*For Informational Purposes Only* The purpose of this market research is to identify the availability and capability of qualified small businesses that can assist in project management oversight and governance advice, guidance and support services that operate under the umbrella of the Office of Information Technology (OIT) in order to facilitate consistent and effective project management, planning, and monitoring of the progress and status of cloud operations at CMS. This support includes contract and procurement support; project management support to transition of legacy cloud operations to the new agile support structure, establish governance of a new platform for future growth of CMS cloud hosting as a self-service, assist CMS business and system owners with transition requirements, and deliver a stable, governed cloud service model to CMS Cloud stakeholders and customers.
Opportunity 1: CMS Cloud Governance and Project Management Support
Purchase Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Purpose: CMS requires project management oversight and governance support services to facilitate consistent and effective planning and monitoring of cloud operations. This includes contract and procurement support, transition of legacy cloud operations, establishment of governance for future growth, assistance with transition requirements, and delivery of a stable cloud service model.
Work to be Acquired: The contractor will provide project management oversight, guidance, and recommendations for conducting governance using an agile methodology. They will establish standup meetings, sprint cadence, program increments, tooling, metrics, and dashboards. The contractor will also facilitate demos, retrospectives, communication, collaboration, and task order management.
Timeframe: The timeframe for this acquisition is not specified in the description.
Place of Performance/Delivery: The place of performance/delivery is not specified in the description.
Opportunity 2: Cloud Contract and Procurement Support
Purchase Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Purpose: CMS requires subject matter expertise support for cloud contract and procurement activities. This includes assistance with the overall cloud environment acquisition strategy, process improvement initiatives, and transformation initiatives. The contractor will provide support in drafting contractual documentation, reviewing proposals, building requirements for future procurements, and participating in technical evaluation panels.
Work to be Acquired: The contractor will provide support in understanding the scope of work at the program increment level, impact analysis documentation, overview of work underway for development, communication with external systems/dependencies, technical capabilities overview, and refinement of the CMS Agile Cookbook.
Timeframe: The timeframe for this acquisition is not specified in the description.
Place of Performance/Delivery: The place of performance/delivery is not specified in the description.
Opportunity 3: Project Management Support
Purchase Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Purpose: CMS requires overall project management support to transition legacy cloud operations to a new agile support structure and assist with system/application migration to the CMS Cloud environment. The contractor will collaborate with other contractors/CMS stakeholders, assist with planning and execution of migrations, provide consultative support, and deliver executive and solutions engineering project management support.
Work to be Acquired: The contractor will provide executive IT leadership, strategic and solutions management support, technical leadership/guidance, development of infrastructure strategic management plan, IT capability assessment, thought leadership for CMS Cloud product vision, development of development roadmap, and OKR support.
Timeframe: The timeframe for this acquisition is not specified in the description.
Place of Performance/Delivery: The place of performance/delivery is not specified in the description.
