Agency-Specific MACs

Air Force Geospatial Services Support

AF GSS is a Multiple Award Contract (MAC) managed by the 763 Specialized Contracting Squadron at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. The purpose of this contract is to provide geospatial solutions under a multiple award, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract that supports the entire Air Force.

This ID/IQ contract shall serve as an Air Force vehicle to provide a variety of geospatial tasks and support functions. Individual task orders (TOs) may require: on-site (i.e., at DoD facility) and/or off-site (i.e., at a contractor-owned facility) delivery, support at various echelons of the military hierarchy including individual unit level, installation level, and management headquarters level, and employment of Agile Development and/or Agile Program management tools, techniques, and processes.

The twelve functional tasks include:

1. USAF Agency Geospatial Program Management and/or Geospatial Program Office Operations Support
2. Requirements Elicitation (Collection, Development, Analysis, and Synthesis)
3. Geospatial Strategic Support
4. Communications, Education, and Training Support
5. Geospatial Data
6. Geospatial Analysis and Data Presentation Support
7. Geospatial IT System Support and Management
8. System Assessment and Authorization
9. IT Portfolio Management Activities
10. Application Development, Modernization, and Sustainment
11. Helpdesk Services and Customer Support Services
12. Surge/Contingency Support

The AF GSS Contract Offers:

25% Small Business Goal (for subcontracted dollars)
 

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Information Management Systems (CIMS) 

Booz Allen Hamilton is currently fulfilling the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) requirement, through the CIMS contract, for the acquisition of information systems development and microcomputer support services. 

Through this contract we at Booz Allen Hamilton (Booz Allen) ensure the CDC has ongoing timely, high quality, cost effective, efficient, innovative, and comprehensive IT contractual services as needed leveraging industry best practices and professional standards.  Using the firm’s tremendous reach-back, Booz Allen can apply technical skill sets across the entire scope of the CIMS service offerings.

Our team of 17 subcontractors – each selected for unique capabilities and depth across the requirements of the contract – and our commitment to meeting small business participation requirements, allows us to provide our customers with a value-added resource to help them accomplish their missions.

Capability Areas of CIMS Include:

• Information Management
  • Planning, design, development, maintenance, engineering, integration, and retirement of information systems; Software process improvement, information security, modeling and simulation, IV&V; data standards development, health IT, public health informatics, decision support, data modeling, interoperability services, health information exchanges
• Management Consulting
  • Broad consulting services including business analysis, business case development, performance management, process improvement, business process reengineering, decision support and analytics, human capital and workforce analysis, training and communications
• IT Infrastructure 
  • Installation, management, and support of commercial and open source hardware and software products supporting office, laboratory, and mobile workers; cloud computing; disaster recovery services

Contracted Advisory and Assistance Services (CAAS) IV

The Air Combat Command (ACC) Acquisition Management and Integration Center (AMIC), manages the CAAS IV IDIQ contract, a strategic initiative entered into with the Air Force District of Washington (AFDW) Contracting Directorate (AFDW/PK).  ACC AMIC supports Headquarters (HQ) ACC mission requirements, and AFDW supports HQ Air Force (HAF), Secretary of the Air Force (SAF) organizations, the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI), and AFDW/PK customer mission requirements.

The scope of the CAAS IV contract is to provide Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS) support in three areas:

• Management and Professional Support Services: Assistance, advice, or training for efficient and effective management and operation of organizations, activities, or systems
• Studies, Analyses, and Evaluations:  Organized, analytical assessments/evaluations in support of policy development, decision-making, management, or administration
• Engineering and Technical Services:  Support to the program office during the acquisition cycle by providing services such as systems engineering and technical direction to ensure the effective operations and maintenance of a weapon system or a major system, or direct support of a weapons system essential to research, development, production, operations, or maintenance of a system.

The following table of the Booz Allen CAAS IV team’s capabilities demonstrates the ability of its 13 member companies to provide A&AS support across all three contract work areas: Management and Professional Support Services; Studies, Analyses, and Evaluations; and Engineering and Technical Services. 

