Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary Bill Corr, Deputy Secretary Volume 8 • Issue 28

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REPORT Card 

HHS Gets an A!!

FY11 SBA Scorecard report result for Health 

and Human Services (HHS) Information below 

from http://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/files/

FY11%20Final%20Scorecard%20HHS_2012-

06-29.pdf

2011 Goal 2011 Achievement

Small Business 19.50% 23.94% ($4.5 B)

Women Owned Small Business 5.00% 6.43% ($1.2 B)

Small Disadvantaged Business 5.00% 9.66% ($1.8 B)

Service Disabled Veteran 

Owned Small Business 3.00% 0.97% ($180.7 M)

HUBZone 3.00% 0.96% ($178.2 M)
Brenda Doles, President of HealthCare Resolution Services Inc (HCRS) a 

small business.

Getting Back 2 Business and “How the Affordable 

Care Act Can Help Small Businesses” on June 

12, 2012 and June 22, 2012 

HHS Deputy Secretary Bill 

Corr and the HHS Office of 

Small and Disadvantaged 

Business hosted a series of 

small business community 

outreach and matchmaking 

events in Philadelphia, PA at 

Drexel University on June 12, 

2012 and University of California 

San Diego on June 22, 2012. 

The goal of these events was to 

help bolster job creation and the 

national economy by educating 

small businesses on identifying 

and pursuing federal contract 

opportunities with HHS. Mayors, 

representatives from the General 

Services Administration, the Small 

Business Administration, local 

Procurement Technical Assistance 

Centers, small businesses 

and large prime contractors 

participated as guest speakers 

and matchmakers.

Participants praised HHS’ effort 

to reach out beyond the beltway 

and applauded the program 

as the best event attended on 

federal contracting because of the 

“various perspectives on ways 

to do business with the federal 

government... agency specific 

information and detailed guidance 

[received]” .

Participants who traveled long 

distances state” This was an 

absolutely awesome event... 

it was well worth our time. We 

learned so much about what we 

were not doing correctly and got to 

meet with some great contacts.”

University of California San Diego Center for the Future of Surgery

Herb Schultz, Regional Director, Region IX, Office of the Secretary, U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services

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Veteran Entrepreneur 

Training Symposium Reno, 

Nevada, June 11 - 14, 2012

There were approximately 300 vendors in attendance. 

This is the second year for this conference and 

also the second year that HHS participated. HHS 

was represented on a panel discussion Town Hall: 

2012 OSDBU Outlook which received positive 

feedback. There were many useful breakout sessions 

ranging from Pricing Proposals to Business Tools 

to increase Productivity. This conference is still 

young but is doing a lot of positive things for veteran 

entrepreneurs.

National Veteran Small 

Business Conference 

Detroit, June 26-29, 2012 

This annual event is the largest conference for 

Veteran-Owned small businesses with an estimated 

4,000 companies participating. Ms. Teresa Lewis, 

Director of HHS Office of Small and Disadvantaged 

Business Utilization (OSDBU) and several OSDBU 

staff members attended the event. The HHS OSDBU 

conducted “Doing Business with HHS” workshops 

and shared marketing strategies for navigating HHS’ 

operating divisions during the matchmaking sessions.
Federal Business Opportunities 

http://www.fedbizopps.gov 

General Services Administration

http://www.gsa.gov 

SBA Government Contracting and

Business Development. 

http://www.sba.gov/gcbd/ 

Small Business Administration

http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov 

Central Contractor Registration 

http://www.ccr.gov 

Government Agency Links 

http://www.usa.gov/Agencies. 

shtml 

Excluded Parties List System

http://epls.arnet.gov 

Women-Owned Businesses Links: 

National Association of Women

Business Owners 

http://www.nawbo.org 

Small Business Administration: Contract 

Assistance for Women Business Owners 

http://www.sba.gov/aboutsba/ 

sbaprograms/onlinewbc/index. 

html 

Women’s Business Centers 

http://www.awbc.biz 

Women Impacting Public Policy

http://www.wipp.org

Web Sites to 

Bookmark

September 5-7, 2012

National HUBZone

Conference

12:00 pm- 6:00 pm

Location: 

Liaison Capitol Hill Hotel 

415 New Jersey Avenue NW

Washington DC 20001

The National HUBZone Conference 

includes networking sessions with 

federal agencies, educational sessions, workshops and roundtable 

discussions. Registration closes 

September 3, 2012.

 For more information visit

http://www.hubzonecouncil.org

October 11, 2012

Small Business Vendor

Outreach Session 

8:00 am – 12:00 pm

Location: 

200 Independence Avenue, SW

Room 800

Washington DC 20201

Information about the October 

Vendor Outreach Session and 

registration for the event will be 

posted here in early September.

For additional information,

visit the Federal OSDBU Directors 

Interagency Council’s website at:

http://www.osdbu.gov

Office of Small & Disadvantaged

Business Utilization 

Please scan the QR Code to obtain 

additional information about the U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services’ Small Business Program. http://www.hhs.gov/smallbusiness/

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Recent HHS Small Business Awards

CIO SP3 Health Interoperability GWAC $20 Billion:

In June 2012, the NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) 

awarded the third in a series of CIO SP3 (Chief Information Officer - Solutions and Partners 3) 

Small Business awards to seventy-nine (79) Small Business concerns. 

