Contract Vehicles

Small Business Administration 8(a)

Contract Number: 306039
Eligible Agencies: All Government Agencies
Agency Sponsor: Small Business Administration
Point of Contact: info@aretecinc.com

Contract Detail: The Small Business Administration (SBA) 8(a) Sole Source vehicle enables agencies to engage in direct buy contracts with certified contractors. Aretec’s SBA 8(a) and SDB (Small Disadvantaged Business) business development certification is valid through November 2022.

For more information please visit: SBA 8(a) Direct Contract / Sole Source Award Process

GSA 8(a) Stars III

The 8(a) Streamlined Technology Acquisition Resource for Services (STARS) III Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) is a Multiple Award, Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (MA-IDIQ) contract to provide information technology (IT) services and IT services-based solutions to the federal government. It is reserved for 8(a) prime contractors and established under the authority of the Small Business Act.
Contract Number: 47QTCB22D0173
Base Period of Performance: July 2, 2021, through July 1, 2026
Option Period of Performance: July 2, 2026, through July 1, 2029
Task Order Performance beyond Contract Ordering Period (No new Orders allowed) : July 2, 2029, through July 1, 2034
Eligible Agencies: All federal agencies may place task orders against this contract.
Agency Sponsor: General Services Administration (GSA)
Point of Contact: Stars3@aretecsbdllc.com

Contract Detail: The 8(a) Streamlined Technology Acquisition Resource for Services (STARS) III Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) is a Multiple Award, Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (MA-IDIQ) contract to provide information technology (IT) services and IT services-based solutions to the federal government. It is reserved for 8(a) prime contractors and established under the authority of the Small Business Act.

For more information please visit: GSA 8(a) STARS III

CIO-SP3 (8(a))

Contract Number: 75N98119D00012 (8(a))
Period of Performance: July 11, 2019, through June 29, 2022
Eligible Agencies: All federal agencies may place task orders against this contract.
Agency Sponsor: National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC)

Point of Contact: CIO-SP3@aretecinc.com

Contract Detail: Administered by the National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC), CIO-SP3 provides streamlined procurement of information technology (IT) services and solutions and is aligned with the accountability goals and IT services outlined in the Federal Health Architecture, Federal Enterprise Architecture and the Department of Defense Enterprise Architecture. In short, CIO-SP3 was created to accommodate all of the agency’s IT requirements, no matter how simple or complex.

For more information please visit: CIO-SP3 8(a)

CIO-SP3(SB)

Contract Number: 75N98120D00134 (SB)
Period of Performance: May 11, 2020, through July 14, 2022
Eligible Agencies: All federal agencies may place task orders against this contract.
Agency Sponsor: National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC)
Point of Contact: CIO-SP3@aretecinc.com

Contract Detail: Administered by the National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC), CIO-SP3 provides streamlined procurement of information technology (IT) services and solutions and is aligned with the accountability goals and IT services outlined in the Federal Health Architecture, Federal Enterprise Architecture and the Department of Defense Enterprise Architecture. In short, CIO-SP3 was created to accommodate all of the agency’s IT requirements, no matter how simple or complex.

For more information please visit: CIO-SP3 Small Business (SB)

Joint Venture GSA IT Schedule 70

Contract Number: 47QTCA20D007K
Eligible Agencies: All Government Agencies
Agency Sponsor: General Service Administration
Point of Contact: info@aretecsbdllc.com
For more information on GSA Advantage: AretecSBD’s GSA IT Schedule
For more information on eLibrary: AretecSBD’s GSA IT Schedule
GSA Contract SINS: 54151HACS (Cybersecurity), 54151HEAL (Health IT), 54151S (Information Technology), OLM (Order-Level Materials)
Contract Detail: The Information Technology (IT) Schedule 70 (a Multiple Award Schedule) grants agencies direct access to commercial experts who can thoroughly address the needs of the government IT Community through Special Item Numbers (SINS). These SINs cover the most general purpose commercial IT hardware, software, and services. IT Schedule 70 allows for choice, flexibility, ease of use, and access to the highest quality of IT products, services, and solutions from small businesses and industry giants.

GSA 8(a) STARS II -

General Service Administration allows for directed task orders up to $4 Million, including options. Orders more than $4 Million must be competed among the industry partners in your chosen constellation and functional area.
Industry partners are classified in two constellations. Constellation II includes industry partners with an additional industry credential, such as Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) or ISO 9001 (quality management system).
The functional areas correspond to four North American Industry Codes (NAICS).

