Contract Number:
HHSP233201800020B

Contract Vehicle Name: Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Next Generation Information Technology Services (NGITS) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA)
Contract Type: BPA
CV Website: Department of Health and Human Services

Contract Contact:
Douglas Du, Contracts Specialist
703-402-8498
contracts@tatcs.com

Description: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) Office of Information Technology Infrastructure and Operations (ITIO) is responsible for providing a reliable, cost effective, scalable, secure, and flexible enterprise computing platform that supports and enhances customer IT needs and capabilities from requirements gathering through design, development, testing, and implementation. ITIO established the Next Generation IT Services (NGITS) Program to ensure the continuity and availability of critical IT services currently provided to HHS customers.

The NGITS Program will work in tandem with assigned NGITS Task Order Contracting Officers (COs), Contracting Officer’s Representatives (CORs), government technical monitors, and service providers to achieve ITIO’s goals and objectives. The goals of this BPA are to ensure standardization and integration of service interfaces across NGITS Task Order providers, ensure effective oversight and administration, and improve end-to-end delivery of ITIO services to customers.

PoP March 12, 2018 – March 11, 2027
Contract Ceiling $139,000,000

  • Provides a formal means of communication between ITIO and NGITS Task Order providers
  • Provides visibility and transparency into NGITS provider performance
  • Leads the alignment of services under the NGITS Task Orders with ITIO’s organizational structure, personnel skills, and mission requirements
  • Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Labor Hour (LH), and/or Time and Material (T&M), as specified at the order level.

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  • Management (e.g., monitoring work performance, measuring results, ensuring timely and professional delivery of deliverables and solutions, supporting management decision-making, facilitating communications)
  • Program Management and Integration Support (i.e., all management and technical support functions necessary to assist the NGITS Program Office and ITIO to effectively operate the NGITS Program and to oversee and monitor execution and delivery of the NGITS Engineering, Operations, and Application Hosting Task Orders)
  • Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Testing Services (i.e., provides the support to ensure that all NGITS Engineering Task Order provider endpoint and infrastructure-engineered solutions configured with or added to the HHS infrastructure or network work together cohesively to achieve the intended results)
  • Independent Test Range (e.g., design, purchase, install, configure, maintenance, and operations of a virtualized Independent Test Range that replicates as closely as possible the current HHS infrastructure)
  • Subject Matter Expert (SME) Support (i.e., provides for additional technical expertise to support ITIO or its customers due to special conditions or urgent needs)