CMS SPARC (Strategic Partners Acquisition Readiness Contract)
Team: TechnaLink-SITS, LLC
Role: Prime Contractor: 8(a), Woman-Owned, and Small business Tracks
Certifications: CMMI 3
Contract: CMS SPARC (Strategic Partners Acquisition Readiness Contract)
Contract Number: HHSM-500-2017-00052I
Period of Contract: 6/8/2016 – 6/7/2026
Type: AWAC IDIQ Multiple Award
Users: All components within CMS and all HHS Operating Divisions
DUNS Number: 079958046
The Strategic Partners Acquisition Readiness Contract (SPARC Contract)
The Strategic Partners Acquisition Readiness Contract (SPARC) is a $25 billion dollar, 10-year, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) acquisition vehicle that Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and any Health and Human Services (HHS) Operating Divisions can use to procure information technology (IT) professional services and solutions.
The purpose of the CMS SPARC Contract is to provide strategic, technical, and program management guidance and support services, to facilitate the modernization of CMS business processes and supporting systems. It is available to all components within CMS and HHS Operating Divisions to procure IT System development services, from end to end.
Services available through CMS SPARC:
- Initiation, Concept, and Planning Services
- Requirements Services
- Design Services
- Development Services
- Testing Services
- Security Control Assessment (SCA) Services
- Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Services
- Maintenance Services
- Support Services
- Data Request Services
- Help Desk Support Services
- Contractual advantages for Government buyers:
- No administrative fee on Task Orders
- Shortened procurement lead-time
- Available Sole Source for Task Orders under $4 million
TechnaLink-SITS was awarded a CMS SPARC contract across the CMS SPARC 8(a), CMS SPARC Woman-Owned, and CMS SPARC small business tracks.