  • Functional Area 1 – NAICS 541511 – Custom Computer Programming Services
  • Functional Area 2 – NAICS 541512 – Computer Systems Design Services
  • Functional Area 3 – NAICS 541513 – Computer Facilities Management Services
  • Functional Area 4 – NAICS 541519 – Other Computer Related Services

GSA Multiple Award Schedule (formally IT 70) –
MAS Consolidation is one of the four cornerstone Initiatives of GSA’s Federal Marketplace (FMP) strategy. GSA’s new single Schedule features a simplified format with streamlined terms and conditions, new large categories and sub-categories, and updated Special Item Numbers (SINs) that will make it easier for contractors to offer, and agency partners to buy, products, services, and solutions.

SINS holder of: 54151HACS (Cybersecurity), 54151HEAL (Health IT), 54151S (Information Technology), OLM

Army ITES-3S –

Army’s preferred source for the purchase of a full range of services and solutions. The vehicle is structured to provide industry best practices, best value, non-personal services to enable a broad range of enterprise-level support services for IT integration and service management activities to the Army, other DoD agencies, and all other Federal agencies worldwide including warzone areas. ITES-3S is managed by the Computer Hardware, Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS) program at Ft. Belvoir, VA.

DISA ENCORE III –

Designed for providing services ranging from engineering development to full sustainment. This vehicle provides 19 performance areas that cover a full range of information technology (IT) services and solutions required by the Department of Defense, other federal agencies, and the intelligence community.

NCUA Information Technology and Support Services (ITSS)

NCUA Information Technology and Support Services (ITSS)
Contract Number: NCUA19D00002
Eligible Agencies: National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)
Agency Sponsor: National Credit Union Administration
Point of Contact: info@aretecinc.com

Contract Detail: Aretec provides the NCUA with the full range of services and products for delivering the agency’s application software implementation and post-implementation requirements. Aretec has a strategic partnership with NCUA to advance the efficiency and effectiveness of the agency’s application portfolio, and optimize the strategies, methods, and tools leveraged for implementing, maintaining, and operating applications.

The strategic partnership focuses on:

  • Ensuring a mission and customer focus in delivering secure services and solutions;
  • Providing proactive solutions and innovation;
  • Delivering accurate and predictable services and products while emphasizing quality assurance to minimize defects and rework;
  • Promoting continuous improvement;
  • Establishing, measuring, and reporting performance targets; and
  • Maximizing cost control.

SEC Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA)

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA)
Contract Number: SECHQ116A0013
Eligible Agencies: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Agency Sponsor: Securities and Exchange Commission
Point of Contact: info@aretecinc.com

Contract Detail: The SEC’s regulatory mission is more important today than ever, with a greater emphasis on stronger enforcement of securities laws, transparency, and stringent oversight of registered entities. The driving forces include regulatory reform and associated rule-making, high public expectations, increased congressional oversight, an explosion of trading data volumes, and increased complexity in regulated markets. This SEC BPA’s main objective is to introduce and improve SEC examiner tools with:

  1. Enhanced data science and analytical capacities to better scrutinize data
  2. Enhanced application performance to improve usability and throughput
  3. Enhanced reporting functionality and performance
  4. Enhanced data-sharing capabilities across the examiner community
  5. Application mobility improvements

SEC QRADS - Channel 1

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Quantitative Research and Analytical Data Support (QRADS) – Channel 1
Channel 1: External Research Support and Technical Expertise
Contract Number: 50310218D0085
Eligible Agencies: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Agency Sponsor: Securities and Exchange Commission
Point of Contact: info@aretecinc.com

Contract Detail: The Quantitative Research and Analytical Data Support (QRADS) is a Multiple Award, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. It provides the Securities and Exchange Commission with External Research Support and Technical Expertise, Analytical Tool Development, Database Development and Maintenance, Analytical Reports and Data Analysis and Analytical Methods and Support as described in Section C, Statement of Work. The Contractor(s) shall provide in accordance with issued Task Orders (TOs), all management, supervision, labor, facilities, and materials necessary to perform the services on an IDIQ basis.

