CIO-SP3

CIO-SP3 Contract Summary

Government Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC)

Chief Information Officer – Solutions and Partners 3 (CIO-SP3)
Sotera CIO-SP3 Contract Data:
Vehicle Type	Government Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC)
Contracting Agency	National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC)
Eligible Users	All Federal and Civilian Agencies
Sotera Role	Prime
Team Sotera	Sotera Defense Solutions, Inc. BlueDog, Inc. Celerity Government Solutions, Inc. Delmarva Foundation for Medical Care, Inc. DigiFlight, Incorporated Dowless and Associates, Inc. F1 Computer Solutions, Inc. Health Integrity, LLC Missing Link Communications, Inc. MorganFranklin Corporation Virginia TechInterdisciplinary Center for Applied Mathematics (ICAM) Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (SBES)
Government Access Fee	1%
Task Order Types	FFP, T&M, CPFF, CPIF, CPAF
Contract Period	6/1/2012 – 5/31/2022
Contract Number	HHSN316201200048W
Celling	$20 Billion
Prompt Payment Terms	Discount for Prompt Payment
Vehicle Contractors	54
DUNS Number	048010532
CCR Link	www.ccr.gov
Vehicle Website	http://nitaac.nih.gov

The CIO-SP3 contract is a ten (10) year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. This contract is provides Information Technology (IT) services and solutions. These IT solutions and services include, but are not limited to, health and biomedical-related IT services to meet scientific, health, administrative, operational, managerial, and information management requirements. The contract also contains general IT services partly because medical systems are increasingly integrated with a broader IT architecture, requiring a systems approach to their implementation and a sound infrastructure for their operation. The Government can procure these services in ten primary task areas, as follows:

Task Area 1: IT Services for Biomedical Research, Health Sciences, and Healthcare
Task Area 2: Chief Information Officer (CIO) Support
Task Area 3: Imaging
Task Area 4: Outsourcing
Task Area 5: IT operations and Maintenance
Task Area 6: Integration Services
Task Area 7: Critical Infrastructure Protection and Information Assurance
Task Area 8: Digital Government
Task Area 9: Enterprise Resource Planning
Task Area 10: Software Development

Contract and Task Order Management

Contract and task order management is a mandatory element for all task orders placed under the CIO-SP3 contract. The objective of contract and task order management is to provide the program management, project control and contract administration necessary to manage a high volume, multiple contract type task order process for a large, diversified team so that the cost, schedule and quality requirements of each order are tracked, communicated to the government, and ultimately attained. The use of commercially available automated tools (for example - a LAN or Web based contract task management system) and the application of expertise on processes and metrics that support task order management are encouraged to achieve the above objectives. The objective of the tools is to provide quicker access, improved accuracy, and enhanced accessibility for contractors/clients, real-time monitoring of status/deliverables, tracking the quality of work products and gauging overall customer satisfaction.

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

The objective of this task area is to support Biomedical Research, Health Sciences and Healthcare by performing studies and analyses, and providing operational, technical, and maintenance services for the systems, subsystems, and equipment, some of which interface with, and are extensions to, information systems throughout the federal government. A comprehensive, but not limited, sampling of work to be performed under this task area is shown below:

Health Sciences Informatic and Computational Services
Health Communication Support Services and Enhancements to Facilitate Integration and Data Exchange at the Federal, State, and Local Level
Integration of Health Systems Across Federal Agencies and Public and Private Healthcare Systems
Modernization and Enhancement of Existing Health IT Legacy Systems
Automation of Administrative and Clinical Processes
Biomedical Information Services
Biomedical Modeling, Visualization, and Simulation
Biosurveillance and Disease Management Support
Scientific Computing Services
IT Clinical Support Services
Telemedicine (e.g., mobile health/mHealth)
Healthcare Payment Processes and Fraud and Abuse in Medical Claims
Health Emergency Preparedness and Response to Include IT Support for Epidemic and Bio-Terrorism Simulations, Emergency Response Training, Exercise Support, etc.
Security of Healthcare and Biomedical Research Systems
IT Service Management
Healthcare Systems Studies
Natural Language Processing Software and Services (Biology/Medicine Focus)
Medical Computer-based Training
Standards Development for Health IT Services

