While there were no solicitations released from Deltek's list of annual top federal opportunities for FY 2015 this month, there were two opportunities that had significant announcements published:

· The contracting office for the State Department's WPS-2 issued a pre-solicitation notice on April 17; the pre-solicitation conference is scheduled for May 22.

· The Army announced in the Tactical Network Industry Forum Slides that the CHS-5 draft RFP is expected to be released in December 2015.

Also worth noting is that solicitation release dates were delayed for four opportunities. Details are provided below, with each opportunity's original rank in the Top 20 Federal Opportunities for FY 2015 report and a link to additional details available in GovWin IQ.

Solicitations Released to Date: Nine

#12 GNS: RFP released on April 1, proposals due June 1, 2015. –GovWin IQ# 118117

#2 RS3: The solicitation for the $37.4B procurement was released on March 25, with proposals due May 6. Up to 50 awards are expected in July. –GovWin IQ# 54023

#9 ESPC: The solicitation was released on March 23, with proposals due May 13, 2015. –GovWin IQ# 109872

#20 ICP Core: The solicitation was released March 13; proposals are due May 12, 2015. The government anticipates an award in October 2015. –GovWin IQ# 44732

#16 M&O of the National Security Campus Formerly Known as the Kansas City Plant: Solicitation released December 12; proposals due February 10, 2015. –GovWin IQ# 45419

#7 CFT: Solicitation released on December 2; proposals due February 3, 2015. –GovWin IQ# 66838

#3 T4NG: Solicitation released on November 19; proposals due December 19, 2014. – GovWin IQ# 104683

#11 KC10 CLS Engine Support: Solicitation released on November 7; proposals due January 28, 2015. –GovWin IQ# 88677

#19 KC10 CLS Airframe Support: Solicitation released on November 7; proposals due January 28, 2015. –GovWin IQ# 65969

Solicitations Pushed to Later Date:

#10 HCaTS: On May 4, the contracting office stated that the final solicitations are now anticipated to be released by the end of June 2015. Previously, the solicitations had been anticipated to be released on May 19. Deltek has updated the opportunity report milestones accordingly. For more information on the HCaTS unrestricted vehicle, please refer to Opportunity Report ID: 121350. For more information on the HCaTS SB vehicle, please refer to Opportunity Report ID: 121353. –GovWin IQ# 113795

#17 ProTech: The contracting office stated that the draft RFP is slated to be issued in Summer 2015 with the final RFP being released in late 2015. As a result, Deltek changed its anticipated solicitation release date from May 2015 to November 2015. –GovWin IQ# 78803

#18 IRES: The contracting office announced new dates for the IRES acquisition. A draft RFP is anticipated to be issued in August 2015. Industry Day #2, the Site Visit, and one-on-one meetings are anticipated to be held in August. The pre-proposal conference is scheduled to be held and the final RFP is anticipated to be released in January 2016. Deltek has updated the opportunity report milestones accordingly.–GovWin IQ# 42435

#14 ESD II: According to information provided by the CMS OSDBU, a draft RFP may be posted in early May 2015 for industry review and feedback. An Industry Day may take place in early June 2015 and the final RFP may be released in mid June 2015. All of these dates are subject to change. Deltek is confirming the dates with the contracting office and has changed the estimated solicitation date from May 2015 to June 2015. –GovWin IQ# 118153

Updated Quick View of Deltek's Top 20 Federal Opportunities for FY 2015 *Government Estimate

RANK	AGENCY	PROGRAM NAME	DELTEK EST. RFP DATE	DELTEK EST. AWD DATE	DELTEK EST. VALUE	GovWin IQ ID
1	GSA	ALLIANT II UNRESTRICTED	Nov-15	Jul-17	$50 Billion	106639
2	Army	RESPONSIVE STRATEGIC SOURCING FOR SERVICES (RS3)	Mar 25, 2015 Released	Jul-15*	$37 Billion	54023
3	VA	TRANSFORMATION TWENTY ONE TOTAL TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM NEXT GENERATION (T4NG)	Nov 19, 2014 Released	Dec-15*	$22.3 Billion*	104683
4	DOD	DEFENSE HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES GENERATION I IDIQ (DHITS GEN I)	Oct-15	Jun-16	$10 Billion*	53177
5	Army	INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS 3 SERVICES (ITES-3S CHESS)	Sep-15	Dec-16	$12 Billion*	64990
6	DOD	ENCORE III	Sep-15	May-16	$12.2 Billion	110485
7	USAF	CONTRACT FIELD TEAM MAINTENANCE (CFT)	Dec 2, 2014 Released	Jan-16*	$11.4 Billion*	66838
8	State	WORLDWIDE PERSONAL PROTECTION SERVICES 2 (WPS2)	May-15	Sep-15	$10 Billion	93195
9	DOE	ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACT (ESPC)	Mar 23, 2015 Released	Dec-15	$1.0 Billion	109872
10	GSA	HUMAN CAPITAL AND TRAINING SOLUTIONS (HCaTS)	June-15*	Dec-15*	$5 Billion	113795
11	USAF	KC10A CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT ENGINE SUPPORT CONTRACT	Nov 7, 2014 Released	Apr-16	$4.4 Billion*	88677
12	DOD	GLOBAL NETWORK SERVICES (GNS)	April 1, 2015 Released	Dec-15	$4.0 Billion*	118117
13	GSA	NORTHEAST INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS (NIS)(NS2020)	Jul-15	Mar-16	$4.0 Billion*	105781
14	HHS	ENTERPRISE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT UMBRELLA (ESD-II)	Jun-15	Sep-15	$4.0 Billion	118153
15	Army	COMMON HARDWARE SYSTEMS 5 (CHS-5)	Feb-16	Aug-16	$2.5 Billion	96504
16	DOE	MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY CAMPUS FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE KANSAS CITY PLANT	Dec 12, 2014 Released	Jun-16	$9.0 Billion	45419
17	Commerce	PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES CONTRACT VEHICLE (PRO-TECH)	Nov-15	Apr-16	$3.0 Billion*	78803
18	DOD	INTEGRATED RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT FOR ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (IRES)	Jan-16*	Aug-16*	$5.8 Billion*	42435
19	USAF	KC10A CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT DEPOT MAINTENANCE AIRFRAME CONTRACT	Nov 7, 2014 Released	Apr-16	$2.3 Billion*	65969
20	DOE	AEC IDAHO CLEAN CONTRACT CORE PROJECT (ICP CORE)	Mar 13, 2015 Released	Jan-16	$1.58 Billion*	44732