Contract Number: 
FA4890-12-D-0019

Expiration Date:

15 December 2011 through 14 October 2016 (Base period plus 4 option years)

Documents

AFDW CAAS IV Usage Policy Memorandum

AMIC CAAS IV Usage Policy Memorandum

FEDSIM, on behalf of DHS, established this $6B dollar, 5-year multi-award BPA to provide a full range of specialized information technology (IT) services and tools to implement DHS’ Continuous Diagnostic and Mitigation (CDM) program to DHS, the Federal Government departments, and state, local tribal and territorial governments. The CDM program seeks to defend Federal and other government IT networks from cyber-security threats by providing sensors (tools), diagnosis, and mitigation tools to strengthen the security posture of Government networks.

The BPA provides a consistent set of solutions, at a reduced cost, that enhances the government’s ability to identify and mitigate the impact of emerging cyber threats. Booz Allen structured its team and selected its products to provide a comprehensive and integrated suite of software / hardware products and services that addresses the anticipated functional and operational requirements, thereby maximizing our ability to deliver competitive solutions.

Ordering Contract Types

The CDM Tools/CDM BPA allows for the following order types:

• Labor Hour (LH)
• Firm Fixed Price (FFP)
• Cost Reimbursable (CR) for travel only

Each TO can have multiple contract types in accordance with the CLIN structure of the BPA.

Labor Rates and Product Pricing

Please contact the CDM Team at [email protected] for labor rates and product pricing.

How Do I Purchase Under the CDM Tools/CDM BPA?

There are several options available for ordering products and/or services off of the CDM Tools/CDM BPA:

• Federal Agencies can use the Direct Order/Direct Bill option to procure products and or/services from the CDM Tools/CDM BPAs via Delegated Procurement Authority (DPA). Under a Direct Order/Direct Bill, the client agency is responsible for its own acquisition and program management activities. To obtain a DPA, please contact John Terrell [email protected], FEDSIM Contracting Officer.
• State, local, regional and tribal governments can also use the Direct Order/Direct Bill option to procure products and or/services from the CDM Tools/CDM BPAs via Delegated Procurement Authority (DPA).
• Federal Agencies’ can use assisted acquisition/consulting services from GSA AAS FEDSIM or a GSA FAS Regional AAS Customer Service Center to acquire full life-cycle acquisition support for their procurement of CDM Tools/CDM products and/or services.
• Federal Agencies’ can use the DHS process to procure products and/or services from the CDM Tools/CDM BPAs via Memorandum of Agreement between DHS and the Agency.

Fees Under the BPA

Other than IFF (industrial funding fee), the following fees are applied depending on the acquisition needs of the client:

IFF Fee
All prices awarded under the BPA include a user fee called the “Industrial Funding Fee” (IFF) of .75%. This IFF is built into the contract prices and covers the costs of operating the GSA MAS Program. Booz Allen and its CTA Members have responsibility for tracking and remitting payment of the IFF to GSA for all Schedule/BPA sales.

ACT Fee
The Acquisition, Contracting, and Technical (ACT) fee for this CDM Tools CDM BPA is 2%, which will be proposed and invoiced as a separate line item. The ACT fee only applies to orders issued by agencies under CDM other than GSA.  There is no cap on the fee and it can be applied incrementally with incremental funding modifications. The ACT fee will be included for Tool device licenses and CDM labor rate price quotes but does not apply to travel costs.

FEDSIM Fees
For those acquisitions in which the requesting agency elects to have GSA/FAS/AAS/FEDSIM provide full or partial acquisition and/or project management services through the BPA’s life cycles, a FEDSIM fee is negotiated on an order-by-order basis between FEDSIM and the requesting agency.

Payment Information and Address:
Payment via Wire Transfer:

Financial Institution: Wachovia Bank 
9-Digit ABA routing number: see invoice 
Telegraphic abbreviation: PNB 
Account number: see invoice

Payment via Check/U.S. Mail: 

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. 
Wachovia Bank 
P.O. Box 8500 (S-2725) 
Philadelphia, PA 19178-2725

ACH Payments:

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. 
Wachovia Bank 
9-Digit routing number: see invoice 
Account number: see invoice

International Funds: 

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. 
CHIPS Participant number: 0509 
SWIFT TID: PNBPUS3

Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number: 00-692-8857.

Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Database: Booz Allen is registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Database.

DHS EAGLE II

EAGLE II is a Departmentwide multi-award acquisition vehicle available for use by any Department of Homeland Security (DHS) program or component agency.  Information technology (IT) support services represent a significant portion of the DHS budget.  EAGLE II is designed to offer a broad range of services, solutions, and contract types to fulfill the majority of component and departmental IT services needs.  EAGLE II intends to remain current and will continue to provide the full range of IT capabilities/solutions and emerging technologies throughout its life.

