(December 20, 2022) Business Performance Systems (BPS) is proud to have been awarded a prime contract to provide the DOI’s Office of Wildland Fire (OWF) with SME support services. This order was competed and awarded under the $44M, 5-year IT Advisory & Business Performance Support Services BPA.

Under this order, BPS will provide OWF with data analysis and systems architecture management subject matter expertise for the development and oversight of Data and business systems, architecture development, and coordination and standardization initiatives for fuels and post-fire management projects. This includes supporting OWF stakeholders with day-to-day operations which address the refinement and incorporation of data elements (i.e., geospatial, enterprise data, authoritative data sources, etc.), business requirements, and modern systems architecture requirements leading to the development, integration and acceptance of fuels and post-fire management systems for the interagency wildland fire community. BPS SME’s ensure application development aligns with broader strategic OWF and interagency vision, mission, goals/objectives, evaluates resource needs and gaps, and makes recommendations for closing those gaps.

(August 26, 2021) Business Performance Systems (BPS) is proud to have been awarded a 2nd prime contract to provide DOI’s Program Integration Branch (PIB) Cloud, Cloud System Owner, and DCOI Programs with IT project and program support services.  This order was competed and awarded under the recently awarded, $44M, 5-year IT Advisory & Business Performance Support Services BPA.

The DOI Cloud Program is responsible for managing intake, reviewing business requirements, and triaging procurement requests utilizing DOI pre-approved contracts and enterprise licenses.  The Cloud Program provides shared security services including continuous monitoring for eight cloud service providers, and acquisition services for a portfolio valued at approximately $275 million.  The DCOI Program is responsible for reporting and oversight of the implementation of DOI’s DCOI initiative. This includes interpreting OMB guidance, developing metrics collection templates, compiling bureau-level metrics into DOI-wide reports, managing databases, and reporting metrics to OMB.

Under this order, BPS will provide a broad range of program/project management services in support of the OCIO’s mission of providing efficient, effective, governance and cloud and hosting portfolio and investment management functions.  This will include PM services during all phases of the acquisitions planning and procurement execution phases of new cloud procurement, maintaining inventory database and document libraries, intake and acquisition package review, tracking and coordinating system owner security responsibilities (A&A for enterprise cloud instances, working with the ISSO to perform and report security validations), and data compilation, analysis, dashboarding, and related for DCOI reporting requirements.

(April 28, 2021) Business Performance Systems (BPS) is proud to have been awarded a prime contract to provide DOI’s Principal Deputy CIO (PDCIO) and Cybersecurity Division (CSD) with IT project and program support services.  This order was competed and awarded under the newly established and recently won, $44M, 5-year IT Advisory & Business Performance Support Services BPA.

Under this order, BPS will provide a broad range of program/project management activities in support of the OCIO’s mission of providing efficient, effective, governance and cloud and hosting portfolio and investment management functions.  This includes supporting OCIO in its efforts to identify and implement organizational performance improvements through effective planning, coordination, and control in order to meet long term program goals and deliverables.

BPS will perform on-going and ad hoc project management support for federal staff involved in organizational standardization/change programs, technology implementation projects, and other enterprise-wide IT-management related initiatives; security program-related organization/process reviews, implementation evaluations, and other internal and external customer security support projects performed by CSD’s security specialists.

(February 17, 2021) Business Performance Systems (BPS) is honored to have been awarded a prime contract on a newly established, $44M, 5-year BPA on its GSA MAS (IT-70) vehicle from the Department of the Interior (DOI) to provide IT Advisory & Business Performance Support Services.

Team BPS will support DOI Bureaus/Offices and the OCIO Enterprise with IT professional services and comprehensive technology advisory and analysis to assess OCIO operations, identify strategies, and better manage IT resources.  These services include a broad spectrum of performance requirements related to information technology management and operations support and are inclusive of advisory services such as the identification of strategic developmental opportunities and assisting OCIO Divisions in understanding and mitigating risks, enhancing information security, and assisting in the development of cost-effective IT policy initiatives.

(September 30, 2020) Business Performance Systems (BPS) is honored to have been awarded a $5M, 5-year prime contract by the General Services Administration (GSA) to provide independent verification and validation (IV&V) services for NewPay implementation.

NewPay is the government-wide shared service launched by the GSA to modernize and improve federal payroll services while reducing long-term costs. It will harmonize agency legacy systems into a modern, commercial, standards-compliant Software as a Service (SaaS) solution that ensures consistency in payroll outcomes across the federal environment.  Under President’s Management Agenda (PMA), GSA is designated as the Quality Shared Services Management Office (QSMO) responsible for the delivery of Civilian HR Transaction Services, the scope of which includes NewPay’s areas of focus — Payroll and Work Schedule and Leave Management (WSLM). The NewPay solution will establish a shared service in line with the PMA that aligns with GSA’s strategic plan and provides a modern infrastructure based on Software as a Service (SaaS), improves security, and delivers a consistent customer experience based on agreed-upon business  and data standards.

