Signature Consulting Group LLC was awarded an indefinite delivery contract under the Strategic Partners Acquisition Readiness Contract (SPARC) program by the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. SPARC is a multiple award IDC vehicle intended to provide a range of IT solutions and services across the full system development life cycle in support of CMS programs.
Under the SPARC IDC, Signature Consulting Group has received nine fixed price delivery orders totalling over $43 million to provide independent verification and validation, IT system development for human resource systems, IT solutions and operational support, and other IT services. Services have included requirements analysis, design, development, testing, operations and maintenance of CMS IT systems. Delivery orders have been awarded on a sole source 8(a) basis with periods of performance between one to five years, and places of performance in Windsor Mill and Milford Mill, Maryland.
The scope of work under these delivery orders has supported initiatives such as the Quality Measurement Assessment Tool for end stage renal disease, Medicaid.gov website development, and customer service program support. The SPARC IDC and associated delivery orders thus aim to procure a range of IT services to support CMS' acquisition and grants management programs over the course of several years, leveraging an experienced 8(a) vendor.