Highlight Awarded HRSA Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Operations Transition IDIQ

Fairfax, VA – Highlight Technologies has been awarded a prime contractor role on the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Operations Transition Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract under Domain 4, with a total potential  contract value of $40 million.  Under Domain 4, Highlight will have the opportunity to compete with other vendors to win tasks to focus on critical areas including strategic communications, education and outreach, and patient services support.

“Highlight is proud to support HRSA in advancing its outstanding contributions to public health, patient safety and support of the transplant community. We are honored to be a part of this meaningful and critical health support services program,” said Lia Melakou, Vice President of Highlight’s Health and Citizen Solutions business unit.

The Operations Transition IDIQ is designed to leverage the skills of multiple vendors to support OPTN’s operational functions and to drive innovation within the transplant system, ultimately serving patients and their families more effectively. This groundbreaking initiative marks the first time in 40 years that multiple contractors will contribute their expertise to enhance the national organ donation and transplant system, benefiting over 100,000 individuals currently on the organ transplant waitlist.

About Highlight

Highlight Technologies (“Highlight”) is an award-winning, 100% employee-owned, ISO® 9001, ISO 20000, ISO 27001, ISO 44001 certified, ISO 56000 certified, CMMI-DEV Level 3, and CMMI-SVC Level 3 appraised federal contractor that provides Application Development, Business & Mission Operations, Data and Analytics, Hybrid Cloud and Automation, Cybersecurity, and IT Services to more than 20 U.S. federal government customers. Our customers include National Security (DHS, Army, Air Force, Intel), Health (USAID, NIH, HHS) and Citizen Services (FCC, GSA, SBA).

For more information, please visit www.highlighttech.com.

About Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is an Operating Division within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Department’s mission is, in part, to enhance the health and well-being of Americans by providing effective health and human services. In alignment with this mission, HRSA provides equitable health care to the nation’s highest-need communities—serving people who are geographically isolated and economically or medically vulnerable. HRSA programs support people with low incomes, people with HIV, pregnant people, children, parents, rural communities, transplant patients, and the health workforce. HRSA supports programs and services that improve health equity. HRSA serves:

• More than 30.5 million people in rural and underserved communities; ¹
• More than 60 million pregnant women, infants, and children; ²
• More than 560,000 people with HIV; ³
• More than 1,900 rural counties and municipalities across the country; ⁴
• More than 18,500 clinicians that received loan services from the National Health Service Corps and Nurse Corps. ⁵

About Organ Procurement and Transplantation (OPTN)

The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) is a unique public-private partnership that links all professionals involved in the U.S. donation and transplantation system. Also crucial to the system are individuals who sign organ donor cards, people who comment on policy proposals and countless volunteers who support donation and transplantation, among many others. A driving force of the OPTN is to improve the U.S. system so that more life-saving organs are available for transplant. Patient safety is at the forefront of activities at transplant hospitals, organ procurement organizations (OPOs) and labs.

To learn more about OPTN, visit: https://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/

1 FY 2022 UDS data, as noted in the Primary Care Tab, performance measure 1010.01.

2 FY 2022 MCH data, as noted in Maternal and Child Health Tab, Maternal and Child Health Block Grant, Program Description section.

3 FY 2022 data, as noted in Ryan White HIV/AIDS Tab, measure number 4000.04.

4 Between FY 2018 and FY 2022, as noted in Federal Office of Rural Health Policy Tab, Rural Communities Opioid Response, Program Description section.

5 Health Resources and Services Administration. 2023, October 1. Bureau of Health Workforce Clinician Dashboards. https://data.hrsa.gov/topics/health-workforce/clinician-dashboard, accessed January 17, 2024. This number includes clinicians who reported that they work in the communities that they were deployed to or who report working in health provider shortage areas.