Acquisition Planning Forecast System

Forecast Record Number: 

F2025070572 Print

U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Component: USCIS Published Date: Oct. 10, 2025, 9:47 a.m. Previously Published On: June 20, 2025, 2:36 p.m.
NAICS: 541511 - Custom Computer Programming Services Competition: YES
Small Business Set-Aside: N/A Small Business Program: SB
Contract Vehicle: GSA Schedule Contract Type: Firm Fixed Price
Contract Status: Recompetition Incumbent: Ardent Management Consulting, Inc.
Contract Number: 70SBUR21F00000057 Anticipated Award Quarter: Q3 FY2026
Estimated Solicitation Release: 2025-12-29 Contract Complete: 2031-04-30
Requirements Title: Quality, Security, Testing, Automation and Governance (QSTAG)
Description: ***10/10/2025 - An RFI was posted via SAM.gov on 7/1/2025 and closed on 7/15/2025. The following APFS record fields have been updated: small business program, dollar range, contract type, type of award, and estimated solicitation release date.*** QSTAG Service Objectives: 1. To allow United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) the flexibility to secure technical support with the knowledge, skills and capabilities in Development Security Opertations (DevSecOps) advanced testing and automation solutions for the systems and services that support the USCIS mission. 2. To aid or enable USCIS, Office of Information Technology (OIT) product/portfolio teams to build and continually improve the quality of their products and speed of delivery by implementing cutting edge DevSecOps, advanced testing, applications and workloads security, automation and RPA technology solutions. 3. To re-use, build and continually improve reliable, valuable, and sustainable automated pipelines for use by engineering teams and stakeholders to easily integrate and benefit from available solutions. 4. To ensure standardized best practices, compliance and accountability, resulting in secure, efficient, and scalable operations that include development, testing, deployment and continuous improvements across the enterprise." We are currently in the market research stage of this acquisition. An RFI is expected to be posted on SAM.gov. The results of the RFI will be used to craft the acquisition strategy and this APFS record will be updated accordingly.
Estimated Dollar Range: $20,000,000.00 to $50,000,000.00 Place of Performance: Camp Springs, MD
POC Name: Nili Khanna Alternate POC Name: Patrick Gadwah
POC Phone: (202) 227-0547 Alternate POC Phone: (802) 829-0013
POC Email: [email protected] Alternate POC Email: [email protected]
Small Business Specialist/APFS Coordinator POC Name: Danielle Hubbard
Small Business Specialist/APFS Coordinator POC Phone: (802) 872-4130 Small Business Specialist/APFS Coordinator POC Email: [email protected]

Change Log

Field Changed Old Value New Value Date Changed
Previous Published Date None 06/20/2025 Oct. 10, 2025
Published Date 06/20/2025 10/10/2025 Oct. 10, 2025
Last Updated Date 06/20/2025 10/10/2025 Oct. 10, 2025
Requirement QSTAG Service Objectives: 1. To allow United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) the flexibility to secure technical support with the knowledge, skills and capabilities in Development Security Opertations (DevSecOps) advanced testing and automation solutions for the systems and services that support the USCIS mission. 2. To aid or enable USCIS, Office of Information Technology (OIT) product/portfolio teams to build and continually improve the quality of their products and speed of delivery by implementing cutting edge DevSecOps, advanced testing, applications and workloads security, automation and RPA technology solutions. 3. To re-use, build and continually improve reliable, valuable, and sustainable automated pipelines for use by engineering teams and stakeholders to easily integrate and benefit from available solutions. 4. To ensure standardized best practices, compliance and accountability, resulting in secure, efficient, and scalable operations that include development, testing, deployment and continuous improvements across the enterprise." We are currently in the market research stage of this acquisition. An RFI is expected to be posted on SAM.gov. The results of the RFI will be used to craft the acquisition strategy and this APFS record will be updated accordingly. ***10/10/2025 - An RFI was posted via SAM.gov on 7/1/2025 and closed on 7/15/2025. The following APFS record fields have been updated: small business program, dollar range, contract type, type of award, and estimated solicitation release date.*** QSTAG Service Objectives: 1. To allow United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) the flexibility to secure technical support with the knowledge, skills and capabilities in Development Security Opertations (DevSecOps) advanced testing and automation solutions for the systems and services that support the USCIS mission. 2. To aid or enable USCIS, Office of Information Technology (OIT) product/portfolio teams to build and continually improve the quality of their products and speed of delivery by implementing cutting edge DevSecOps, advanced testing, applications and workloads security, automation and RPA technology solutions. 3. To re-use, build and continually improve reliable, valuable, and sustainable automated pipelines for use by engineering teams and stakeholders to easily integrate and benefit from available solutions. 4. To ensure standardized best practices, compliance and accountability, resulting in secure, efficient, and scalable operations that include development, testing, deployment and continuous improvements across the enterprise." We are currently in the market research stage of this acquisition. An RFI is expected to be posted on SAM.gov. The results of the RFI will be used to craft the acquisition strategy and this APFS record will be updated accordingly. Oct. 10, 2025
Contract Type Combination Firm Fixed Price Oct. 10, 2025
Estimated Solicitation Release 02/20/2026 12/29/2025 Oct. 10, 2025
Contract Vehicle IDIQ TO/DO (Non Strategic Sourcing Vehicle Multiple Award Contract) GSA Schedule Oct. 10, 2025
Dollar Range $50M to $100M $20M to $50M Oct. 10, 2025
Small Business Program TBD SB Oct. 10, 2025