2015 NCMA/GTPAC Small Business Industry Day

Dale DeFilippsContracts Branch Manager

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

January 22, 2015

Office of the Director

Procurement and Grants Office (PGO)

Agenda

CDC Information Management Services (CIMS) Contract Summary

CIMS Awardees Small Business Processes Proposal Preparation Health Marketing Communication Services

CONTRACT SUMMARY

Contract Summary

CDC Information Management Services Covers three domains

• Information management• IT infrastructure• Management consulting

Has three award categories by business type• Full and open• Small business• 8(a) – Small and disadvantaged businesses

Period of performance can last 10 years if all options are exercised

Comprises 27 prime contractors• 55 awards• Over 150 named sub-contractors/partners

Contract Summary

CDC Information Management Services (continued) Total value is $5 billion

• $3 billion for information management• $1 billion for IT infrastructure• $1 billion for management consulting

Scope and coverage• Can be used by any office in CDC, as well as other HHS

Operational Divisions• Cannot be used by other federal agencies outside of HHS• Covers work for CDC’s intergovernmental grantees, such as

state, local and international health agencies• Not a requirements contract within CDC, but program

officials are strongly encouraged to use it

Information Management Domain

Information Systems Tasks Planning Design Development Maintenance Engineering Integration Retirement

Other Tasks include: Requirements gathering Analysis System prototyping Conversion Implementation Training Development of user

guides Change control System testing Systems security

controls Quality assurance

Information Management Domain

Domain Tasks include: Data standards development Health IT Public health informatics Decision support Data modeling Interoperability services Health information exchanges Service-oriented architecture

Software-specific tasks• Improvements• Modeling• Simulation• Security assessments• Privacy assessments• Monitoring

IT Infrastructure Domain

Domain Tasks include: Design Installation Management of networks Support of networks Datacenter operations Information security systems Conferencing Project management and program support services to

support IT infrastructure programs and activities

Management Consulting Domain

Broad consulting services including: Business analysis Business case development Performance management Process improvement Business process reengineering Decision support and analytics Program vulnerability and risk assessment Continuity of operations planning Project and program management

Management Consulting Domain

Additional consulting services include: Capital planning and portfolio assessment Enterprise architecture Strategic planning Organizational study and design Transformation and change management Human capital and workforce analysis Training Communications Governance support

Contract Summary

Broad and flexible scope Provides access to diversified talent Many specialty labor categories Facilitates small business goals Performance-based focus Fosters contractor work off-site Explicitly enables teleworking Government issued equipment not required,

but allowed

CDC INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES AWARDEES

Award Distributions

Typically 3 to 4 proposals are received on average for each RFTOP

Small business and 8(a) companies receive first consideration for Requests for Task Order Proposals (RFTOPs)

Number of Task Order Awards by Business Type 55% to large businesses 45% to small businesses

Dollar Obligations by Business Type 70% of dollars awarded to large businesses, 30% of dollars awarded to small businesses

CIMS AwardeesInformation Management Domain

Accenture National Security Services, LLC Acentia/Business Computer Applications Booz Allen Hamilton DB Consulting Group, Inc. Deloitte Consulting LLP Dell Perot Systems

IBM ICF Incorporated, LLC Lockheed Martin Northrop Grumman Leidos (formerly SAIC) SRA International, Inc.

CIMS AwardeesIT Infrastructure Domain

Full and Open Business Category Accenture National Security Services, LLC Booz Allen Hamilton CACI Ciber, Inc. CSC

Dell Perot Systems HP Enterprise Services, LLC IBM Lockheed Martin Northrop Grumman Unisys

CIMS AwardeesIT Infrastructure Domain

Small Business Set-Aside Category Amdex Human Touch, LLC

8(a) Set-Aside Category Chickasaw Human Touch, LLC

CIMS AwardeesManagement Consulting Domain

Full and Open Business Category Booz Allen Hamilton Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC) Deloitte Consulting LLP IBM ICF Incorporated, LLC Lockheed Martin Price Waterhouse Coopers LLP Sapient SRA International, Inc. Unisys

CIMS AwardeesManagement Consulting Domain

Small Business Set-Aside Category Amdex Cadence Group Associates, Inc. Carter Consulting, Inc. SciMetrika

8(a) Set-Aside Category Carter Consulting, Inc. Cloudburst Consulting Group SciMetrika Total Solutions, Inc.

SMALL BUSINESS PROCESSES

Small Business Processes

Capability statements Make a recommendation to set-aside the RFTOP for

either 8(a), small business, or full and open competition Reviewed and evaluated by technical subject matter

experts Small Business Specialists review RFTOPs

and provide input regarding the set-aside decision

Contracting Officer makes the final set-aside decision

Small Business Processes

If small business awardees are not still small after five years from contract award, then they cannot compete for work under the CIMS contract

CDC on-ramping solicitation amendment issued Solicitation issued for 8(a), HubZone, Service Disabled

Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), and Woman Owed Small Business (WOSB)

Small Business Processes

CDC on-ramping solicitation amendment issued (continued) Solicitation amendment covers only the information

management domain• It is the most active of the three domains• The other two domains will not be solicited• Provisions in the new solicitation amendment are the same

or very similar to the original solicitation

PROPOSAL PREPARATION

Proposal Preparation

Be sure to thoroughly read and comprehend the… Statement of work requirements Proposal instructions Evaluation criteria

Do not merely restate the work requirements Offerors need to provide details of their own technical

approach and how they plan on accomplishing the work Perform mathematical verification of

numerical data before submitting the proposal

Proposal Preparation

Be sure that the following items are reasonable and appropriate for the proposed technical effort and associated work requirements Labor hours Categories Rates Other direct costs

Ensure your proposal is received by the deadline date and time

Proposal Preparation

The government reserves the right to make an award without discussions An offeror’s initial submission should be their best

proposal Do not expect that the government will

request revised proposals to address weaknesses

If you have questions, submit them in writing to the Contracting Officer

Health Marketing Communication Services

Predecessor contracts expired in September 2014

CDC will be using the GSA AIMS Schedule 571 (Advertising & Integrated Marketing Solutions)

The applicable GSA AIMS web link is below: http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/104613

Two separate service areas: Creative and Evaluation Domains

All task orders will be competed among the contractors in the applicable domain

Health Marketing Communication Services

On average, over 30 new competitive task orders are awarded each fiscal year

Under the predecessor contracts, the vast majority of the dollars were awarded to non-small businesses. However, for future requirements, the percentage of dollars awarded to small businesses is expected to increase significantly.

For each new requirement, small businesses will receive first consideration based on researching the AIMS Schedule. Program Offices will be required to research and assess small business capabilities.

Update your capabilities on the AIMS Schedule

Health Marketing Communication Services

Domain One, the Creative Domain includes: Communication Science and Program Planning Product Development Partnership Development and Management Database Development/Management Web Design, Development, Management and Usability

Testing Communication Meeting and Conference Support Implementation/Dissemination Technical Assistance and Training Project and Account Management

Health Marketing Communication Services

Domain Two, the Evaluation Domain includes: Communication Science and Program Planning Formative Research and Evaluation/Pre-testing of

Concepts, Messages or Materials Process, Outcome and/or Impact Evaluation Monitor/Track Implementation Database Development/Management Web Design, Development, Management and Usability

Testing Communication Meeting and Conference Support Technical Assistance and Training Project and Account Management

For more information please contact the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333Telephone: 1-800-CDC-INFO (232-4636)/TTY: 1-888-232-6348E-mail: cdcinfo@cdc.gov Web: http://www.cdc.gov

The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.