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Chief Information Officer Solutions and Partners 3 Small Business (CIO SP3 SB)

Written by Kevin Lancaster | Apr 12, 2016 3:40:49 PM

This post is the fourth installment of Winvale’s  ten-part Government Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) series. We’ll be sharing everything you need to know about GWACs, upcoming announcements and answering common questions posed by federal contractors. This week we will discuss CIO SP3 SB.

The Chief Information Officer Solutions and Partners 3 Small Business (CIO-SP3 SB) contract will be holding an onboarding round this Spring. Contractors looking to acquire the CIO-SP3 SB should look out for an RFP release very soon. 

What Is Chief Information Officer Solutions and Partners 3 Small Business?

CIO-SP3 SB will be totally set-aside for small businesses, including 8(a), Small Disadvantaged Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), HubZone, and Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB). With a $20 billion ceiling, flexible contract types, the ability to award in modular increments and incorporate performance-based features, CIO-SP3 SB allows for streamlined planning, acquisition and deployment of large-scale IT program requirements.

With ten task areas that meet scientific, health, administrative, operational, managerial and information management requirements, CIO-SP3 SB has the depth and breadth of scope that complex solutions require.

CIO-SP3 SB Ten Task Areas:

1 - IT Services for Biomedical Research, Health Sciences and Healthcare

2 - Chief Information Officer (CIO) Support

3 - Imaging

4 - Outsourcing

5 - IT Operations and Maintenance

6 - Integration Services

7 - Critical Infrastructure Protection and Information Assurance

8 - Digital Government

9 - Enterprise Resource Planning

10 - Software Development

This GWAC is open to other agencies, besides the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS). The top ten funding agencies have spent a combined total of $1,459,858,646 from 2012–2016.

The Top Ten Funding Agencies of CIO-SP3 SB Include:

Top 10 Funding Agency

FY 2012 - 2016 Total

Department of Health and Human Services

$735,972,751

Department of Defense

$323,394,255

Department of Commerce

$109,782,518

Department of Homeland Security

$102,856,154

Securities and Exchange Commission

$46,833,780

Department of Labor

$39,877,824

Department of State

$32,278,751

Department of Agriculture

$25,085,997

National Archives and Records Administration

$23,648,642

Department of Education

$20,127,974

Small businesses have had a lot of success on this GWAC, with the top ten performing vendors bringing in a total of $811,769,074. This total shows the commitment that HHS and other CIO SP3 SB users have spent with small businesses.

The chart below shows the total awarded contract values for the top ten performing vendors.

Top 10 Performing Vendor

FY 2012 - 2016 Total

ActioNet Inc

$159,131,418

Attain LLC

$132,192,767

Medical Science & Computing LLC

$125,938,996

NET Esolutions Corp

$65,341,714

NES Associates LLC

$62,424,150

BKB Data Systems LLC

$61,083,952

Blue Canopy Group LLC

$55,559,758

Agilex Technologies Inc

$50,801,243

ACE Info Solutions Inc

$49,892,931

Digital Infuzion Inc

$49,402,145

 To learn more about this contract vehicle visit HHS’s CIO SP3 SB website. For assistance with GWAC vehicles, schedule maintenance, acquisition and modifications, contact Winvale to speak with one of our experts.