Booz Allen Hamilton Engineering Services, LLC is a prime contractor in the Unrestricted Track Functional Category 1(FC1)—Service Delivery.  The purpose of FC1 is to provide a full range of services and products in support of developing, implementing, and maintaining technology to support the DHS mission and business functions across the entire lifecycle of the program. 

Services Include:

• System Design, Development, Implementation, and Integration
• Software Design and Development
• Operations and Maintenance

Booz Allen Hamilton Engineering Services Quality Assurance Program for EAGLE II

Booz Allen Hamilton Engineering Services (Booz Allen ES) was ISO 9001 certified on December 5, 1997, and certified to AS9100 on August 23, 2007.  We continue to maintain the certifications to the ISO 9001:2008 and AS9100 Rev C Standards.  Our documented processes are contained in the Quality Procedures and Work Instructions that constitute the Booz Allen ES Quality Management System (QMS), and that are traceable directly to the elements of the ISO 9001 and AS9100 standards.  These define the standardized approach that we use every day in fulfilling the requirements of our customers, whether the work is engineering services, software development, hardware design, systems design, or systems integration.  Booz Allen ES’s commitment to our customers is summarized in our Quality Policy:  “We are committed to meeting requirements and providing our customers with exceptional products and services, while continually improving our Quality Management System.”

Booz Allen ES’s Quality Objectives focus on the prevention of product nonconformities.  Our goals are to meet or exceed the stated and implied requirements of our external and internal customers.  Booz Allen ES products and services are designed, developed, delivered, and supported in accordance with our continually-improved QMS.

The Booz Allen ES QMS maps our business practices to a set of requirements to achieve customer satisfaction.  It is organized in a common sense manner and ensures that we focus on customer satisfaction in all products, services, and communications with the customer and that we emphasize management commitment to customer satisfaction by ensuring the quality of our products and services through consistency and continual improvement of our business practices.  Management provides commitment through continuous involvement and periodic review, ensures resources necessary for carrying out Booz Allen ES business are available, and provides enforcement through internal and external audits.  Continual improvement of the QMS ensures that we deliver the best products and services to our customers.

Eagle II Corporate Experience

Booz Allen Hamilton Engineering Services (Booz Allen ES) is a premier provider of nationally critical IT systems and services. With corporate International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001-2008, Aerospace Standard (AS) 9100, and Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) certifications, our reputation is one of process-based, uncompromised standards.

We deliver mature, industry-leading IT solutions for an array of government partners.  Our efforts are grounded in matching proven technologies to customers’ needs to provide mission-relevant, reliable, and affordable solutions.  Booz Allen ES is poised to fully respond to all Department of Homeland Security requirements and extremely sensitive to the need for highly reliable, repeatable products and services.

A sampling of our experience includes:

• System Design, Development, Implementation, and Integration
  • Command and control (C2) center IT, communications, systems engineering, implementation, and integration support; software and hardware configuration management and maintenance; and information assurance support.
  • Internal and external network integration, interoperability, and system administration support for C2 center and administrative functions, including computer systems, computer processors, and associated servers, communications, and peripheral equipment.
• Software Design and Development
  • Development support for a Windows-based client-server IT system serving as an air traffic control IT platform for government installations. 
  • Development support for a maintenance data analysis tool; a hosted website used for reporting and analysis of maintenance issues and status at government installations.
• Operations and Maintenance
  • 24/7/365 help desk, maintenance, and operations support and oversight, including internal network administration, maintenance, integration, and interoperability support for computer systems, computer processors and associated servers, and supporting communications and peripheral equipment; and external data link sustainment, integration, and interoperability support for multiple supported/supporting systems and facilities.
  • Full lifecycle engineering for IT applications, components, and systems, including research and investigation, requirements development, system design, hardware design, software design, software implementation, testing, configuration management, software quality assurance, database administration, project management, system production, and technical support.

