GSA Awards Sparksoft with the Polaris Small Business GWAC

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Columbia, MD, December 30, 2024 – Sparksoft Corporation, an industry leader of innovative Digital Health solutions, has been awarded a 10-year prime contract on the Polaris Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) Small Business (SB) Pool by the General Services Administration (GSA). Polaris is a Multiple Award, Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide customized Information Technology (IT) services and IT services-based solutions. Sparksoft will deliver all management, supervision, labor, facilities, and materials necessary to perform on a task order basis to ensure long-term business success and meet business objectives. The following are general categories and examples of the type of work to be performed relative to task order requirements to meet an agency’s particular mission needs:

Cloud Services such as Application Integration Services; Backup Solutions; Cloud Governance, Security and Compliance; Cloud Migration Services; Cloud Strategy and Planning; Storage and Hosting; Cloud Risk Management; Cloud Assessment; Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS); Platform as a Service (PaaS); Software as a Service (SaaS)
Cybersecurity such as Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM); Continuous Security Monitoring; Identity Management and Access Management; Information Assurance; Intrusion Detection; IT Disaster Recovery Services; IT Security Incident Response; Mobile Threat Protection; Network Security Monitoring; Security Assessment Services/Vulnerability Analysis Services; Threat Hunting; Zero Trust Architecture Services
Data Management such as Data Architecture, Analysis and Design; Data Governance; Data Migration; Data Quality Management; Data Science; Data Security Management; Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence Management; Document, Record and Content Management; Geospatial Data Practices and Services; Governance, Planning, and Strategy; Network and Individual Storage Management
Information and Communications Technologies such as Collaboration Technology Services; IPv6 Implementation and Support Services; Network as a Service (NaaS); Software Defined Wide Area Networking Implementation (SD/WAN); Telepresence and Video Services; Virtual Private Network (VPN) and other Remote Network Access Services; Virtualization Services; Voice over IP (VoIP) Services; Wireless Services; 5G services and applications; Mobility as a Service (MaaS); Mobile Backend as a Service
IT Operations and Maintenance such as Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Support Services; Data Center Management; Email and File Server Management; IT Help Desk / IT Support; IT Training; Mobile Device Management; PC Provisioning; Server and Device Management
Software Development such as Mobile Application Development Services; Software Design; Software Maintenance; Software Programming; Software Testing; Web Development
System Design such as Computer Systems Integration Design Consulting Services; Configuration Management Services; Information Management Computer Systems Integration Design Services; IT Specifications Development; Network Infrastructure Design; Office Automation Computer Systems Integration Design Services; Smart Buildings Systems Integration

Polaris also allows agencies to issue Task Order requirements with technical proposals offering innovative solutions in the following emerging technologies:

Advanced and Quantum Computing such as Cryptography/Encryption; Secure communications; Design of high-performance computers, computer clusters, and networks; Quantum Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence (AI) such as Computer Vision; Deep Learning; Machine Learning; Natural Language Processing (NLP); Spatial Computing; Speech Recognition; Biometrics; Implementation and Management of AI Tools; Assessment of AI Technologies; Experience Reality/Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality/Mixed reality (XR)
Automation Technology such as Robotic Process Automation (RPA); Automated Messaging Services; Data Cleaning Scripts; Interactive Voice Response (IVR); Smart Notification
Distributed Ledger Technology such as Blockchain Implementation Solutions; DLT Network Design Services; Smart Contract Programming Services; Distributed computing in low trust environments
Edge Computing such as 5G Implementation Services; Edge Analytics; Edge Application Services; Edge Computing Architecture Design Services; Internet of Things (IoT) Services
Immersive Technology such as Virtual Reality; Augmented Reality; Synthetic Environment

This award further expands the government’s access to Sparksoft’s comprehensive array of small business and unrestricted federal government-wide, best-in-class (BIC) vehicles like GSA MAS, GSA 8(a) STARS III, GSA OASIS, CMS SPARC, NIH CIO-SP3, FAA eFAST, including recent awards on GSA OASIS+ and NIH CIO-SP4, with a variety of socio-economic pools such as 8(a), WOSB, HUBZone, and SDB to drive expansive growth for the next decade.

About Sparksoft Corporation

Sparksoft is a Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Services and Development Maturity Level 3, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 20000-1:2018, ISO 27001:2013, and Federal Wide Assurance for the Protection of Human Subjects certified consulting organization with a proven record of successfully delivering modern digital health solutions for more than a dozen Federal, State, and Commercial customers. As evidenced by our 20+ active prime contracts and subcontracts, and further supported by our excellent Contractor Performance Assessment Reports (CPARs), Sparksoft is a highly mature and capable partner trusted by the government and industry. We bring to bear the essential institutional knowledge, contract vehicles, certifications, experienced personnel, and process maturity to deliver the requirements in compliance with Federal regulations, industry best practices, and agency governance needs.

Through our focused mission “to ignite innovation, inspire transformation, and implement digital solutions for a healthier nation” we specialize in DevOps Delivery, Data Science, Contact Center Operations, Life Sciences, and Test Automation. Since 2004, our exceptionally skilled people, proven leadership, and optimized processes all work together to relentlessly push for more efficient solutions for our HHS, Military Health, and Life Sciences clients. We have developed a support structure of Innovation Centers designed to collect our enterprise-wide lessons learned and identify project-specific opportunities for improvement. SparkLabs, where our Research & Development teams explore ideas and turn them into real-world solutions is an important impetus in our drive for innovation. We continually pull from our experience and combine this with forward-thinking technology from our certified partners like Red Hat, Microsoft, AWS, Okta, Google, Databricks, and ServiceNow to conceptualize novel and effective solutions such as our SparkLoader® RPA Data Pipeline, SparkGrid® Snowflake GUI, MockSpider® Virtual Sandbox, ScriptHive® for TDD/BDD automation, SparkMarker® Website Accessibility Platform, 508bee® Accessibility Validation, and many more.

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