Task Area 2 - Chief Information Officer (CIO) Support

The objective of this task area is to support Chief Information Officers (CIOs) in implementing laws, regulations, and polices and to facilitate evolving CIO practices. A comprehensive, but not limited, sampling of work to be performed under this task area is shown below:

IT Governance Process Development and Management
Workforce Management
Capital Planning and Investment Control Support
Independent Verification and Validation
Agency Information Technology Architecture Support
IT Portfolio Analysis
Risk Management
Program Analyses and Implementation (including Business Cases Analysis, Cost/Benefit Analysis and Cost Effectiveness Analyses)
IT Organizational Development
Program Management Office Support
Advisory and Assistance Services
FEA Alignment Support Services
Market Research

Task Area 3 – Imaging

The objective of this task area addresses systems and services that support the collection, storage, and retrieval of digital images. Digital images can include scanned documents, medical images, geographical information systems, video, and photographs. A comprehensive, but not limited, sampling of work to be performed under this task area is shown below:

Document Management Systems
Image Conversion
Image Content Management
Medical Imaging, including Picture Archiving and Communication Systems
Document Imaging
Workflow Management for Digital Imaging Functions
Geospatial and Scientific Imaging
Environmental Imaging
Image Analysis
3D Immersive Visualization
Imaging Related to Laboratory and Test Equipment
Security Imaging
Identity and Access Management

Task Area 4 – Outsourcing

The objective of this task area is to provide the Information Technology (IT) infrastructure and IT services required to assume management and operations of government IT resources and IT business functions. A comprehensive, but not limited, sampling of work to be performed under this task area is shown below:

Program Management
Management of Call Centers
Network Operations and Web Management Support
Leasing of Hardware and Software
Tools and Applications (including Application Service Provider)
Hardware/Software Maintenance
Transition Planning
A-76 Studies Specific to IT Operations or Support
Data Base Administration and Data Storage Management
Backup and Recovery Services System Console Operations
Production Control and Management
Asset Management (including Radio Frequency Identification [RFID] Tracking)
IT Acquisition Management
Desktop Computing as a Unified Service
Managed IT Services Support
IT Impact Analyses
Workflow Management
Implementation of Standards (e.g., International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9000, Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI), IT Services Management)
Solution Leasing
Software-as-a-service (SaaS)
Cloud Computing

Task Area 5 – IT Operations and Maintenance

The objective of this task area is to support the operation and maintenance of IT systems, keeping IT systems viable with supported vendor releases or off-the-shelf applications software upgrades. Operations and maintenance on IT systems shall include all software and hardware associated with mainframes, client/server, web-based applications, and networking. A comprehensive, but not limited, sampling of work to be performed under this task area is shown below:

Operational Support
Software Maintenance and Upgrades
Telecommunications Maintenance (Data, Voice, Images, including Wireless)
Infrastructure Management Services (IMS)
Configuration Management
Network/Hardware Support
Help Desk/IT Support
Resource Management
Backup and Recovery Management
Installation, Configuration, and Tuning
Electronic Software Licensing Services including license: deployment, management, tracking, upgrading, etc.
System Management
IT Training
IT Operation and Maintenance Planning
Data Quality Management
Transformation Services
Continual Service Improvement
Balanced Scorecard for Operations
IT Infrastructure Optimization

Task Area 6 – Integration Services

The objective of this task area is to support the development and deployment of integrated information systems, which includes the integration of technical components, information technology components, organizational components and documentation. Integration projects can support a wide range of agency functions. In the healthcare and research domain, medical imaging systems, patient management systems, clinical management systems, and laboratory management systems are often provided via integration of commercial components with existing infrastructure. A comprehensive, but not limited, sampling of work to be performed under this task area is shown below:

