Recovery: health IT project management services

RECOVERY: THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.  This contract will be funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acquisition Management Division awarded a Time and Material Contract to Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. for technical consulting services for Project Management Services.  The Contractor must provide Project Management procedures and reporting templates that will facilitate communication across internal projects within NIST and also external organizations. The Contractor shall identify effective outreach methods and create audience-specific (NIST Management, Standard Development Organizations (SDOs), and Healthcare Groups) collateral material for distribution.

A Firm-Fixed price contract award cannot be made at this time, because the cost associated with performing the effort and the full parameters required to support NIST are not defined. Therefore, a time and material type contract was chosen as the best fit for this requirement.

The contract is awarded for a Base and One (1) Option Year.  The Base Year award amount is $466,055.49.  The Option Year award amount is $483,725.39. The total contract amount is $949,780.88.