Full and Open Competition after exclusion of sources
Major Defense Program
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Pricing Type
Labor Hours
Place of Performance
Cape St Claire, MD 21401, USA
Solicitation Procedures
Negotiated Proposal / Quote
Number Of Offers Received
4
Legislative Mandate
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National Interest Action
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Research Type
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Primary Consortia Member
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a Definitive Contract for BSD Support Services to Starry Associates, Inc., a woman-owned small business based in Annapolis, Maryland, on February 4, 2014. The contract, designated as a Total Small Business set-aside, carries a ceiling value of $21.95 million and operates under a labor-hours pricing structure, with an ultimate completion date of August 3, 2019. Performance will be conducted in Cape St Claire, Maryland. Starry Associates, a Subchapter S Corporation with federal contracting experience since 2002, specializes in providing information technology support services to civilian government agencies, with particular expertise in financial management systems and enterprise resource planning implementation.
Starry Associates brings significant relevant experience to this engagement, having consistently delivered IT support services across multiple federal agencies, most notably the Department of Health and Human Services. The company's portfolio includes work on critical financial systems such as the Managing Accounting for Credit Cards System (MACCS), Financial Business Intelligence System (FBIS), and Unified Financial Management System (UFMS), as well as cloud migration, system enhancements, and cybersecurity services. The contractor also maintains a substantial General Services Administration Multiple Award Schedule contract valued at $127.8 million through August 2025, demonstrating established capacity to support federal IT infrastructure and operations at scale.