Infrastructure Engineering, Development, Implementation, Integration
Enterprise Application Integration
Gap Analysis and Benchmarking
Data Migration and Integration
Open Source Integration
Enterprise Data Management
Collaboration Tools
Business Process Reengineering
Test and Evaluation Services
Financial Analysis
Feasibility Studies
Requirements Analysis
System Design Alternative (SDA) Studies
Systems Engineering
Architecture Validation and Verification
Risk Assessment
Acquisition Support

Task Area 7 – Critical Infrastructure Protection and Information Assurance

The objective of this task area is to support the protection of critical infrastructure, assurance of agency information, and operations that protect and defend information and information systems by ensuring confidentiality, integrity, availability, accountability, restoration, authentication, non-repudiation, protection, detection, monitoring, and event react capabilities. A comprehensive, but not limited, sampling of work to be performed under this task area is shown below:

Cyber Security
Critical Infrastructure Asset Identification and Configuration Management Databases
Information Assurance of Critical Infrastructure
Risk Management (Vulnerability Assessment and Threat Identification)
Facility Protection Planning
Information Systems Security
Security Operations Center Development and Operations Management
Application Security
Disaster Recovery
Critical Infrastructure Continuity and Contingency Planning
Incident Response Planning and Execution
Security Certification and Accreditation
Training and Awareness Programs
Exercises and Simulation
Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) Implementation Support
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Implementation Support
Cryptographic Support and Services
Record Management
Public Key Infrastructure
Trusted Internet Connections implementation
Security Review and Analysis of Automated Information Systems
Identity Management and Assurance
Intelligent, Automated Data Collection and Analysis
IT Forensics and eDiscovery

Task Area 8 – Digital Government

The objective of this task area is to support government services that are provided through digital, electronic means, creating a transparent interaction between government and citizens (G2C – government-to-citizens), government and business enterprises (G2B – government-to-business enterprises) and government interagency relationships (G2G - government-to-government). A comprehensive, but not limited, sampling of work to be performed under this task area is shown below:

Data Warehousing and Data Mining
Business Intelligence
Web Development and Support
Electronic Commerce and Electronic Data Interchange
Customer Relationship Management
Knowledge Management (IT-based sharing/storing of agency individuals’knowledge)
IT –Enhanced Public Relations
IT Strategic Planning
Records/Document Management
Business-to-Government (B2G) Solutions
Communications Management
Accessibility Services (508 and 504 compliance)
Automated Abstraction, Taxonomies, and Ontologies
Deep web and federated searching
Computational linguistics and machine-based translation
Telecommuting Support Services
Interactive Marketing

Task Area 9 – Enterprise Resource Planning

The objective of this task area is to support the implementation of enterprise management applications and systems in the federal environment, which are integrated software applications used to control, monitor, and coordinate key business activities across an enterprise. These applications generally fall into the following categories: Financials, Human Resources, Logistics, Manufacturing, and Projects. A comprehensive, but not limited, sampling of work to be performed under this task area is shown below:

ERP Package Implementation
Integration of Business Systems
Business Consulting Services
Business Transformation and Business Process Reengineering
Business Systems Modernization
IT Software Package Selection
ERP IT Infrastructure
ERP Infrastructure Planning, Installation, and Tuning
Performance Load Testing
ERP End User Training

Task Area 10 – Software Development

The objective of this task area is to develop customized software applications, database applications, and other solutions not available in off-the-shelf modular software applications. A comprehensive, but not limited, sampling of work to be performed under this task area is shown below:

Requirements Analysis, Design, Coding, and Testing
Production Deployment
Application Prototyping
Multimedia Software for Patient/Staff Education
Program Evaluation Software
Administrative and General Decision Support Software
Business Intelligence and Analytics
GIS-Enhanced Planning and Program Evaluation Software
Web 2.0 Development and Management
Database Development and Management
Clinical Protocol and Quality Assurance Decision Support Software

