Prime Award Secures Customer Efficiencies, Opportunities
VIENNA, Va, September 28, 2022 – Armedia in partnership with Hartwood Consulting Services announced today that their joint venture company, Hartwood Armedia Joint Venture (HAJV), has been awarded a seat on eFAST, a $7.4 billion contract. The official prime award notice means Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) customers can quickly and easily work with HAJV through the Electronic Federal Aviation Administration Accelerated and Simplified Tasks (eFAST), Master Order Agreement (MOA) as an 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business and Small Business.
eFAST is an FAA preferred contracting vehicle for small business contracts that streamlines the procurement process for all stakeholders using a web-based acquisition tool and automated workflows compliant with applicable FAA standards. eFAST supports firm-fixed price, cost reimbursable, time and materials, labor hour and other contract types as appropriate. Through eFAST, customers can reduce the time it takes to hire a contractor by as much as 65 percent.
“We are grateful for the FAA’s trust in HAJV’s capabilities,” said Mannix Litonjua, Armedia VP of Strategic Growth. “eFast is a reliable and efficient vehicle that advocates for equity in procurement and impact through small businesses. This positions HAJV to respond to FAA’s requirements with innovative solutions and extends our mission support in the federal civilian market.”
The contract has a $7.4 billion ceiling across eight functional areas and provides a full spectrum of technical, engineering, scientific, administrative and other professional services in support of the FAA. ONEIDOS is qualified to deliver client services and solutions to the FAA in six out of the eight functional areas:
- Business Administration & Management (BAM)
- Computer/Information Systems Development (CSD)
- Computer Systems Support (CSS)
- Documentation & Training (D&T)
- Research and Design (R&D)
- Engineering Services (ES)
The MOA period of performance is September 6, 2022 through September 30, 2024. Since Fiscal Year 2010, the eFAST program has awarded more than $4.4 billion in contracts to small businesses.
Armedia and Hartwood are part of the SBA Mentor-Protégé program. This program is designed to motivate and encourage successful prime contractor firms to provide mutually beneficial developmental assistance to emerging businesses.
HAJV JV was formed in 2019 through the mentor relationship.
About Armedia
Founded in 2002, Armedia successfully delivers award-winning IT services and solutions to national and international public and private sector clients. Armedia is an ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certified and CMMI-DEV Level 3 appraised consulting firm. Armedia provides user-centered solutions in support of cloud migration and modernization, digital transformation, DLT, business process management, document management, electronic case management and records management efforts to optimize client performance.
Armedia is MBE certified and a Veteran-owned Small Business Enterprise.