Army Makes GTACS II Awards to 22 Companies
09 Jan, 2020 0 Comments
The Army awarded 22 companies for the up to 10-year, $5.1 billion Global Tactical Advanced Communication Systems II (GTACS II). Nearly all companies that provided proposals were awarded by the Army Contracting Command, with only two not selected. GTACS II is a follow-on vehicle to the $10 billion GTACS which was awarded to 20 companies in 2012. Companies that were on the original vehicle and not on this second iteration include: CACI, L3 Harris Technologies, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Rockwell...
Air Force Awards 20 for SBEAS
26 Dec, 2019 0 Comments
The $13.4 billion Small Business Enterprise Applications Solutions contract vehicle known as SBEAS is a follow on to the Air Force’s original NetCents 2 Application Services Small Business contract. The Air Force will use SBEAS to acquire IT systems, software development, cybersecurity, configuration management, deployment, technology modernization, training, operations, commercial off-the-shelf product management, business analysis for IT programs, information display services, and data/information services. Like the original NetCents, it has been fraught with protests, including 37 total protests from 27...
The Early Stages of CIO-SP4
18 Dec, 2019 0 Comments
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has begun its course in obtaining approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for CIO-SP4 IT products and services contract vehicle. CIO-SP4, standing for Chief Information Officer – Solutions and Partners IV, has an estimated value of $20 billion. This seems like a realistic ceiling given NIH’s Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) awarded $6 billion in FY2019. That spending includes the vehicles CIO-SP3; CIO-SP3 Small Business; and Chief Information Officer...
OASIS SB Pool 1, 3 and 4 Proceed after Protests Denied
04 Oct, 2019 0 Comments
GSA’s OASIS Small Business (OASIS SB) professional services multi-agency contract vehicle is finally moving ahead after settling the final outstanding protests. If you’re not already familiar with OASIS SB and the latest on-ramp, please take a look at our previous write-up in June. The General Services Administration can now proceed with awarding the final small businesses. Companies ADVENTureOne and Apogee Engineering disagreed with how GSA would rate purchasing and estimating systems, as well as joint-venture systems, certifications and clearances. With...
CMS RMADA 2.0 – 17 Companies Awarded on $5B IDIQ Contract
19 Sep, 2019 0 Comments
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded 17 companies on the six-year, $5 billion RMADA 2.0 contract. RMADA 2.0 is the second iteration of the Research, Measurement, Assessment, Design and Analysis IDIQ for data and research services to support federal health care programs. Awardees will assist CMS design, implement and operate models authorized under the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (ACA) and other health reform laws. The umbrella analytic and technical services contract has both commercial business...
GSA OASIS Unrestricted IDIQ On-ramp 2019
04 Sep, 2019 0 Comments
As you likely already know, OASIS is a massive ten-year multi-agency contract (MAC) with an approximate ceiling value of $60 Billion. It has several pools of IDIQ contracts and has subsets for companies that are small business (SB), 8(a) and unrestricted. It makes available both integrated professional services and products and allows commercial and noncommercial requirements for agencies including: Air Force, Army, Navy Air System Command, Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Defense Information Systems Agency,...
SEC One OIT On-Ramping – Integrated IT Solutions Contract
02 Aug, 2019 0 Comments
SEC One OIT On-Ramping New Contractors in 2019 The Securities and Exchange Commission’s One Office of Information Technology (aka SEC One OIT, which rolls off the tongue much better) is a strategic sourcing vehicle which provides a streamlined process to procure a comprehensive suite of IT services and solutions to support systems and software development in a variety of environments and infrastructures. If you’re an information technology provider registered on SAM.gov to do business with the federal government, then you’ll...
Booz Allen Loses OASIS Task Order Protest to Leidos
01 Aug, 2019 0 Comments
The U.S. Government Accountability Office officially ruled against Booz Allen Hamilton’s protest over an OASIS task order worth over $700 million for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support for the Department of the Air Force (AF) Air Combat Command (ACC). The contract that was disputed is a new procurement with no incumbent, however it is a consolidation of several existing contracts. Booz Allen challenged the agency’s evaluation of their proposal and the source selection decision. To offer a background, on November 2,...
OASIS SB – A Great Contract for Small and Disadvantaged Business
17 Jun, 2019 0 Comments
OASIS is a massive ten-year multi-agency contract (MAC) with a value of $60 Billion. It has several pools of IDIQ contracts and has subsets for companies that are small business (SB), 8(a) and unrestricted. It makes available both integrated professional services and products and allows commercial and noncommercial requirements for agencies including: Air Force, Army, Navy Air System Command, Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Defense Information Systems Agency, the Defense Logistics Agency, and Centers for...
GSA Consolidating 24 Multiple Award Schedules by FY2020
13 Jun, 2019 0 Comments
Emily Murphy, Administrator at the General Services Administration (GSA), stated in November that the agency would be merging multiple award schedules (MAS) to mitigate any redundancies in contracting resources and simplify processes for federal customers who are already relying on multiple schedules to service their needs. This includes the Schedule 70, a massive schedule centered around information technology. MAS vendors provide over 10 million commercial products and services to both federal and state/local agencies. Approximately $31 billion dollars are spent...