# HHS Seeks Connected Capital Planning Tools

HHS is seeking faster, departmentwide integration of financial, planning, and project-delivery data to compare investments across divisions, identify shared needs, reduce duplicative spending, and improve long-term capital planning. The signals describe a strategic market need, not a specific solicitation, award, budget, or procurement timeline.

- Contractors with interoperable data-integration and capital-planning capabilities can assess how their tools connect financial and project data across legacy systems and support financial traceability.
- Scenario-planning, forecasting, and AI or simulation capabilities may help address HHS’s stated need to compare investments and coordinate funding sources; these are potential solution areas, not announced requirements.
- HHS procurement and program teams can use the stated goals—departmentwide visibility, shared investment identification, and reduced duplication—to frame capability assessments and future planning.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Information Technology
**Topics:** Digital Infrastructure, Artificial Intelligence
**Published:** November 04, 2026

### Government Entities
- Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

### Vendors
- Aurigo Software Technologies (Webinar underwriter; procurement role not specified)

### Key Quotes
> You can’t modernize incrementally without a big picture.
> — Kevin Koenig, Chief Technology Officer, Aurigo Software Technologies

> When you’re dealing with siloed information, you’re limited on the questions you can ask.
> — Gustav "Gus" Chiarello, Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources, HHS

### Sources
- [Podcast: Funding the Future: Smarter Capital Planning for Federal Agencies – MeriTalk](https://www.meritalk.com/articles/podcast-funding-the-future-smarter-capital-planning-for-federal-agencies) - MeriTalk
- [HHS Seeks to Reduce Duplicative Spending Through Connected Capital Planning – MeriTalk](https://www.meritalk.com/articles/hhs-seeks-to-reduce-duplicative-spending-through-connected-capital-planning-2) - MeriTalk