G2X TAKE: Several firms were celebrating last week as they learned they had gained a Prime spot on this multiple-award BPA to provide the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with a range of Professional IT Program and Technical Services, and in support of the Strategic Mission Alignment of IT Services initiative. The scope of the BPA is expected to include program management services, IT services, communications, cybersecurity, and IT assessments, evaluations, and solutions.  Out of a competitive pool of what was understood to be 36 companies, included below are the known large and small business awardees to date - a who's who of Federal Health IT leaders. GDIT Deloitte GovernmentCIO (GCIO) Booz Allen Hamilton Grant Thornton Northrop Grumman Iron Bow Technologies Octo Consulting Guidehouse DMI Sapient NETE Solutions, an NTT Data Company Soft Tech Consulting DS Federal BioTeam Customer Value Partners (CVP) Congratulations to the awardees! More will be added if they become known.  Several of these firms are quite well known at NIH, while for others this BPA will serve as a fishing license that allows them to break into the Agency to support the important mission of the NIH.   Included below is a snapshot of the Prime obligations for the top ten IT services providers at NIH - NAICS 541511, 541512, 541513, 541519, 518210.   [caption id="attachment_74947" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Federal contracting data provided to G2Xchange by Federal Compass; Date: June 2020[/caption]