ENCORE III

ENCORE III is a Multiple Award Contract (MAC) managed by the Defense Information Technology Contracting Office (DITCO).  Individual Task Orders may be established to perform work in one of 19 performance areas which form the basis for providing information technology (IT) solutions for the development, installation, fielding, training, operation and life-cycle management of components and systems in the operational environments of Combatant Commands and their subordinate components, the military services, Defense agencies, Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and other Federal agencies. Performance areas include: Enterprise IT Policy/Planning; Integrated Solutions Management; Process, Performance, and Strategic Benchmarking; Business Process Reengineering (BPR); Requirements Analysis; Market Research & Prototyping; Information/Knowledge Management; Custom Application Development; Product Integration; Test & Evaluation (T&E); Asset Management; Network Support; Cyber Security Assessment and Authorization; Information Communications Technology; Computer-Telephony Integration (CTI); Web Services; Operations Support; IT Support Services; Cloud Professional Services

The ENCORE III Contract Offers:

• Open to all Federal Agencies
• No DITCO fee for DISA orders; 1% ordering fee for other agencies
• 36% Small Business Goal (for subcontracted dollars)
• Unusual other direct costs (ODCs) negotiable on a cost-reimbursement, case-by-case basis
• Incremental funding, optional tasks and option periods are allowed
• Streamlined Technical Proposal

NETCENTS Application Services

The focus of this contract is to provide application services support to mission areas, as overseen by portfolio managers, Communities of Interest (COIs), project offices, and program offices. This contract provides a vehicle for customers to access a wide range of services such as sustainment, migration, integration, training, help desk support, testing and operational support. Other services include, but are not limited to, exposing data from Authoritative Data Sources (ADS) to support web-services or Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) constructs in AF enterprise environments. Through this vehicle, the contractor develops content delivery and presentation services and new mission applications that operate in netcentric enterprise environments that exploit SOA infrastructures. This contract supports legacy system sustainment, migration and the development of new mission capabilities and applications. 

The Application Services Contract Offers:

• Air Force only contract – may be used by DoD & Fed Agencies if at least one of the following criteria are met:
  • Is related to requirements for interoperability with Air Force capabilities
  • Supports Air Force IT infrastructure, applications or operations
  • Supports host-tenant arrangements involving Air Force units
  • Supports joint operations or solutions
• Mandatory use by Air Force customers to support missions that require voice, data, and video communications, information services, solutions and products
• 23% Small Business Goal
• No Government usage fee

NETCENTS NETWORK OPERATION (NetOps)

The NETCENTS-2 NETOPS contract delivers a wide range of services and solutions covering existing legacy infrastructure, networks, systems and operations as well as emerging requirements. The contract provides network-centric information technology, Cloud-based capabilities, advanced networking, and cybersecurity, voice, video and data communications, system solutions and services to satisfy Air Force and DoD combat support, command, control, computing, communications, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) requirements worldwide. NETOPS provides users the capabilities to find, access, collaborate, fuse, display, manage, and store information on the Department of Defense (DoD) Global Information Grid (GIG) and IC Information sharing environment as applicable. Other services include, but are not limited to, wireless devices/capabilities, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) to include Blackberries and information intensive data applications (e.g. video-teleconferencing, imagery, modeling, simulation, streaming video, web-enabled weapon systems and applications, information management, Everything over IP (EoIP), and Voice over IP (VoIP). 

The NETOPS Contract Offers:

• May be used by all DoD and Federal Agencies
• Mandatory use by Air Force customers to support missions that require voice, data, and video communications, information services, solutions and products
• 23% Small Business Goal
• No Government usage fee    
  

Research, Measurement, Assessment, Design, Analysis (RMADA)

The Research, Measurement, Assessment, Design, and Analysis (RMADA) IDIQ will provide analytic support and technical assistance for models and demonstration programs that are derived under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). This support includes, but not limited to, the design, implementation and evaluation of research and/or payment and service delivery models to test their potential for reducing expenditures for Medicare, Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and uninsured beneficiaries.

The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) was established by the Affordable Care Act to identify, test, evaluate, and scale innovative payment and service delivery models to reduce program expenditures, while preserving or enhancing the quality of care for  $10.0B over 10 years 

Can be used to support any component of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Scope of work is broad and includes:

• Health sciences research
• Data analysis and statistics
• Financial and actuarial analysis
• Policy and regulatory analysis
• Epidemiology
• Clinical experience
• Learning, training, and instruction

The Booz Allen team, includes 19 teammates each selected for unique capabilities and depth across the contract requirements, allows us to provide our customers with a value added resource to help them accomplish their mission. These partners bring a diverse set of capabilities to the table as we compete for task orders.  In addition, we have a strong stable of small business partners, which is critical because CMS has significant SB targets to achieve.

