HHS · Office of Mission Acquisition Solutions
OMAS deep dive: who they are, what they buy, when to engage
OMAS is the new HHS contracting activity for common IT and Professional Services. It absorbed ACF and AHRQ's independent contracting authority. This is the leadership, the three Strategic Buying Centers, the 3-year roadmap, and the first vendor engagement program.
Why OMAS exists
OMAS (Office of Mission Acquisition Solutions) is the rename of OAMS. It realigned under ASFR / Office of Acquisitions in January 2026 as part of the PACT initiative (Procurement Alignment and Collaboration Task Force). PACT is now a formal HHS Agency Priority Goal. The mandate has three goals:
- Centralize common IT and common professional services through OMAS.
- Modernize the acquisition system stack (HCAS and related tools, financial-system integration, data standardization).
- Preserve mission-specialized procurement at operating divisions with mission-critical authority.
Driving authority: EO 14240 (Procurement Consolidation, March 20, 2025) and OMB M-25-31 (Consolidating Federal Procurement Activities, July 18, 2025). Plus the Secretary's "Make America Healthy Again" framing for realignment of mission support functions.
OMAS leadership
Quentin McCoy is the HCA. He's a permanent designation on the official HHS roster, and the HCA designation is new (OMAS itself is the new contracting activity). His prior HCA experience includes U.S. Cyber Command and a CAO/UMBC office before OMAS.
HCA · Permanent
Quentin McCoy
Executive Director and Head of Contracting Activity
Quentin.McCoy@hhs.gov · 301-492-5456
Chief of Staff
Colette Magwood
Chief of Staff, OMAS
Deputy HCA
VACANT
Deputy Head of Contracting Activity · Open role
Operations Support
Lisa Portner
Director, Procurement Operations Support (POS)
Category-management partnership at the Office-of-Acquisitions level: Sonya Carrion (Executive Director, Strategic Programs & Business Systems). She was featured alongside the three SBC directors on the Acquisition Solutions Day deck, slide 22.
The three Strategic Buying Centers
This is the part that changes your BD plan. If your firm sells common IT or professional services into HHS, your contracting officer is now in one of these three. If you sell mission-unique work to ACF or AHRQ, you're now in SBC-Mission.
SBC-Mission
Tatricia (Trish) James
Director. Department-wide mission needs, Secretary initiatives, ACF, AHRQ, and Staff Divisions. ACF and AHRQ independent contracting authority was eliminated and absorbed here.
SBC-IT
Adam Vance
Director. Common enterprise IT, software, cybersecurity, cloud, AI-related tools. Leverages GSA MAS IT, NASA SEWP V/SEWP VI, NITAAC CIO-SP, OASIS+.
SBC-PS
Scott Bredow
Director. Advisory, scientific, training and technical assistance, and programmatic services across HHS. OASIS+ is the canonical vehicle referenced in the May 2026 transcripts.
What's "common" vs. "mission"? OMAS uses a Standardization Suitability Spectrum (Acquisition Solutions Day, slide 10). At one end: complex, mission-unique, high program enablement (Divisions handle). At the other end: simple, mission-agnostic, easy to standardize (OMAS handles). Examples on the "OMAS-handles" side: laptops, HHS-wide LMS, license renewals.
Strategic goals (verbatim from the May 2026 deck)
- Stand up a fully staffed, trained, and equipped OMAS workforce.
- Build a high-impact customer engagement and experience model.
- Drive innovation and efficiency across the full acquisition lifecycle to deliver measurable savings.
- Establish OMAS as the Acquisition Office of Choice for Common IT and Professional Services across HHS.
Three-year outlook
Year 1 (current) · Stand-Up & Stabilize
Get the function running.
- OMAS Intake Activated.
- Operating Model Established.
- PACT Established as Agency Priority Goal.
- Systems Modernization Kicked Off (NIH).
Year 2 · Optimize and Buy Better
Move from intake to enterprise buying.
- Establish strategic-sourcing vehicles.
- Continue systems modernization (NIH, CDC & CMS integration).
- Develop demand-aggregation initiatives.
- Create category-based solutions.
- Demonstrate reduced duplication and costs.
Year 3 · Scale and Transform
Departmental excellence.
- Enable enterprise insights and analytics.
- Leverage data-driven strategies.
- Establish a scalable acquisition model.
- Become a strategic mission partner.
OMAS Market Hour (launches June 2026)
The new vendor engagement program. Virtual sessions, customer-interest-driven selection. If your firm wants in, the Vendor Profile Form is the only path.
| Launch | June 2026 |
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| Format | 10-minute capability demonstration + 5-minute Q&A with OMAS customers |
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| Audience | OMAS programs, acquisition staff, technical teams |
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| Selection | Customer-interest-driven from a submitted Vendor Profile Form. Only completed profiles are considered. |
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| Contact | IndustryLiaison@hhs.gov |
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| Action this week | Submit the Vendor Profile Form via the OMAS QR code (slide 19 and slide 28 of the Solutions Day deck). Submit early — June slots will fill on customer interest, not first-come-first-served. |
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Reverse Industry Days, targeted solution sessions, and ongoing RFI / market research are also planned. No dates yet.
OMAS staffing trajectory
Quentin McCoy on the May 2026 transcript: "We started with about a little over 40 people. Today, we've got about 180." The goal is fully staffed by end of Year 1. If you're a federal acquisition professional, OMAS is hiring.
Sources.
HHS HCA and Key Managers roster (verified 2026-04-27).
HHS ASFR Key Personnel (verified 2026-04-27).
HHS OSDBU (verified 2026-05-07).
HHS Acquisition Solutions Day (May 2026) Industry Day deck + Otter.ai transcripts. Some Otter mishearings (ASTR → ASFR, ARC → AHRQ, Bluedown → Bredow) were corrected against the official ASFR and HCA roster pages.
What changes after this date? The Deputy HCA role fills. Year-2 strategic-sourcing vehicles get named. The Market Hour cadence shifts after June 2026. We re-verify quarterly — email
mary@missionmeetstech.com if you spot something stale.