Aretec provides highly skilled technical expertise to assist SEC researchers in developing text analytics capabilities, and any related support, such as: developing and writing project-specific programs to process data sets using modern analytical methods, statistical modeling techniques, machine learning and statistical processes; analyzing and interpreting statistical data; computing supporting med parsing logic, corpus assembly and maintenance, software creation to run text analysis packages, and report production and maintenance. Aretec performs text analytic tasks, which may include (but are not limited to) the following:

Running topic models for concept identification, or implementing toptrics; producing and maintaining models, non-OIT middleware, or other analytical products SEC expects to develop and enhance text analytic and other analytic capabilities to provide improved ability to use information in both structured and unstructured text formats. The Contractor(s) will provide services to assist with pre-processing anic model variants;

  • Using standard Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools to perform named-entity recognition and part-of-speech tagging, etc.;
  • Using unsupervised machine learning algorithms to discover hidden relationships amongst documents in a corpus; and
  • Developing methodologies/metrics to help assess how documents change over time, and to understand how distinct corpora relate to one another

SEC QRADS - Channel 2

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Quantitative Research and Analytical Data Support (QRADS) – Channel 2
Channel 2: Analytical Tool Development
Contract Number: 50310218D0045 (Ele-Tec JV)
Eligible Agencies: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Agency Sponsor: Securities and Exchange Commission
Point of Contact: info@aretecinc.com

Contract Detail: The Quantitative Research and Analytical Data Support (QRADS) is a Multiple Award, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. It provides the Securities and Exchange Commission with External Research Support and Technical Expertise, Analytical Tool Development, Database Development and Maintenance, Analytical Reports and Data Analysis and Analytical Methods and Support as described in Section C, Statement of Work. The Contractor(s) shall provide in accordance with issued Task Orders (TOs), all management, supervision, labor, facilities, and materials necessary to perform the services on an IDIQ basis.

Ele-Tec provides highly skilled technical expertise to assist SEC researchers in developing text analytics capabilities, and any related support, such as: developing and writing project-specific programs to process data sets using modern analytical methods, statistical modeling techniques, machine learning and statistical processes; analyzing and interpreting statistical data; computing supporting metrics; producing and maintaining models, non-OIT middleware, or other analytical products SEC expects to develop and enhance text analytic and other analytic capabilities to provide improved ability to use information in both structured and unstructured text formats. The Contractor(s) will provide services to assist with pre-processing and parsing logic, corpus assembly and maintenance, software creation to run text analysis packages, and report production and maintenance. Ele-Tec performs text analytic tasks, which may include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • Running topic models for concept identification, or implementing topic model variants;
  • Using standard Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools to perform named-entity recognition and part-
  • Using unsupervised machine learning algorithms to discover hidden relationships amongst documents in a corpus; and
  • Developing methodologies/metrics to help assess how documents change over time, and to understand how distinct corpora relate to one another

SEC One IT IDIQ

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of Information Technology (OIT) – One IT IDIQ
Contract Number:  50310220D0012
Eligible Agencies: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Period of Performance (POP): 10/22/2020 to 10/21/2028
Agency Sponsor: Securities and Exchange Commission
Point of Contact: SECOneIT@aretecinc.com

Contract Detail: The SEC’s Office of Information Technology (OIT) supports the Commission and staff in all aspects of information technology. OIT has overall management responsibility for all of the Commission’s IT programs.

The SEC One IT IDIQ with a ceiling value of $2.5 billion, in additional to contractor primes like Aretec, Inc. offers the agency maximum flexibility in acquiring any IT services-based solution for any conceivable IT services-based requirement, driving government savings through efficiencies and improved reporting data with greater integrity, while maintaining a “One IT” philosophy.

With information technology pervading all aspects of its business, the SEC depends on firms like Aretec for problem resolution and support services to meet its business needs. The SEC expects its partners under contract to deliver optimal daily performance of the SEC IT operations and take day-to-day responsibility for the SEC IT operations, achieving the minimum performance objectives on a daily basis, and taking a proactive approach with the SEC in improving the operations and efficiencies of the SEC IT environment. Below are the service channels the SEC’s One IT IDIQ will cover in support of all their IT objectives:

Service Channels:

  • Application Management and Development (PLATFORM)
  • Business Solutions Delivery (NON-PLATFORM)
  • IT Infrastructure and Operations Management
  • Information Security
  • Data Management
  • IT Governance
  • Technology Business Management

CMS SPARC –

The goal is to provide strategic, technical, and program management guidance and support services, to facilitate the modernization of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) business processes and supporting systems.
It is available to all components within CMS and all Health and Human Services (HHS) Operating Divisions to procure IT System development services, from end to end.

Navy SeaPort-NxG –

Split into two categories: engineering support services and program management support services; which are further divided into 23 functional areas spanning the entire spectrum of mission areas and technical capabilities needed to support the Department of the Navy.