Contract · Federal

Digital Communications Support for a six(6) month period

Agency: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF / OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION (ASA)
Location: Bethesda, MD
Amount: Amount not listed
Posted: Jul 20, 2026
Set-aside: None (open competition)
NAICS code: 541512 - Computer Systems Design Services look up NAICS codes
PSC code: DA01 - IT and Telecommunications (general category)

Timeline

Posted

Jul 20, 2026
Status

Closing soon

What contracts like this typically pay

est. $200K-$1.4M

Estimated from 13 similar past awards in Maryland, NAICS 541512.

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What this contract is for

Agency: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF / OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION (ASA)
Location: Bethesda, MD
NAICS: 541512 - Computer Systems Design Services
Scope: Federal

The purpose of this synopsis is to announce the Health and Human Services (HHS) intent to negotiate a Firm Fixed Price sole source contract with Webfirst, Inc. located at 9200 Corporate Boulevard Suite 375, Rockville, MD 20850-3886, to continue providing the HHS with Digital Communications Support for a six (6) month period.

Only one (1) source, Webfirst, Inc, is available to fulfill the Government’s requirement for these services in an interim period to provide the needed digital communications support.

This action will support a short-term, six (6) month bridge to allow for adequate time to re-complete the existing order HHSN316201200189W/75N98122F00001 with a current expiration date of September 28th, 2026, maximize future competition, and prevent a lapse in critical services.

ASPA Digital manages HHS digital communications operations and public-facing digital services.

The current SOW requires the contractor to support high-tempo, mission-facing services including Service Desk operations, Drupal enterprise content publishing, website and application modernization, analytics, accessibility, security, and program management.

The current Service Desk supports more than 250 content owners across all ASPA Digital-managed websites, manages approximately 120 requests per week, processes approximately 300 operations and maintenance tickets per month, and supports approximately 10 to 15 projects per month.

Some requests must be completed within half an hour.

Disrupting these services during a six-month bridge would create avoidable operational risk.

The incumbent contractor has current knowledge of ASPA’s workflows, systems, governance documents, service queues, ongoing projects, content publishing processes, Drupal environment, AWS environment, analytics toolchain, security require...

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