory Partners (F|A|P)  
• Octo  
• innoVet Health  
• Privateer IT 
• VetsEZ  
• Booz Allen Hamilton 
• Sierra7  
• Syms Strategic Group (SSG)  
• Agile Six 
• People, Technology and Processes (PTP) 
• Gotham Government Services 
• MO Studio  
• Blue Water Thinking  
• BDR Solutions  
• JJR Solutions  
• Oddball  
• CVP  
• EM Key Solutions  
• Agile Six  
• CTAC  
• Aptive Resources  
• SoKat  
• All In Solutions  
• G2 Innovative Solutions 

Please note that the research requestor for this item received a Premium OS AI Opp Segment report including 1) known details about how/if/when/where this contract will be competed; 2) a list of the top companies that are in position to win today (as well as those who have been making key investments and moves of late to position for a win); and 3) a detailed list of the top potential opportunity influencers any bidder will want to get to know. Whether it is current government leaders driving change, industry leaders, or recent former Federal officials who can support capture, serve as key personnel, or ensure delivery upon award, this is a group of leaders any bidder will want to get to know.  

Want to see more of the top firms with direct past performance in support of the Department of Veterans Affairs on similar IT consulting efforts? You can start here.    

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Additional Resources: 

• From HHS and DHS to VA and IRS, check out a list here of all the research requests, mostly related to open solicitations and RFIs, the Orange Slices team was asked to work on thus far in August 
• Included here is a list of the new SB Alliances formed for some leading GovCon companies in advance of Q4 FY 2022  
• Federal Agency Forecasts for fiscal year (FY) 2022  

About OrangeSlices AI  

Developed by a team of government and industry contracting subject matter experts, the OrangeSlices AI data driven platform is a publicly available searchable listing of the top information technology and consulting services contractors doing business with the Federal government today. Driven by a robust and comprehensive set of authoritative and trusted data sources, the OS.ai tool is intended to help government and industry leaders find the right partner to help deliver on the important missions of the Federal government. Learn more about how you can engage with OS AI here.   

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