{"id":11845,"date":"2021-12-22T10:00:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T15:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangeslices.ai\/?p=11845"},"modified":"2023-09-15T02:20:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T06:20:35","slug":"cms-acme-dash-update-the-fy-22-cms-sparc-recert-shuffle-and-strength-in-s-3-takeaway-from-a-recent-cms-hhs-industry-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangeslices.ai\/cms-acme-dash-update-the-fy-22-cms-sparc-recert-shuffle-and-strength-in-s-3-takeaway-from-a-recent-cms-hhs-industry-event\/","title":{"rendered":"CMS ACME & DASH Update, the FY 22 CMS SPARC Recert shuffle, and Strength in #s – 3 Takeaway from a recent CMS\/HHS Industry event"},"content":{"rendered":"

Included below we share some of our key takeaways from last week\u2019s industry event which featured several Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) acquisition and small business leaders discussing key issues firms pursuing work at HHS and CMS will want to consider in the fiscal year 2022, to include an updated award timeline for CMS ACME and DASH; tips for how small businesses can influence set-asides, and how the impending size standard recertification will impact the competitive landscape in FY 2022 for solicitations released on the $25B CMS SPARC IDIQ.<\/p>\n

There was a lot of ground covered at the increasingly popular Opportunities Talk, Who’s Listening? event held which featured several HHS Small Business Specialists. Our three key takeaways from the event include:<\/p>\n

There is strength in #s for woman-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses<\/strong><\/p>\n

HHS is working hard to meet its small business goals, but the department continues to struggle to meet outlined goals for two categories across a number of agencies \u2013 WOSB and SDVOSB. As such, hitting goals for these categories will be a key focus for the agency’s small business specialists this year.<\/p>\n

A few of the key suggestions for those SDVOSB and WOSB companies looking to fill the void included:<\/p>\n