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Health and Human Services (all) · OMAS STRATEGIC BUYING CENTER - PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 260740 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 18, 2026 · this noticeCombined Synopsis/Solicitation
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
- Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.
What the notice says
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Acquisitions (OA) Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources (ASFR) Office of Mission Acquisition Solutions (OMAS) is issuing this Request for Quotation (RFQ) for the acquisition of Handshake Talent Engagement Suite. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Office of Human Capital (OHC), Division of Strategic and Customer Relations (DSCR) is responsible for executing targeted recruitment and outreach efforts to attract qualified candidates to CMS. To support this mission, CMS has utilized the Handshake platform to en… (show all)
gage students and early career talent at colleges and universities across the United States. This requirement is to procure continued access to the Handshake Talent Engagement Suite to support CMS/OHC's targeted recruitment and outreach mission, including the ability to post positions, engage candidates, and fill hard-to-fill roles across the agency. This acquisition is not being conducted as a competitive acquisition. The Government intends to solicit and negotiate with Stryder Corp as the only source reasonably available to satisfy the Government's requirement.
Who won similar work
9 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Health and Human Services (all)), same product/service code (PSC) DA10.
Single-winner award sizes (9): middle half $408K to $1.8M, median $992K; range $117K to $2.2M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| DATIX (USA) INC. | 1 | $2.2M | Oct 13, 2026 |
| RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE Durham NC 27709 USA | 1 | $2.1M | Feb 23, 2026 |
| CWC GROUP LLC | 1 | $1.8M | Jul 20, 2026 |
| METAS SOLUTIONS LLC | 1 | $1.6M | Feb 23, 2026 |
| SPN SOLUTIONS INC | 1 | $992K | Sep 28, 2026 |
| INSTEM LSS (NORTH AMERICA) LIMITED | 1 | $619K | Sep 24, 2025 |
| CIMARRON MEDICAL INFORMATICS LLC | 1 | $408K | Jul 3, 2025 |
| UNICOM SYSTEMS INC | 1 | $183K | Jan 20, 2026 |
| BADGER HEALTH & ASSOCIATES LLC | 1 | $117K | May 13, 2025 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Oct 13, 2026DATIX (USA) INC.$2.2MIHS Agency-wide Instructions for Use Subscription ServicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 28, 2026SPN SOLUTIONS INC$992KModernized VAERS Reporting ApplicationNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 20, 2026CWC GROUP LLC$1.8MNotice of Sole Source ModificationNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Feb 23, 2026METAS SOLUTIONS LLC$1.6MNCHS DVS Enhancement, Development, Maintenance, and Interoperability of NVSS, NDI and FHIR Sub-System ServicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Feb 23, 2026RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE Durham NC 27709 USA$2.1MNational Post-acute and Long-term Care Study (NPALS) dataNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 20, 2026UNICOM SYSTEMS INC$183KUNICOM Software MaintenanceNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 24, 2025INSTEM LSS (NORTH AMERICA) LIMITED$619KInstem software modules�SEND Submit and ProvantisNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 3, 2025CIMARRON MEDICAL INFORMATICS LLC$408KFirm Fixed-Price, Non-Personal Service Type, Commercial Item Purchase to provide Areawide Service, Support, & Maintenance Agreement for RPMS/Radiology PACS, Chargemaster and Lab Interface for GPA IHS No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- May 13, 2025BADGER HEALTH & ASSOCIATES LLC$117KRemote Clearinghouse Service Subscription -Ute Mountain Ute Health Center - Towaoc, CONo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS) job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 252 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.