Dominique Stump
The General Services Administration has awarded Octo Consulting a potential five-year, multimillion dollar task order to help GSA modernize a technology platform for agency personnel to manage federal financial assistance services, contracts and intergovernmental transactions.
Octo Consulting said Wednesday it will provide development, testing, information security, training, and user support services for the Integrated Award Environment program.
The company plans to use a DevOps approach in an effort to expedite automated testing and promotion of code such as user experience wireframes/mock ups, user interface development, microservices and application program interface establishment and reporting updates for the IAE system.
Work also covers the design and creation of new functions on the Federal Business Opportunities governmentwide point of entry and the Electronic Subcontractor Reporting System and Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act Subaward Reporting System data collection tools for the future System for Award Management  website.
Octo Consulting CEO Mehul Sanghani said the company aims to help GSA update the entry point that works to facilitate business transactions across the government as well as build a platform that will serve as a “one-stop shop” for all stakeholders that participate in the federal awards process.
The IAE program will leverage cloud technology, open source architectures, security, agile programming and a DevOps deployment model to boost the experience of system users.
