VA Program and Project Management Support

The VA Strategic Acquisition Center Frederick established the VA Program and Project Management Support Master IDIQ on September 27, 2011, with a final ordering deadline of September 15, 2019—now closed for more than six years. This vehicle is no longer active for new task-order awards.

The vehicle supported program and project management consulting across VA's enterprise, with task orders funding organizational design, business process improvement, healthcare delivery optimization, IT systems implementation, and strategic planning initiatives. The portfolio reflects heavy concentration in infrastructure modernization work: the Veterans Disability Program Office received $147.6 million (single largest order) for transition assistance and disability-claims processing across domestic and overseas installations; the Veterans Benefits Management System received $30.3 million for claims-backlog reduction and business architecture; and cybersecurity and information-security initiatives collectively drew roughly $27 million. Project Management Center of Excellence subject-matter expert support and various healthcare-transformation programs (MYVA restructuring, VHA strategic analytics, eHealth environmental scan) rounded out the scope.

Deloitte Consulting LLP and Calibre Systems Inc. dominated the vehicle by value, holding $162.7 million and $196.4 million in combined potential value respectively across 75 and 16 orders. Booz Allen Hamilton, Grant Thornton, and Boston Consulting Group captured the remaining awards, with all work designated as unrestricted (no set-aside mix). The Department of Veterans Affairs Strategic Acquisition Center Frederick placed 83 of 132 orders valued at $497.7 million; Veterans Health Administration networks placed the remainder at much smaller scales.

Awards peaked in 2012 with 77 orders, then declined sharply to a median of 12 orders annually through 2016, the final award year. Of the $502.9 million combined potential value, $469.5 million (93 percent) has been obligated. Task orders ranged from under $4 thousand (medical equipment purchases) to the megaorder above, with typical firm-fixed-price consulting engagements ranging from roughly $500 thousand to $12 million. Most orders have now completed or been closed out, with final completion dates concentrated between 2015 and 2018.