CIO-SP3 Vehicle Use

NITAAC’s online ordering system, e-GOS, streamlines the ordering process in a few easy steps:

1. Customer submits request for proposal (RFP) which includes the following:
   • Statement of Work (SOW)
   • Instructions to Offerors
   • Independent Government Cost Estimate (IGCE)
   • Point of Contact (POC) information
   • Funding strategy
   • Proposal due date
   • Desired contract type (i.e., CPAF, CPIF, CPFF, FFP, or T&M)
2. NITAAC reviews scope and releases to eligible contract holders
3. Optional question-and-answer period follows
4. Contract holders submit proposal
5. Customer evaluates and selects awardee
6. Contracting Official prepares award in agencies’ contract writing system (e.g., PRISM), using the CIO-SP3 contract number
7. Contracting Official loads award documents in e-GOS and submits to winning bidder.

Sotera Contract

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CIO-SP3 Conformed Contract (Mod1)

Sotera Contact Information

Sotera

Ms. Fleur Ryan
Program Manager, CIO-SP3 and Sr. Director, Sotera IDIQ EPMO
Email: fleur.ryan@soteradefense.com
Phone: 703.230.8266

Mr. Frederick Hoffman
Account Manager, CIO-SP3
Email: frederick.hoffman@soteradefense.com
Phone: 703.738.2860

NIH

Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO)
Edward G. Wilgus, Contracting Officer, NITAAC

Contracting Officer's Representative (COR)
Robert F. Coen, Deputy Program Director, NITAAC

Email: NITAACsupoprt@nih.gov
Phone: (888) 773-6542

Sotera Rates

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eTOMIS Team Member Registration

To access the Sotera eTOMIS IDIQ system, please click the link below to complete the team member registration form.

http://www.soteradefense.com/partner-with-us/team-member-registration/

eTOMIS Website Log-In

Sotera registered CIO-SP3 Teaming Partners can log-in to the Electronic Task Order Management Information System (eTOMIS™) for IDIQ programs at the following site:

http://www.soteradefense.com/etomis

Team Sotera

Team Sotera provides NIH with unique access to medical research, cyber security, PhD level research specialists and High Performance Computing through the following teaming relationships:

Celerity. A large business teammate that provides business and technology consulting and integration services to financial services, healthcare, telecommunications, and government clients in over 17 states, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Celerity’s current work includes day-to-day support to Cigna Clinical IT applications throughout the US as well as support to the Defense Information System for Security (DISS) acquisition program to consolidate DoD’s security mission into an Enterprise System.

Delmarva Foundation. A non-profit organization established in 1973 as a Professional Standards Review Organization (PSRO). Delmarva Foundation is a Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) for the State of Maryland and performs External Quality Review (EQR) and other services to Medicaid agencies in a number of jurisdictions across the United States. The organization has continued to build upon its core strength to develop into a well-recognized leader in Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Improvement (QI). Products and services include QA and Quality Management (QM) contracts that address all healthcare provider sectors and home and community based waiver support providers. In addition to the QIO and current EQR Contracts, Delmarva Foundation holds current contracts including Medicaid Developmental Disability QA/QM, Utilization Review, QI, and Patient Safety QI Programs.

DigiFlight. DigiFlight was founded in 2003 and is incorporated as a Small Business Administration (SBA) certified 8(a) corporation and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business. DigiFlight’s key lines of business include Acquisition and Program Management Support; Systems Engineering/Integration; Test and Evaluation/Independent Verification and Validation; Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR); and MAIS Cyberspace Operations/Information Assurance Test and Evaluation.

