Homeland Security Dept. Weighs EAGLE II Strategy The Homeland Security Department is still evaluating comments on its plans for the EAGLE II set-aside contract for IT services. Soraya Correa, director of DHS’s Office of Procurement Operations, said no decisions have been made on how the new contract will be structured. While the original EAGLE was organized along functional lines, DHS asked for comment on two alternatives for the new vehicle. One approach would create separate pools of small, 8(a) HUBZone and service-disabled veteran-owned companies, and task orders would be competed within each pool. The other approach would set aside a different functional category for each category of small businesses. The original EAGLE was a partial set-aside, but DHS says nine of the 28 small businesses on that contract have merged or been acquired by large companies and it expects the others will outgrow their size standards by the time options are exercised in 2011. The new vehicle will bring additional small firms onto the contract. Correa said the incumbent small businesses will also be retained. Speaking March 25 at a program sponsored by the Small and Emerging Contractors Advisory Forum, Correa gave no timetable for when the new RFP will be issued. She did say DHS expects to make award this month or next for its PACTS set-aside for SDV firms.