October 30, 2014
Booz Allen To Help Modernize Awards Process For Integrated Award Environment
McLean, Virginia — Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has been selected by the United States General Services Administration (GSA) to help the Integrated Award Environment (IAE) enhance the government's contract award/acquisition process.
Under terms of the five-year, $64.5 million contract, Booz Allen will develop a Common Services solution for the IAE. Specifically, the Common Services award tasks Booz Allen with developing the IAE Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering which will be used by other vendors to build business applications. The PaaS environment will support specific needs that are common across applications, including providing common identity and access management, data management, search, application programming interface (API) management, developer tools, and cloud management capabilities. IAE will act as the integrator in bringing the capabilities that the common services platform will provide together with the vendors who will use the tools.
The contract advances the GSA's commitment to cloud and open source solutions to help Federal agencies improve service and reduce costs. In this case, Booz Allen will help the GSA apply cloud and open-source solutions to deploy and host the IAE common services platform. Applications built or migrated by core vendors atop the platform will allow users - Federal agencies looking to acquire goods and services, external contractors bidding for and securing contracts - to enjoy a faster, more streamlined service.
"To be selected by the GSA for this important transformation is a testament to Booz Allen's cloud and open source expertise", said Ashley Skyrme, vice president, Booz Allen Hamilton. "We brought together the right team and partners to provide market leading technology and expertise from the private sector, and demonstrate by example how a cloud-based common services platform can help Federal agencies fulfill their mission."
The win builds upon Booz Allen Hamilton's longstanding support of the federal government's cloud computing initiatives and its commitment to providing open source solutions. The firm works with government clients to leverage the cloud for a variety of mission challenges, from cloud data strategies to cloud policy consulting and cloud security audits and services.
"The GSA is leading by example," remarked Munjeet Singh, principal, Booz Allen Hamilton. "Over time, the open source, cloud environment supporting the GSA's acquisition process will inspire other Federal agencies to apply the same approach."
Booz Allen Hamilton has a history of leveraging industry-leading open source solutions for its cloud broker and management frameworks. The Company also closely partners with cloud vendors and open source platform providers including RedHat, Docker, Talend and Amazon Web Services.
"Our depth of expertise and close industry partnerships make Booz Allen uniquely suited for any Federal agency using open source cloud platforms," noted Jarid Cottrell, senior technologist, Booz Allen Hamilton.
Compared to proprietary development, building via open source platforms allows Booz Allen to collaborate with their clients and create software that it is relevant, scalable and cost effective.
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