Benefits  of CIMS Include:

• The Booz Allen Team has a large cadre of LCATs with set rates at the IDIQ level 
• Task orders can be of any type (FFP, CPAF, T&M)
• Primes can partner with other primes if circumstances warrant
• CMS has declared a strong focus/emphasis on small business participation
• We can partner with other firms or universities at the task order level (i.e., for an individual task order, you can add a teammate without making them a full-fledged RMADA IDIQ partner)

Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services (RS3)

RS3 Multiple Award Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract is to provide ACC-APG customers, other Program Executive Offices (PEOs) other Department of Defense (DoD) agencies, and other federal agencies with knowledge based support services for requirements with Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) related needs.  The scope and requirements for Contractor-provided support services for a diverse group of organizations that span the spectrum of mission areas for programs with C4ISR related requirements. Areas of support include (1) Engineering Services, (2) Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E), (3) Logistics, (4) Acquisition and Strategic Planning, and (5) Education and Training.  

The RS3 Contract Offers

• RS3 may be used by all DoD and Federal Agencies
• ·RS3 Total Small Business Goal is 37.6% with 5% SDVOSB, 5% WOSB, 3% HUBZone, 3% VOSB goals.  Each task order is responsible to bid SB Participation Plan, and will be evaluated annually on meeting those goals.  This is a Task Order CPAR evaluation item.
• CPFF task orders have fee limits:  7% for non-experimental / non-developmental / non-research work, and 12% for experimental / developmental / research work.  
• No govt PMO fees for Army C4ISR programs.  There are govt PMO fees for client organizations not within the APG C4ISR community; fees range from $20K for assistance with acquisition package development, plus 0.1% - 1.0% contract usage fee. 
• Non Army C4ISR organizations can receive Delegation of Procurement Authority to originate, solicit, award, and manage task orders. 
• There are no fixed LCATS on the RS3 IDIQ contract; each task order will define LCAT requirements. 
• There are no RS3 team mates which are required to be used; each task order can bring its own team mates to the bid. 
• Task order POP can be 5 yrs. 

SeaPort-e

Engineering, Technical, and Programmatic Services

NAVSEA has awarded multiple Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts for a wide range of engineering, technical, and programmatic services and solutions for the Virtual SYSCOM (NAVSEA, NAVAIR, NAVSUP, SPAWAR, Strategic Systems Program (SSP), NAVFAC) as well as Commander, Naval Installations (CNI) and the US Marine Corps. SeaPort-e furthers the Navy’s Seapower 21 objective to increase efficiency, and allows for tailoring services according to the needs of geographically-dispersed organizations with significantly diverse product area requirements and missions.

NSWC Dahlgren is the Seaport-e Contracting Office, however, each activity will release their own RFPs.

Quality Assurance Program

Booz Allen embeds Quality Assurance from inception and throughout every phase of our projects. The primary methods of assuring the quality of services are appropriate advance planning, assignment of sufficient qualified staff resources, provision of appropriate tools, and establishment of rigorous program and project management techniques. Further, our collaborative method of developing detailed work plans for specific tasks will help assure the quality of support provided on each project task we conduct in support of the Warfare Centers, throughout all seven zones. In short, quality is not an “add on”— it is integrated into every phase of the project.

Methods for integrating quality assurance during the execution of tasks are also part of our comprehensive approach. For that purpose, we have assembled a Quality Assurance Review Board (the Review Board) made up of several of our most experienced professionals from throughout Booz Allen. This approach ensures that all required functional and technical knowledge is represented for the task orders, while simultaneously holding down costs. Any Booz Allen team member can “tap” the expertise of Review Board members throughout the duration of the contract. The Board also serves as a quality control check for key deliverables and ensures an integrated approach to the recommendations. Booz Allen’s quality management approach is designed to prevent, reduce, or eliminate problems that might compromise ability to perform on time, within budget, or according to the task order requirements. Our approach includes:

• Developing a Quality Management Program Plan for the contract
• Establishing and monitoring metrics for project objectives
• Establishing quality management processes that include monitoring and assessing performance
• Coordinating with the government stakeholders to establish quality objectives by deciding the scope and frequency of quality assessments and reporting policies
• Coordinating with other contractors regarding quality management
• Conducting periodic Quality Management Reviews.