This Government - Wide Acquisition Contract, which has a ceiling of $20 billion, supports 

the Federal Enterprise Architecture, the DoD Enterprise Architecture, and the Federal Health 

Architecture, providing a full range of information technology services and solutions to the 

government. See http://nitaac.nih.gov/nitaac/ for additional details.

Small Business in the News

OMB Policy M-12-16, 

Prompt Payment for 

Subcontractors 

In an effort to improve payment 

of small business subcontractors 

to within 15 days “ of receipt 

of relevant documents” OMB 

issued Memorandum 11-32 

, “Accelerating Payments to 

Small Businesses for Goods 

and Services.” Refer to link 

http://www.whitehouse.

gov/sites/default/files/omb/

memoranda/2012/m-12-16.pdf
Small Business Success Through Partnership with 

the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business 

Utilization

HumanTouch, LLC is a CMMI Level 3, 

ISO9001:2008 certified, Small Business 

Administration (SBA)-certified Section 8(a) 

Small and Disadvantaged Business providing 

professional and information technology services 

to the Federal Government. HumanTouch has 

been particularly active in providing health care 

information technology to federal agencies, 

accounting for approximately 80% of annual 

revenue.

As a business that serves the mission of the 

Federal Government, HumanTouch takes 

seriously its role in helping to support our 

country’s health care system by working with 

agencies focused on this mission. The Health 

and Human Services (HHS) Office of Small and 

Disadvantaged Business Utilization has provided 

guidance and support as HumanTouch has grown. 

The opportunity to attend HHS Small Business 

Vendor Outreach Sessions and Industry Days 

has also given HumanTouch great exposure and 

deeper understanding of HHS’ greatest business 

needs.

HumanTouch has experienced rapid growth in the 

past few years, exemplified by its ranking at #2 in 

the Washington Business Journal Fast 50, 2011. 

HumanTouch was awarded contracts supporting 

Health and Human Services (HHS), the Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and 

the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and 

takes pride in serving these agencies with integrity 

and partnering with their clients to optimize 

value and results. HumanTouch services FDA’s 

infrastructure including the data center. The team 

also provides technical support to over 14,000 

FDA employees, helping them achieve their 

mission in everything from program management 

to regulation.

Founder, President and CEO Moe Jafari credits 

this success to the greater understanding of HHS 

and agency needs to insights he gained through 

partnership with the Health and Human Services 

(HHS) Office of Small and Disadvantaged 

Business Utilization. When asked to provide 

advice to other small businesses, Jafari suggests:

• Never quit trying. Ask for feedback at all 

levels whether you are awarded the contract 

or not. This will allow you to hone your skills 

and better understand how to assist HHS in 

meeting their mission.

• Take advantage of HHS Small Business 

office staff and online resources (such as the 

Forecast of HHS Contracting Opportunities for 

Small Businesses and HHS Small Business 

Goals). There is a wealth of information out 

there if you are willing to look for it and ask 

questions.

• Attend the Vendor Outreach Sessions, 

Industry Days and consider joining the Mentor 

Protégé Program.

 

• Take a customized approach to designing 

your service plan for each project you bid on. 

Consider HHS’ culture and business needs 

and how your services might need to be 

optimized to meet their needs. 

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Contracting Opportunities

HHS 

Operating 

Division

Release Date Contact Competition 

Type

Procurement 

Category Dollar Range NAICS: Project Description

CDC 3rd QTR 2012 Sharon Campolucci

404.498.6861 Full & Open IT Services $10,000,001 and above 541511

Development of a Design 

Concept for the revised 

BioSense Surveillance 

System 

CDC 3rd QTR 2012 Fran Harrell

404.639.7552 TBD Logistics $10,000,001 and above 541614 Logistical support to DSNS

CDC 3rd QTR 2012 Gretchen Floreno

404.639.1534

Small Business 

Set-Aside

Technical 

Assistance

$100,000 to 

$500,000 611430 SNS Preparedness Course

CDC 4th QTR 2012 Ronald Ottem

404.639.2576 Full & Open Commodoties/Supplies

$10,000,001 and 

above 325414 Vaccinia Immune Globulin (VIG)

CDC 4th QTR 2012 Adrianne Holmes

770.488.3404 TBD Health Services $5,000,001 to $10,000,000 541711 

National Surveillance for 

Chemical Exposures and 

Other Potential Health 

Hazards. 

CDC 4th QTR 2012 Gary Nakashian

770.488.2401 TBD Technical Services $1,000,001 to $5,000,000 541990 

Stockpile Resource Planning R12 Upgrade including re-engineering - ISG

CDC 4th QTR 2012 Robert Carpenter

770.488.2528

Small Business 

Set-Aside Technical Services $100,000 to $500,000 541990

Validation of Strategic 

Resource Planning (SRP) 

12 - QCU

CDC 4th QTR 2012 Karen L. Stamey

404.639.4098

Small Business 

Set-Aside IT Services $100,000 to $500,000 541511 

Development of IT Tools to 

Support Multistate Foodborne Disease Outbreak 

Investigations

CDC 4th QTR 2012 Jannie Williams

404.498.2046 TBD IT Services $500,001 to $1,000,000 541511 

Enterprise Service Bus 

Web Application and Web 

Services Contract. 

CDC 4th QTR 2012 Ronald Abernathy

404.639.2638 TBD IT Services $100,000 to $500,000 541511 Preparedness and Response Dashboard

CDC 3rd QTR 2012 Cheryl Stauss

404.639.7812 GSA Schedule Business Services $100,000 to $500,000 541611 Addministrative Support for DSLR

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