GSA-8a-STARS-II-GWAC-GS-06F-0787Z

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GSA-8a-STARS-II-GWAC-GS-06F-0787Z
Type Private
Industry Software Technology
Founded 2000
Founder(s) Alan F. Castillo
Key people Alan F. Castillo
Products Cloud Solutions
Website 8astars.com

(GSA) 8a STARS II GWAC GS-06F-0787Z is a task order contract awarded to Cloud Computing Technologies designed for DoD andFederal agencies. It is an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) acquisition governmental contract. [1][2] STARS II GS-06F-0787Z contract vehicle offers Kubernetes engineering and professionals services, container orchestration, application rationalization, application refactoring, AWS platform development, AWS GovCloud security, AWS CloudEndure disaster recovery to meet government financial, performance, reliability, and information collaboration requirements.[3][4]

STARS II task orders have been awarded across several industries such as DefenseHealth Information technology services, disaster recovery, healthcare secure cloud desktops, cybersecurity and risk management (NIST, FISMA, FedRAMP, HIPAA, HITECH, RMF), and Cloud disaster recovery architecture and implementations. Since its inception, GSA STARS II GS-06F-0787Z has partner arrangements with leading firms like AWS GovCloud (US), Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes, GitLab, Istio, 10Zig, Redhat, NAKIVO, and VMware.[5][6][7][8]

History

Cloud Computing Technologies is a technology firm founded by Alan F. Castillo, a renowned cloud architect known for having vast experience in developing microservices and Kubernetes technology solutions for his clients. CCT specializes in leveraging the benefits of Agile Methodology and DevSecOps to provide satisfactory, sustainable, and user-friendly results. The firm is headquartered in Arizona, the United States, with two other office locations.

CCT has been operating for over two decades now, with the aim to further the current state of cloud migrations to the future state. The company has worked on over 180 federal and DoD contract task orders up until now with its state-of-the-art operational support on Amazon AWS and other services. CCT exclusively works on mitigating risks by offering several IT solutions and promoting contract compliance, which helps in reducing the potential of adverse audits. This is done by supporting timely order awards for optimal mission support and offering a fair opportunity process - FAR 16.505.

Services

DevSecOps Solutions

The Code DevOps and custom CI-CD solutions are designed to enable the clients to adapt to the constantly changing business environment. These solutions are highly automated and are monitored through the software lifecycle on AWS. It is a technological unification process of software development, security, and operations, which can be personalized according to the client’s software.

DevSecOps solutions throughout the application cycle cover risk characterization, monitoring, and mitigation, thus eliminating the need for multiple teams to work at a single time, which ultimately results in omitting human errors and helping the clients to acquire satisfactory results in a short period of time.

Deep Learning

STARS II GS-06F-0787Z offers AI-based software services for deep learning that are based on artificial neural networks. Through this service, the learning can be supervised and structured. This software imitates the workings of a human brain and then uses it for data processing and creating patterns. Cloud-Native Neural Networks is a specialized computing model that has a layered structure that helps in imitating the networked structure of neurons in the human brain.

The input is thoroughly processed and categorized via several layers of abstraction, making decisions at each layer. This categorization can be applied to any form of content such as text, images, audio, and video. This service can be integrated with any process by using several tools that are powered by Amazon SageMaker. The broad range of tools that are leveraged to elevate businesses through deep learning is TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras, Theano, and Caffe.

Cloud Security

The Cloud security services by CCT are based on a Cloud-native application firewall that covers Microservices security, Kubernetes security, Cloud Application firewalls, AWS cloud security, and Azure cloud security. This ensures protection and seamless working, thus making sure that the Kubernetes API cannot be used to attack the client’s system. The Cloud Application software-based firewalls are deployed on network devices to create a secure cloud working environment.

CCT has partnerships with AWS Cloud Security and Azure Cloud Security, which helps in staying compliant with core security regulations.

GWAC contracts

GSA 8A STARS II GS-06F-0787Z has four distinct Functional Areas (FA) designated by the North American Industry Classification (NAICS) 541512:[9][10]

  • $10B procurement ceiling and five-year base with one additional fifth-year
  • Directed task orders up to $4 million
  • Contracts types include: fixed price, labor hour, and time and material terms[11]
  • Permits other direct costs when it is integral and necessary to the IT effort
  • Pre-competed, easy-to-use contract with ordering procedures based on FAR 16.505
  • Compliance with Section 843 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2008 and Section 863 of NDAA 2009
  • No protests on orders under $10M, except on the grounds that the order increases the scope, duration, or maximum value of the GWAC

Partners

  • AWS GovCloud (US)
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Kubernetes, GitLab
  • Istio
  • 10Zig
  • RedHat
  • NAKIVO
  • VMware

References

  1. "Cloud Computing Technologies Offers". https://d3799k1g9t5tc9.cloudfront.net/img/t0odcj2598k78ikp456vpnpcb5p4f6f9/GSA-STARS-II.pdf. Retrieved 30 September 2020. 
  2. "8(a) STARS II Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC)" (in en-us). https://www.gsa.gov/technology/technology-purchasing-programs/governmentwide-acquisition-contracts/8a-stars-ii-governmentwide-acquisition-contract-gwac. Retrieved 30 September 2020. 
  3. Services (STARS) II Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC). https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/Integrated_Technology_Services/S2%20Contract_conformed%20to%20MM8%208-13-20.pdf. Retrieved 30 September 2020. 
  4. "Fedral IDV Awards". https://govtribe.com/award/federal-idv-award/government-wide-acquisition-contract-gwac-gs06f0787z. Retrieved 30 September 2020. 
  5. "AZ Owned, Service-Disabled Veteran Technology Firm Awarded Multiple Year Government Contract". https://www.prweb.com/releases/castillotechnologies/starsii/prweb8865526.htm. Retrieved 30 September 2020. 
  6. "FPDS-NG ezSearch". https://www.fpds.gov/ezsearch/fpdsportal?indexName=awardfull&templateName=1.5.1&s=FPDS.GOV&q=GS06F0787Z&x=26&y=17. Retrieved 30 September 2020. 
  7. "Welcome to GSA eLibrary". https://www.gsaelibrary.gsa.gov/ElibMain/home.do. Retrieved 30 September 2020. 
  8. "GSA eLibrary Contractor Information". https://www.gsaelibrary.gsa.gov/ElibMain/contractorInfo.do;jsessionid=gJ86P4QUSH9uDqsJ0nyoVjMp.prd2pweb64?contractNumber=GS06F0787Z&contractorName=CASTILLO+TECHNOLOGIES%2C+LLC&executeQuery=YES. Retrieved 30 September 2020. 
  9. "Governmentwide Acquisition Contract Dashboards" (in en-us). https://www.gsa.gov/technology/technology-purchasing-programs/governmentwide-acquisition-contracts/governmentwide-acquisition-contract-dashboards. Retrieved 30 September 2020. 
  10. "Governmentwide Acquisition Contract Dashboards" (in en-us). http://gsa.gov/gwacdashboards. Retrieved 30 September 2020. 
  11. "Stars II Rates | Cloud Computing Technologies | Labor Rates". https://8astars.com/stars-ii-rates/. Retrieved 30 September 2020. 

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