Echelon Subscription
Overview
Buyer
Place of Performance
NAICS
PSC
Set Aside
Original Source
Timeline
Qualification Details
Fit reasons
- NAICS alignment with historical contract wins in similar service areas.
- Scope strongly matches core technical capabilities and delivery model.
Risks
- Past performance thresholds may require one additional teaming partner.
- Potential clarification needed on staffing minimums before bid/no-bid.
Next steps
Validate eligibility requirements, assign capture owner, and schedule partner outreach to confirm teaming strategy before submission planning.
Quick Summary
The General Services Administration (GSA), on behalf of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), has awarded a contract for an Echelon Subscription. This award provides a secure, read-only commercial Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) capability to establish internal operational visibility across OPM’s vendor, contract, and workforce dependency structure. The total estimated contract value is $472,125.00.
Scope of Work
The Echelon SaaS solution will perform metadata-based normalization and redundancy detection across OPM-specific systems, including the Financial Management Modernization Initiative (FMMI) and USA Staffing. A key requirement is that the system must operate without requiring source system writes, reauthorization, or infrastructure replacement. The service aims to integrate workforce dependency data and produce operational insights through cross-system normalization.
Contract Details
- Type: Award Notice (Single Source)
- Awardee: Echelon Technologies, Corp.
- Value: Estimated Total Contract Value: $472,125.00 (First year: $180,000.00)
- Set-Aside: None (Awarded as a single source)
- Award Date: April 15, 2026
- Product/Service Code: DA10 (Support Services, SaaS)
- Place of Performance: Abbeville, GA
Rationale for Single Source
This acquisition was conducted under 41 U.S.C. § 1901 and 41 U.S.C §3304, citing Echelon Technologies, Corp. as the only responsible source. Market research confirmed Echelon is the sole commercial provider with the unique technical capability to normalize contract data against workforce and program-level dependencies in a ready-to-deploy SaaS format. Other evaluated platforms were disqualified for failing to meet critical functional requirements, such as integrating workforce dependency data, producing operational insights, cross-system normalization, or providing an out-of-the-box SaaS solution without extensive custom engineering. The market research highlighted a consistent lack of a natively integrated commercial solution capable of performing the required complex, cross-system data normalization and reconciliation out-of-the-box, noting that any alternative would necessitate substantial, expensive, and time-consuming systems integration efforts.
Fair & Reasonable Price
The price of $472,125.00 was determined to be fair and reasonable, representing a demonstrable cost avoidance of $453,000.00 compared to a custom-engineered solution, which would require an estimated 2,000 hours of high-cost technical labor.