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Unified Grants Systems - Recipient Analytics Platform | HUGS-RAP

Sources Sought Synopsis Sample

APR 2019

Sources Sought Synopsis

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support this requirement for Unified Grants Systems - Recipient Analytics

Platform | HUGS-RAP. The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement. The applicable North American Industry Classification System

(NAICS) codes assigned to this procurement is 511210 (Software Publishers) the main NAICS

Code.

Additional NAICS Codes include:

513210: (Software Publishers, including establishments that design, develop, publish, and provide support for packaged, downloadable, or subscription-based software); and

518210: (Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related

Services).

The Product Service Code is DA10 (IT and Telecom—Business Application Software).

There is no solicitation at this time. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for proposals; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; the government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred.

If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: 1) organization name, address, email address, website address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements.

The government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to 1) provide services consistent in scope and scale with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated; 2) secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirements; 3) implement a successful project management plan that includes: compliance with program schedules; cost containment; meeting and tracking performance; hiring and retention of personnel and risk mitigation; and 4) provide services under a performance based service acquisition contract.

Based on the responses to this sources sought notice/market research, this requirement may be set-aside for small businesses or procured through full and open competition, and multiple awards may be made. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.

Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by Tuesday, March 30, 2026, at 12:00 pm ET. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to Dwayne E. Gist, dwayne.e.gist@hud.gov and Angela C. Dorsey, angela.c.dorsey@hud.gov . Additional information on the required services is listed below.

If you have any questions concerning this opportunity, please contact: Dwayne E. Gist, deayne.e.gist@hud.gov .

Background:

HUD seeks to modernize its financial and grants management systems to improve efficiency, data quality, compliance, and user experience. This effort includes designing and building new systems and microservices that can better support enterprise functions, reporting requirements, and integration with external systems.

General Description of Work:

The contractor will provide software capable of analyzing structured and unstructured grants data and software support to Housing and Urban Development's (HUD), capable of replicating and exceeding the results from the 2026 HUGs Analytics pilot. HUD conducted a pilot from January

2026 to April 2026 to evaluate a new automated grants payments compliance monitoring process across two program offices. The pilot demonstrated the ability to reduce manual reconciliation effort, improve data accuracy and assist with identifying fraud, waste and abuse.

This initiative builds on the methodology and outputs from the recent January 2026 “HUGS

Analytics” pilot. The purpose of this requirement is to operationalize and scale the validated pilot outcomes across HUD’s grants programs.

The contractor shall:

• Platform Deployment & Integration for Disaster Recovery Programs [Base Tasks]

• Key Capabilities Configuration for Disaster Recovery Programs [Base Tasks]

• User Support & Continuous Improvement - All Grant Programs [Base & Optional Tasks]

• Extend Deployment & Integration - Other Grant Programs [Optional Tasks]

• Extend Capabilities & Configuration - Other Grant Programs [Optional Tasks] mailto:dwayne.e.gist@hud.gov mailto:angela.c.dorsey@hud.gov mailto:deayne.e.gist@hud.gov

Detailed descriptions of specific tasks are provided in Section 5 – Specific Tasks.

Contemplated performance metrics:

See the attached Draft Performance Work statement

Contemplated report requirements:

See the attached Draft Performance Work statement

Contemplated dollar value of the project:

Please provide a rough Order magnitude

Contemplated place of performance:

Contractor’s facility