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Pyramid Systems Awarded HUD AMSS Contract; AIR-Quire to Modernize Federal Acquisition

Pyramid Systems

03 March 2026

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Fairfax, Virginia — Pyramid Systems is proud to announce that we have been awarded a contract under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Acquisition Modernization Support Services (AMSS) initiative. Under this engagement, Pyramid will deploy AIR-Quire — our AI-powered acquisition enablement platform — to modernize HUD’s procurement lifecycle.

AMSS is a HUD Office of the Chief Information Officer initiative designed to rebuild the agency’s acquisition function around modern tooling, structured workflows, and embedded policy intelligence. The award reflects HUD’s commitment to applying AI to one of federal modernization’s most persistent bottlenecks: the acquisition cycle itself.

About AIR-Quire on AMSS

AIR-Quire is purpose-built for federal acquisition. The platform brings five capabilities directly into HUD’s procurement workflow:

Intelligent Requirements Development — compressing package assembly from weeks to days.
Embedded Policy Intelligence — surfacing FAR clauses and agency supplements at draft time.
Workflow Structuring & Lifecycle Traceability — connected nodes across planning, market research, solicitation, evaluation, and award.
Risk Flagging & Gap Detection — catching missing elements and compliance exposures before legal review.
Decision Support Dashboards — pipeline visibility for acquisition leadership.

AIR-Quire augments — not replaces — federal acquisition professionals, and is designed for the regulated environments where automation must support, not undermine, human judgment.

Mission Impact

For HUD — the agency responsible for federal housing, community development, and homeless-assistance programs — acquisition is not back-office work. It directly governs how fast mission systems get built and how reliably housing recovery, fair-lending oversight, and disaster-response infrastructure reach citizens.

Pyramid Systems’ relationship with HUD spans 30 years, beginning with our first agency engagement in 1995. The AMSS award reflects sustained delivery, deep federal acquisition domain experience, and AIR-Quire’s fit-for-purpose design for HUD’s mission environment.

About Pyramid Systems

Pyramid Systems is a federal IT contractor with three decades of experience delivering AI, cloud, DevSecOps, modernization, identity, and analytics solutions to civilian and homeland security agencies. AIR-Quire is awardable across Pyramid’s federal contract vehicles — including GSA OASIS+, HHS CMS SPARC, SEC ONE IT, GSA 8(a) STARS III, FDIC ITAS III, and the HUD O&M BPA — and on the Department of War CDAO-approved Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace.

Conclusion

The AMSS award positions HUD as an early operational adopter of AI in federal acquisition. Pyramid is honored to partner with the agency on what we believe will be a defining engagement for federal procurement modernization — one where intelligent acquisition shifts from concept to production.

FAQ

What is HUD AMSS?

AMSS stands for Acquisition Modernization Support Services. It is a HUD Office of the Chief Information Officer initiative to modernize the agency’s procurement lifecycle — from requirements development through contract award and post-award management — by replacing fragmented manual workflows with structured, data-driven, AI-augmented tooling.

What is AIR-Quire?

AIR-Quire is Pyramid Systems’ AI-powered acquisition enablement platform, purpose-built for federal environments. It automates acquisition planning, surfaces FAR-compliant policy intelligence, generates structured documentation in days instead of months, and provides decision support across the full procurement lifecycle.

Is AIR-Quire awardable beyond HUD?

Yes. AIR-Quire is available across Pyramid’s federal contract vehicles — GSA OASIS+, HHS CMS SPARC, SEC ONE IT, GSA 8(a) STARS III, FDIC ITAS III, and the HUD O&M BPA — and on the Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace, where it has been reviewed and approved by the Department of War CDAO.