Foundation Cloud Hosting Services II (FCHS 2)

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Foundation Cloud Hosting Services II (FCHS2)

Aspis Consulting is proud to be a HUBZone Teaming partner with CGI. CGI is a prime contract holder on Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Foundation Cloud Hosting Services II (FCHS2) indefinite-delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC), the follow-on contract to the original FCHS IDIQ. CGI held a prime spot on FCHS since 2014 and is the largest service provider in task-order volume on that vehicle. 

 

 

Awarded through DOI’s Interior Business Center (IBC), FCHS2 provides a comprehensive range of cloud services and solutions across the federal government. 

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Cloud services provide the government flexible and scalable solutions to increase efficiency, allowing increased focus on mission. Broadly defined, cloud services refer to a wide range of services delivered on demand, over the internet, allowing for affordable access to applications and resources without the need for internal infrastructure or hardware. 


Contract Information:

  • Contract name: Foundation Cloud Hosting Services II (FCHS2)
  • Contract number: 140D0424D0087
  • Sponsor: Department of Interior
  • Period of performance: Contract start date: 5/28/2024, contract expiration date: 5/27/2034
  • Contract type: Multiple-award, indefinite delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC)

FCHS2 Facts:

  • Awarded May 2024 as a follow-on to FCHS I
  • 10-year, multiple award IDIQ valued at $2B
  • Awarded and managed by DOI IBC, and open to any federal government agency 
  • Support for multiple task order types 

FCHS2 Benefits:

  • Pre-vetted list of providers at the IDIQ level 
  • FCHS is a single source for all federal agencies to address all cloud procurement needs
  • Cost savings through increased supplier competition by aggregating the buying power of the federal government 
  • Simplified procurement process offering wide geographic coverage with innovative and emerging solutions 
  • Addresses unique agency needs
  • Easy to use ordering system for TO management 
  • Contractual support from the IBC for the duration of the TO

Cloud offerings

As part of CGI’s team, cloud service offerings are constantly growing and evolving; therefore the following is a representative list of cloud capabilities.

  • Virtual machines
  • Storage services
  • Networking services
  • Load balancing 
  • Content delivery networks (CDN)
  • Backup and disaster recovery 
  • Application development platforms 
  • Database management systems 
  • Web hosting and deployment environments 
  • Integration services
  • Analytics and reporting tools
  • Mobile application development frameworks 
  • Customer relationship management (CRM) systems 
  • Financial Management Systems (FMS)
  • Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software
  • Human resources management systems (HRMS)
  • Cloud Contact Center / Telephony 
  • Collaboration and productivity tools
  • Email and communication services
  • Content management systems (CMS)
  • Product licenses 
  • Identity and access management (IAM)
  • Threat detection and prevention
  • Data encryption and protection 
  • Security information and event management (SIEM)
  • Vulnerability assessment and management 
  • Security analytics and reporting 
  • Data Warehouse as a Service (DWaaS)
  • Relational database management systems (RDBMS)
  • NoSQL databases 
  • Data warehousing services
  • Database backup and recovery 
  • Database performance optimization
  • Database monitoring and analytics 
  • Cloud-based backup and recovery solutions 
  • Data replication and synchronization 
  • Automated backup scheduling 
  • Long-term data retention 
  • File and folder-level recovery 
  • Backup storage and archiving 
  • Site recovery orchestration
  • Continuous data replication 
  • Failover and failback capabilities 
  • Recovery point objectives (RPO) and recovery time objectives (RTO)
  • Testing and validation of recovery plans 
  • Multi-site and cross-region replication
  • Device management and provisioning
  • Data ingestion and processing 
  • Real-time analytics and insights 
  • IoT platform integration 
  • Connectivity and communication services 
  • Security and privacy controls 
  • Machine learning algorithms and models
  • Natural language processing (NLP) services 
  • Computer vision and image recognition 
  • Speech recognition and synthesis 
  • Predictive analytics and recommendation engines 
  • AI model training and deployment
  • Serverless computing platforms 
  • Event-driven architecture 
  • Function deployment and scaling 
  • Pay-per-use pricing model 
  • Integration with other cloud services 
  • Workflow automatic and orchestration

For more information, contact Jeff Wagner at FCHS2@aspis.us