Fresh Squeezed Daily: CMS Website Development and Testing Support opportunity

A research request was recently provided to OS AI from an 8(a) small business looking for details related to a FY 2023 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services contract competition.  

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. 

Scope (provide by requestor): The latest CMS forecast has a listing entitled “CMCS Web Site Development, Operations, Maintenance and Testing Services” with a total potential contract value of $20M over 5 years.

Competitive Details for prior contract (as referenced in the forecast): 

• Funding Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 
• Incumbent: Innosoft  
• Contract Vehicle: This was last competed on CMS SPARC in 2020 as an 8(a) set-aside action. 
• Expected Competition Date: Fiscal Year 2023 – date tbd  
• Contract Details and Spend to Date for Award ID 75FCMC20F0001

** 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:  

• Innosoft introduced the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) to Medicaid.gov in November 2020 after being awarded the Medicaid Scorecard contract, November 21, 2020 Source: Innosoft 
• Contract Award: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMCS Web Development / Website Modernization task, 02/02/22 
• Innosoft awarded with two new CMS contracts, February 10, 2022 
• Org Chart – CMS Approved Leadership as of August 25, 2022  
• FY2023 CMS Congressional Justification of Estimates for CMS 
• CMS and NIH Procurement Updates, 08/26/2022 
• CMS SPARC IDIQ Industry Partners as of April 2022 
• Find the latest CMS Procurement Forecast here – updated September 1, 2022 

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

• Thomas Young, Requiring Office/Program Office POC, CMS – thomas.young@cms.hhs.gov
• Aaron Blackshire, Requiring Office/Program Office POC, CMS – aaron.blackshire@cms.hhs.gov
• Jon Binder, UX and Human-Centered Design for Medicaid.gov, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• Bob Amos, Director, Division of Website Operations, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• Matt Raschka, Web and Emerging Technologies Group, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• Allyssa Allen, PhD, Customer Experience Strategist, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• Fred Miller, Executive Vice President at Innosoft Corporation
• Srinivas Challapalli, President and CEO, Innosoft

What are the odds of the incumbent company winning this contract as a Prime again?  

It appears that Innosoft no longer qualifies as an 8(a) on any contract vehicle. If this stays in the 8(a) program, Innosoft will be unable to Prime.  

If Innosoft is able to compete as a Prime bidder, the OS AI Bot calculates the odds the incumbent wins this contract back at 70%.

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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 CMS 

• Fearless   
• Sparksoft  
• Bixal   
• Corbalt  
• Guidehouse    
• Ad Hoc   
• Nava 
• HighPoint Digital  
• Index Analytics   
• Coforma  
• Sapient Government Services   
• Alpha Omega Integration   
• Skyward IT   
• Flexion  
• Softrams  
• Oddball   
• CGI Federal  
• DCCA  
• Samtek  
• Next Phase   
• RELI Group   
• eSimplicity   
• A Square Group   
• Cognosante  
• ICF     
• Agile Six    
• GDIT  
• Nimbus Consulting    
• CVP   

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 potential bidder will want to get to know.  

About OrangeSlices AI  

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