The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), on behalf of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), is issuing a sole‑source bridge award to Coforma LLC to continue operating, maintaining, enhancing, and providing Tier 3 end‑user support for the ORR Process and Technology Modernization (OPTM) platform and the Home Studies/Post‑Release Services (HS/PRS) applications through September 30 2026. The effort is intended to preserve uninterrupted service while a competitive follow‑on acquisition is prepared. The contractor will be responsible for application enhancements, platform infrastructure upkeep, API/microservice support, monitoring, incident response, data reporting, and transition planning. The contract’s base period is twelve months with a possible six‑month extension, for a maximum of eighteen months. Interested parties may submit a capability statement by the deadline; the notice does not constitute a solicitation for proposals.
• Sole‑source bridge contract (no competition) to Coforma LLC, incumbent under SBA 8(a) contracts.
• Scope: operation, maintenance, enhancement, and Tier 3 support of OPTM platform and HS/PRS applications; API, micro‑service, cloud (AWS NGSC), CI/CD, Terraform/Helm/Flux, monitoring, security, data reporting.
• Required deliverables: transition‑in plan (30 days), ongoing enhancements from backlog, continuous Tier 3 support, incident response, and transition‑out planning.
• Period of performance: 12‑month base, optional 6‑month extension (max 18 months).
• Submission deadline for capability statements: 9:00 AM ET, September 21 2026 (email to
[email protected]).
• No pre‑bid meeting, site visit, or question‑submission deadline indicated.
• Future competitive solicitation will be posted separately; this notice is only a notice of intent.