Contract Award: QBase LLC (Reston, Virginia (HT0015-19-F-0036) – $7,546,347

QBase LLC, Reston, Virginia (HT0015-19-F-0036), was awarded a firm-fixed-price $7,546,347 contract for non-personal information technology (IT) services in support of the Defense Health Agency (DHA), Health Information Technology (HIT), Infrastructure and Operations Division (I&O), Enterprise Systems Branch.  These support services include virtual and physical server administration; database administration; IT system patching and mitigation of system vulnerabilities; application deployment, data at rest; technical writing; security scanning; Tiers 2 and 3 system administration services; operating system deployments; backup and storage services; and network and application vulnerability scanning. The award was made as a small business competitive solicitation in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 8.405, using General Services Administration eBuy Schedule 70, Special Item Number 132-56.  Seventeen quotes were received in response to the solicitation.   The contractor place of performance is Falls Church, Virginia.  The contract provides for four option periods, if exercised.  This contract is funded with fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance appropriations in the amount of $7,546,347.  The Defense Health Agency, Contracting Office – Health Information Technology, San Antonio, Texas, is the contracting activity. (Awarded Feb. 28, 2019) DHA), Health Information Technology (HIT), Infrastructure and Operations Division (I&O), Enterprise Systems Branch.  These