Dowless & Associates. A woman-owned small business incorporated in 1999 that provides full lifecycle IT solutions for information systems security engineering, software engineering and integration and training, and curriculum development. Dowless & Associates has extensive database design, implementation, and management experience with Oracle, Microsoft SQL, and Sybase for Federal clients. Dowless & Associates design, install, operate, and manage a broad range of IT services including governance and policy analysis; incident response; network; application management and support; service desk/desktop support; and training.

F1 Computer Solutions, Inc. A woman-owned small business that specializes in developing, integrating, delivering, and supporting a wide range of applications, network systems, and infrastructure solutions. F1 Computer Solutions has technology partnerships to bring to CIO-SP3 that include, Cisco, Microsoft, Dell, AT&T, Barracuda, HP, Symantec, and BICISI.

Health Integrity, LLC (HI). HI operates nationally as a Federally designated program integrity contractor for Medicare and Medicaid. Currently, HI holds the following contracts: National Benefit Integrity Medicare Drug Integrity Contractor; Zone Program Integrity Contractor, Zone 4; and Audit Medicaid Integrity Contractor. Under these contracts, HI monitors complaints and initiates fraud investigations for referral to the Office of Inspector General as well as supporting cases with data, medical and pharmaceutical experience, audits, training, and investigative expertise.

Missing Link Security (MLS). A veteran-owned small business serving the government since 1995. MLS’ unique blend of experts in information, physical, and personnel security assure consideration of all aspects of security when implementing a security posture. MLS specializes in security policy and processes, certification and accreditation, security audits, security operations, continuous monitoring, security testing, and forensics. MLS has a staff of cleared personnel who are experts in cyber security. MLS clients include the FBI, the National Cyber Security Division and the Office of Health Affairs of Homeland Security, and the Patent and Trademark Office of Department of Commerce.

MorganFranklin. MorganFranklin is a business and technology solutions company founded in 1998. MorganFranklin is operations-focused and provides the expertise, resources, and project management skills required to turn strategy into results. MorganFranklin helps agencies achieve four fundamental and related goals: essential information & communications; financial & operational readiness; radical growth & change; and risk & crisis management. MorganFranklin’s teams combine core confidence with expertise in finance and accounting, management consulting, and technology to craft solutions that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of operations. MorganFranklin has worked with government and industry partners including the U.S. Army, Computer Sciences Corporation, and BearingPoint.

REDLattice. REDLattice is an agile, mission-focused provider of services and technology solutions for the Intelligence and Defense communities. Our people are recognized leaders in the design, development and implementation of cutting-edge signal processing solutions, geolocation applications, machine learning capabilities, cyber services and open source architectures. We are experienced in delivering rapid prototyping solutions across a range of mission needs.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VA Tech). The Advanced Research Computing (ARC) at Virginia Tech is an innovative and interdisciplinary environment advancing computational science, engineering, and technology. It provides biomedical research and advanced infrastructure and support to invigorate computational science and engineering at Virginia Tech. ARC focuses on collaborating with other computational science and engineering driven research centers in advancing knowledge and leading the evolution of scientific computing tools, techniques, and facilities that accelerate scientific discovery.

Virginia Tech – Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering & Sciences (SBES). SBES is a joint venture between Wake Forest University and Virginia Tech, which integrates the capabilities of the Virginia Tech College of Engineering, the Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFUSM), and the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. This partnership brings access to research centers and labs that include: Advanced Neuroscience Imaging Research Core (ANSIR group), Bioanatomic Imaging and Treatment Program, Bioimaging Systems Lab, Biomedical Imaging Division / VT-WFU School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Center for Biomolecular Imaging, Center for Injury Biomechanics, Center for Molecular Medicine and Diseases, Center for Nanotechology and Molecular Materials, Computational Bioinformatics & Bioimaging Laboratory; Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network (CIREN), Industrial Ergonomics & Biomechanics Lab, Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS), Locomotion Research Lab, Movement Biomechanics Lab, Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Lab, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, and Human Performance and Biodynamics Laboratory.