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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, starting package assembly from a draft.
Embedded Policy Intelligence, selecting FAR and HUDAR clauses 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 Assessed Awardable on the DoW CDAO Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace, a fast award path for DoD buyers, with availability coming on NASA SEWP VI.

Conclusion

The AMSS award positions HUD as an early 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 drafts acquisition documents, selects FAR and HUDAR clauses with missing-clause checks, keeps one case file per procurement, and provides decision support across the full procurement lifecycle.

Is AIR-Quire awardable beyond HUD?

Yes. AIR-Quire is Assessed Awardable on the DoW CDAO Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace, a fast award path for DoD buyers. Update, November 2026: eligible agencies can now also request AIR-Quire through Bell Federal Systems' NASA SEWP VI Category C prime contract.