RS3 Army Vehicle Gets Second Round of Awards in 2018
01 Nov, 2018
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The Army just released a second round of 198 awards for the one of the largest known government vehicles: Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services (RS3). RS3 is a $37.4 billion 10-year contract, and the awards come one year after the initial 55 contract awards were made. These were revealed via the Pentagon Award Digest In total, there are now 253 awards on RS3. Contractors who did not made the cut in year one and two should not lose hope, as...
Tyndall AFB Contracts in Jeopardy after Michael?
12 Oct, 2018
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Tyndall Air Force Base, based in Panama City, sustained heavy damage when Hurricane Michael reached Florida without much warning. What does this mean for federal contractors who currently have contracts with Tyndall AFB? Per EZGovOpps records, there are currently 148 ongoing contracts with a value of 5.6 billion that expire in the next three years. Vendors like L3 Communication, Science Applications International, and TASC are likely concerned that these current contracts would be continued during the rebuilding process. With the temporary...
ARMY OCONUS BPA $230M – Non-Tactical Vehicle Lease & Maintenance
11 Oct, 2018
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The Army Contracting Command Rock Island (ACC-RI) has released a blank purchase agreement (BPA) which includes Non-Tactical Vehicle (NTV) Leasing and Maintenance Services. The $230 million, five-year Army BPA would run from January 15, 2019 to July 14, 2025 if full exercised. Requirements include the NTV leasing/maintenance services throughout U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) in Kuwait, Jordan, Qatar, and United Arab Emirates (UAE), but additional locations may be added via on-ramp procedures. The services include all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision,...
Army awards $12.1B ITES-3S Information Technology Contract
28 Sep, 2018
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The Army has awarded a total of 135 contractors on the ITES-3S (Information Technology Enterprise Solutions 3 Services) IDIQ. This includes 83 small businesses and 52 unrestricted companies. You may remember the final solicitation for ITES-3S went out in March of 2016, however it’s been held up by pre-award protests, requiring the Army to extend the older ITES-2S IDIQ to prevent service disruptions. There will be roughly $900 million in new task orders being recompeted on ITES-2S until April 2020...
Will DoD’s Payment Plan Changes be Implemented by Jan 2019?
27 Sep, 2018
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About a month ago the DoD (Department of Defense) proposed to enforce a rule through the Defense Acquisition Regulations System which would make changes to payments for ongoing contracts. This would make payments to government contractors linked to performance and delivery events rather than timeline-based progress, at least for contractors that aren’t small businesses. Specifically, for DoD solicitations 2019 and onward, this would trim down the baseline progress-payment rate from 80% to 50% for contractors that aren’t small businesses. The...
Air Force IT Services Draft RFP
20 Sep, 2018
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A draft solicitation from the Air Force was released 9-17-18 for an upcoming IT support contract. It will include services concerning information systems in the Air Force’s National Capital Region (AFNCR) to reach mission objectives and further contain/reduce costs. Program management, engineering, cybersecurity, Enterprise IT operations and National Military Command Center support are the main responsibilities included in the RFP. The winner of this contract would provide the qualified managerial, administrative, technical, quality personnel, and financial resources necessary to meet...
DHS: Sources Sought for Supply Chain Security
13 Sep, 2018
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If your company specializes in ICT (Information and Communications Technology) products and/or services, the Department of Homeland Security will be discussing with the industry the Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management RFI (request for information) released in mid-August. The event will take place on September 27th, 2018 at The MITRE Corp. in McLean, Virginia with a limit of 250 attendees. Risk management for the “Cyber Supply Chain” is the detection and management of risks inherent within ICT products and services and...
DISA Awards 20 Small Businesses on $17.5B Encore III IT Support Vehicle
11 Sep, 2018
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DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency) awarded 20 small business set-aside companies with places on an Encore III IT Contract Support Vehicle which could be worth $17.5B or more. Encore is DISA’s primary vehicle for IT services which include policy/planning, adapting business processes, network and cloud services. The contract would take place over the course of ten years, with a five-year base term and an optional five additional years. The DoD’s (Department of Defense) September 7th web release detailed the DISA...
Change ahead for DUNS System, GSA RFP Released
10 Sep, 2018
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In an effort to increase transparency and reduce reliance on the Dun and Bradstreet numbering system, the GSA has released an RFP looking for an alternative. Much to Dun and Bradstreet’s chagrin, I’d imagine, their contract with the GSA ends this year and there is going to be some competition. As you likely already know, the DUNS (Data Universal Numbering System) is the system agencies use to identify contractors, non-profits, grant-recipients and other firms and has been in use since...
$126M Army Satellite Communications Support Contract
04 Sep, 2018
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If you’re an IT contractor that specializes in SATCOM (Satellite Communications), there are a number of upcoming opportunities in the space, including DISA’s latest RFI, and this large Army opportunity. This particular solicitation has a scope of $126 million and a length of five years. The requirements include providing facility, sustainment and maintenance support including on-site support to systems. This includes installation of systems, site planning and preparation, warranty, sustainment training, incidental procurement, engineering, depot level support and life-cycle support...