G2X TAKE: Seven firms have been awarded a Prime position on this 5-year multiple award Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) out of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to provide a range of consulting services to strategically improve tax compliance and internal operations using research, data-driven analysis, models and project/business management to inform decision making. The BPA was broken out between Unrestricted and Small Business.  Booz Allen Hamilton, Deloitte, Vencore (Now Perspecta), Noblis and Small Business **ASR Analytics were awarded the $137 million unrestricted contracts. Brillient Corporation and Elder Research were awarded the $24 million SB set-aside. The unrestricted program areas include: Authentication, Identity Theft and Fraud Protection Compliance Program Analytics and Process Improvement Examination Selection and Process Analytics Support Taxpayer Behavioral Studies Identify Emerging Analytic Techniques Identify Emerging Compliance Issues Unknown Issues The SB Set-aside Program Areas include: Support Data Management Identify Emerging Tax Environment Issues – Currency Identify Emerging Tax Environment Issues – Gig Economy This BPA was competed and[eventmember] awarded under the GSA Professional Services Schedule. If and when additional awardees are announced they will be shared here.  Take Bytes The DAIS industry day information is located here. The original draft PWS can be found here. ** Note: ASR Analytics has now been added to the list of awardees with their official award announced yesterday. We should mention that over the past 15 years, Mike Stavrianos, a founding Principal for this small business,  has "supported a broad range of analytic consulting engagements for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), including 8 years leading process improvement efforts for Business Systems Modernization programs, and 10+ years serving as a subject matter expert on analytical projects for the IRS Office of Research, Analysis, and Statistics (RAS). " Source: ASR [/eventmember]