A monthly rundown of activity for Deltek's Top 20 Federal Opportunities for FY 2015

Talk about March Madness! Three major solicitations were released in March and one was released on April 1, resulting in a total of nine solicitations featured in Deltek's annual top federal opportunities for FY 2015 being released so far this fiscal year.

Five solicitation released dates were pushed, two of which have reduced ceiling values.

Details of the month's updates to the Top 20 Federal Opportunities for FY 2015 follow, but here's the scorecard for March (as of April 1, 2015):

· Four solicitations released, with a combined ceiling value of $44B

· Solicitation release dates delayed for five opportunities

· Two opportunities' ceiling value reduced

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 provided by GovWin IQ.

Solicitations Released to Date: Nine

#12 GNS: RFP released on April 1, proposals due May 18, 2015. Deltek estimates awards to be made in December 2015. –GovWin IQ# 118117

#2 RS3: The solicitation for the $37.4B procurement was released on March 25, with proposals due April 24. Up to 50 awards are expected in July. –GovWin IQ# 54023

#9 ESPC: The solicitation was released on March 23, with proposals due April 29, 2015. Deltek estimates awards to be made in January 2016. –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

Solicitation Dates Pushed to Later Date:

#10 HCaTS: The Draft RFPs were released for HCATS and HCATS SB on March 18, 2015. A Presolicitation Conference is planned for May 14, in Washington D.C. The final solicitations are expected on May 19, 2015. As a result, Deltek dates have been updated 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

#13 NIS/NS2020: On March 12, the government issued a special notice indicating that the contracting office is currently focusing on the$50B GSA Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) acquisition (GovWin IQ # 115836). Currently, no additional information is available regarding the NIS. As a result, Deltek has changed the solicitation date to July 2015. –GovWin IQ# 105781

#14 ESD II: Deltek analysts confirmed that no recent activity has taken place. Because the CO was unable to provide a solicitation timeframe; as such, Deltek changed the estimated solicitation date from April 2015 to May 2015. –GovWin IQ# 118153

Solicitation Dates Pushed to Later Date and Ceiling Values Reduced:

#4 DHITS: Per the industry day slides published in February, the draft RFP is anticipated to be released on or about September 15, 2015. The RFP is anticipated to be released on or about October 14, 2015. Awards are anticipated to be made on or about June 23, 2016. In the industry day slides, the ceiling value was published as $10B, which is a reduction from original estimated value of $20B. Deltek has updated the dates and values accordingly.–GovWin IQ# 53177

#5 ITES-3S: The ceiling value was reduced from $20 billion to $12 billion, per information provided at the AFCEA NOVA Army IT Day held on February 4, 2015. The Draft RFP is currently projected to be issued in Q3FY15. As a result, Deltek changed the estimated RFP release date to September 2015. Additionally, the Government has requested a 36 month extension on the ordering period for ITES-2S. –GovWin IQ# 64990

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)	May-15*	Aug-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)	May-15	Sep-15	$4.0 Billion	118153
15	Army	COMMON HARDWARE SYSTEMS 5 (CHS-5)	Feb-15	Jul-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)	Aug-15	Apr-16	$3.0 Billion*	78803
18	DOD	INTEGRATED RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT FOR ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (IRES)	Oct-15*	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	Oct-15*	$1.58 Billion*	44732