Beyond general services to assist the QSMO, including developing various program components to substantiate a concept of operations, BPS will support GSA by providing program-level IV&V support to ensure that NewPay is broadly managing risks, requirements, and operations in an optimum manner; oversight and IV&V advisory support to the baseline development of NewPay solutions that will be made available for deployment at the SSP and agency level; and IV&V support related to specific product and solution deployments.

(September 14, 2020) Business Performance Systems (BPS) was recently awarded an ~$8M, 5-year contract on its GSA MAS (IT-70) vehicle from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Grants.gov program to continue to provide Program Technical Support. Under this new contract, BPS’ roles include program technical support task management, independent verification and validation (IV&V), technical management support, and Information Technology (IT) program management support.

Having served the Grants.gov program since inception, we are proud and honored to have been selected to continue to be of service. By the end of this award’s period of performance in 2025, BPS will have been providing PMO support for nearly 25 years to the program and agency.

BPS was awarded a 5-year subcontract by National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Planning & Coordination contractor Educational Testing Services (ETS) to develop and implement a Quality Management Framework to assist in further improving overall quality of the NAEP program to the next level.

Working closely with ETS and other NAEP Alliance contractors, BPS will develop a cross-Alliance Quality Plan built on a common framework that addresses quality assurance, quality control, and continuous improvement.  The Quality Plan will define a common framework to coordinate individual Alliance partner quality efforts, eliminate potential gaps, and improve accountability for total program quality.  Given that the function of each contractor is highly differentiated from those of the other contractors, the Alliance Quality Plan will focus on common components and coordination across the Alliance, e.g., handoffs, version control, and validation. It will also focus on critical processes that are conducted by individual contractors but are dependent upon one another for completion.

NAEP, also known as the Nation’s Report Card, is an annual program of assessment for K-12 students across the nation in various subjects such as reading, mathematics, U.S. history, and civics.  The NAEP assessment involves thousands of teachers and hundreds of thousands of students in the years in which there are state-level assessments.  The National Assessment Governing Board (“NAGB”) is an independent, bipartisan organization that oversees NAEP and the National Center for Education Statistics (“NCES”), within the Department of Education, is responsible for administering NAEP.

(March 17, 2020) Business Performance Systems was recently awarded a $250M, 7-year Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Organization (USPTO), Software Quality Assurance Division (SQAD) to provide quality assurance and testing for software developed for, and used by, USPTO. This includes database testing, functional testing, interface testing, software compatibility testing, user acceptance testing, regression testing, end-to-end testing, testing in the cloud, performance testing, load testing, mobile testing, cross-browser testing, and Section 508 testing. SQAD supports all aspects of software testing throughout the System Development Life Cycle Process (SDLC). Both automated and manual test methods are used at USPTO to provide testing services.

With this win, BPS continues in its role as the sole provider of performance testing services to the entire USPTO enterprise, currently encompassing over 160+ systems, and expands its offering into the automation/functional arena. BPS has been providing contract-testing services to USPTO since 2010.

(January 7, 2020) Business Performance Systems is proud to announce it has recently been awarded a spot on the GSA OASIS contract vehicle (OASIS SB Pool 1 Multiple Award IDIQ) as a teaming partner.  The team’s submission, consisting of content from a total of 12 small firms, received a score of 7,500 points and came in as one of the Phase 1/Top 40 ranked awardees.

The GSA OASIS contract supports government agencies in acquiring complex hybrid program management, management consulting, financial, logistics, engineering and scientific professional services. GSA’s goal in creating OASIS SB is to provide a total solution to agencies’ requirements, while maximizing opportunities for small businesses. The OASIS vehicle can be used by all Federal agencies and GSA approved entities and is designed to address agencies’ need for a full range of service requirements that integrate multiple professional service disciplines with the flexibility for all contract types and pricing at the task order level.

OASIS spans many areas of expertise, mission space, and numerous professional services disciplines, including:

• Program Management services
• Management consulting services
• Logistics services
• Engineering services
• Scientific services
• Financial services

Applicable NAICS codes and additional details including methods of accessing OASIS can be found on the GSA OASIS website.

(October 30, 2018) Business Performance Systems was awarded a contract with the U.S. Department of Education for the acquisition, implementation, and maintenance of the Correspondence Tracking System.  For this effort, BPS will provide IT project management support to help the Executive Secretariat successfully navigate federal IT requirements and agency IT management processes.  This includes coordinating all project activities, managing all lifecycle deliverables, supporting communications and collaboration with stakeholders in both the Exec Sec and the OCIO, supporting the security assessment and ATO process, and supporting software implementation and data migration.