Quality Assurance promotes the delivery of reliable, complete, and accurate work products by minimizing the transmission of errors through Quality Planning, Quality Control, and Quality Improvement processes. Booz Allen’s approach to providing Quality Assurance establishes quality controls during the entire lifecycle of a task.

Systems Engineering, Technology and Innovation (SETI) offers an array of research and development, and critical technical disciplines core to engineering, delivering, and maintaining DoD and DISA IT products and capabilities. It encompasses legacy, current, and future DoD and DISA capabilities, services, systems, and systems-of-systems (SoS) throughout the acquisition and system engineering lifecycle. SETI spans the entire spectrum of DISA mission areas supported by the various Combatant Commands, Services, Agencies (CC/S/As) and DISA Directorates and Offices. SETI is available for use by all DoD mission partners. Where applicable, the term ‘system’ can refer to a single system, collection of systems, subsystems, and SoS, together within its environment.

The SETI Contract Offers:

• Open to all Department of Defense organizations
• No DITCO fee for DISA orders; 1% ordering fee for other agencies
• 34% Small Business Goal (for subcontracted dollars)

Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation (T4NG)

T4NG is an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Task Order (MATO) Contract. This contract is fulfilling the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Information and Technology requirement for contractor-provided solutions in support of Information Technology, health IT, and telecommunications. It include services and incidental hardware/software, for customer requirements that vary across the entire spectrum of existing and future technical environments with a base ordering period of five years with one five-year option period.

The program ceiling $22.319B and individual Task Orders are issued on a best value and/or LPTA, performance-based Time-and-Materials (T&M), Cost Reimbursement (CR), and/or Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) basis. The Supreme Court ruling regarding the rule of two seems to be resulting in more SDVOSB awards. 

Our team of 32 subcontractors—each selected for its unique capabilities and depth across the requirements of the contract—and our commitment to meeting small business participation requirements allow us to provide our customers with a value-added resource to help them accomplish their missions. 

Booz Allen understands the continually evolving environment in which government agencies must function. Our capabilities available through the VA’s T4NG contract allow customers to quickly obtain Booz Allen’s comprehensive expertise, anywhere in the world, to accomplish their missions. Booz Allen’s sophisticated program office infrastructure provides quick-reaction support capabilities.

T4NG Functional Areas Include:

• Program Management support
• Systems/Software Engineering
• Software Technology Demonstration and Transition
• Test and Evaluation
• Independent Verification and Validation
• Enterprise Network
• Enterprise Management Framework
• Operation and Maintenance
• Cyber Security
• Training
• IT Facilities

Chris Christou is a leader in Booz Allen’s secure cloud and IT infrastructure business. Based out of the McLean, Virginia, office, he applies expertise in cloud security, cloud infrastructure and platforms, network engineering, and IT infrastructure.

Chris has more than 20 years of experience designing, testing, and deploying cloud environments, networks, and IT systems for commercial, civilian, emergency, and military clients. Since joining Booz Allen in 2002, he has led projects related to the deployment of secure cloud environments, the design of software-defined networks (SDN), and the integration of unified communications systems.

Before joining Booz Allen, Chris was a network design and planning engineer for UUNet, which was then the largest internet backbone in the world. Prior to UUNet, Chris worked as a network engineer for Mitretek Systems and as a software developer for Hughes STX.

Chris earned an M.S. in Telecommunications and a Graduate Certificate in Engineering from the University of Maryland School of Engineering and a B.A. from the University of Virginia. Chris holds Amazon Web Services, Cisco, Juniper, TMF, and SDN certifications.

The TRICARE Procurement Support (TPS) office, along with the US Army Medical Research Acquisitions Activity (USAMRAA), designed a flexible and versatile contract vehicle for Military Health clients. The scope of the contract includes the ability to provide any and all components of a program management solution; including specialized studies and analysis, performance-based budgeting/ financial management analysis and support, business process improvements, functional validation and verification, information management, acquisition management, and logistical support.

Benefits  of TEAMS Include:

• Open to all Military Health System (MHS) organizations, the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), and Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) agencies worldwide
• Flexible contract types, including Fixed Price, Cost Reimbursable; and Time & Materials
• Ability to support CONUS and OCONUS requirements
  No dollar limit on task orders