The latest word out of HUD is that the solicitation to recompete this 5-year contract to provide the Department of Housing and Urban Development with a broad set of services, to include developing business and system requirements for CPD systems, usability testing, regulatory and policy analysis and development, as well as provide outreach and technical assistance to a range of Community Planning and Development (CPD) stakeholders is expected to be released as early as next month.
The HUD CPD Data Analysis, Reporting and Customer Support services contract was last awarded in 2016 to The Cloudburst Group as a small business set-aside action on GSA MAS. The expected total contract value was $16M (see contract and spend details here). That contract ended in 2021, with contract extensions and sole source actions put in place to bridge until a new award can be made.
OS AI received multiple requests in 2022 and 2023 from small businesses seeking insight and details related to the recompete of this contract, but the recent word out of HUD that this is now expected to be competed as a women-owned small business set-aside action stands to impact the level of competition on this upcoming RFP. On one hand, any woman-owned small business set-aside, as rare as they are, is certain to draw a lot of interest. On the flip side, several small businesses who were known to be weighing a bid will now need to find a Prime partner if they want to bid, and whether this move to restrict competition to the WOSB pool is indicative of HUD’s desire to keep the WOSB incumbent in place.
Key Points of Contact (Current or Past)
- Diane Toledo-Gaskins, Contracting Officer, HUD
- Bryan Mclain, Office of Community Planning and Development, HUD – Bryan.mclain@hud.gov
- Michelle Hayes, President and CEO, Cloudburst Group
- Rob Sronce, Practice Area Lead, Community Development Programs, Cloudbusrt Group
Related Data
- Cloudburst: HUD Community Planning and Development Monitoring Case Study
- HUD Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) Overview
- CPD Staff Directory
- HUD FY 2024 Congressional Justifications
- HUD FY 2023 forecast of contracting opportunities
- New Small Business Alliances formed for some leading GovCon companies in FY 2022
- Fresh Squeezed Daily: $150M+ multiple-award HUD Technology Planning Support Services IDIQ
- 20+ 2023 HUD RFP/RFQ Targets drawing interest
- OS AI Resource: Grading the Federal Agency Opportunity Forecasts for fiscal year (FY) 2023
- Dozens of newly formed WOSB JVs will impact the 2023 Federal competitive landscape across the Federal Civilian sector
- Digital WOSB leaders coming together to drive change, share intel and build community
- HUD Headquarters’ Program Office Small Business Marketing Managers
- Announcing the 2023 Engage FedGov Honorees
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HUD focused small business consulting firms drawing the most interest in 2023
As we prepare to enter the second half of 2023 and what promises to be the last fiscal quarter of 2023, here we share 30 small businesses which stood out as the most viewed profiles on the OrangeSlices partner platform thus far in FY 2023, and that provide direct experience in support of Housing and Urban Development and its subagencies.
- Simple Technology Solutions **
- 2ndWave
- ITegrity
- Summit Consulting
- BuddoBot
- Econometrica
- MetaPhase Consulting **
- Client First Technologies (CFT)
- iCUBE
- Intellect Solutions
- TTW Solutions
- SRI Consulting Services
- Cloud Nine Technologies
- HORUS Technology Solutions
- Softthink Solutions (STSI)
- Antean Technology
- Nelson Enterprise Technology Services (NETS)
- Agility Technologies
- Millsapps Ballinger & Associates (MB&A)
- The Cloudburst Group
- CoreSphere
- Ascella Technologies
- 2M Research
- StrategicIT Solutions
- Aleto
- LNKE Technologies
- Chitra Productions
- Syneren
- OCT Consulting
- Kingstonville
** An Elev8 GovCon Honoree, noted for a corporate culture that demonstrates excellence, making the company a beacon for talent, for partners, and for clients.
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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