2022 Polaris GWAC Rework Unfair for Small Businesses?
27 Apr, 2022
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The Polaris small business vehicle will hopefully be the phoenix that rises from the ashes of GSA’s $15 billion Alliant 2 Small Business (SB) contract. Alliant 2 SB was cancelled in 2020 after a full year of protests at the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and through federal court. The reworked contract vehicle currently has two tracks: one for general small businesses and one specific to women-owned small businesses (WOSB). Previously there were set asides for HUBZone certified businesses so we will...
Military Construction Contract Opportunities in Fort Worth Engineering District
22 Apr, 2022
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Military Construction Contract Opportunities in Fort Worth Engineering District 4/22/22 Fort Worth has a sprawling list of federal contract opportunities needing construction firms on the horizon. In the next several years, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers construction projects include training and development centers, dormitories, a joint-operations center, a central energy plant, a powertrain facility, renovations, and dam repair. Included are 15 installations within Texas and Louisiana and 764 projects which constitute $2.3 billion in design contracts and $4.4 billion in...
The GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Solicitation 10th Refresh
08 Apr, 2022
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The GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Solicitation 10th Refresh 4/8/22 The GSA put forth their 10th Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Solicitation on March 31st. This refresh affects all existing GSA contracts and requires acceptance by all contract holders within 90 days. If you are not familiar with the changes, we will be covering some of the high-level information here. There are five main overall changes: First, there is an update to the SCP-FSS-001 instructions. This covers the permissibility of remanufactured items....
Upcoming Army Commercial Information Technology IDIQ CHS-6
25 Mar, 2022
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Army Commercial Information Technology IDIQ CHS-6 Coming Soon 3/25/22 In February, the U.S. Army released a second request for information (RFI) from contractors that can provide services for the Common Hardware Systems 6th Generation contract (CHS-6). CHS-6 is an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for rapid procurement of total lifecycle system management solutions in support of the U.S. Army. The ceiling value is expected to exceed $4 billion and have a length of 10 years (4 base-years and 3...
Pushing Congress for an Accessible 8(a) Set Aside Program for SDB
09 Mar, 2022
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Pushing Congress for an Accessible and Effective 8(a) Set Aside Program for SDB 3/9/2022 In December, the Biden administration began moving forward with their objective to direct $100 billion in contract opportunities to small, disadvantaged businesses (SDBs) over the next 5 years. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has provided a memorandum on December 3, 2021, that provides detailed targets. It also adds meeting SDB contracting levels as a key performance indicator for many senior executive service members such...
Bad News for Federal R&D Tax Incentives with TCJA
03 Mar, 2022
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You may have missed it, but a requirement in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) will force all businesses, including federal contractors, to begin amortizing R&D investments over 5 years rather than expensing them in the same year that the costs were incurred. As you are aware there is a time value associated with money so this change will diminish the tax advantages for contractors that invest in R&D. There are quite a few negatives associated with this...
If You’re a Federal Contractor, You’ll Need a UEI
02 Mar, 2022
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If You’re a Federal Contractor, You’ll Need a UEI. 3/2/2022 Back in March of 2019, the GSA awarded an Entity Validation Services contract to Ernst & Young to replace the Dun & Bradstreet’s Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS). We are finally getting close to April 4, 2022, when DUNS will be shuttered, and the new Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) will be adopted across the federal government. This includes sites such as SAM.gov, the Vendor Support Center (VSC) and GSA Interact....
GSA Awards 8(a) STARS III 2nd Cohort
09 Feb, 2022
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2/9/22 The General Services Administration (GSA) has announced the second cohort of awardees for the fourth-generation 8(a) Streamlined Technology Acquisition Resource for Services, aka STARS III GWAC. The GSA revealed on February 7, 2022, that a total of 557 underserved and disadvantaged businesses were selected for this cohort. This follows the initial cohort of 426 businesses awarded in June of 2021. The STARS III solicitation’s purpose is acquiring IT services and solutions from 8(a) small businesses. This includes emerging technologies...
NOAA ProTech 2.0 Satellite Domain Awards Forthcoming
04 Jan, 2022
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01/04/2021 The less-than-convenient phase one response date for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) ProTech 2.0 Satellite Domain is rapidly approaching on January 6, 2022. Protech 2.0 is a multiple-award indefinite quantity indefinite delivery (IDIQ) vehicle that succeeds NOAA’s original ProTech. The ceiling for the contract is $8 billion and it includes four Domains: Satellite, Fisheries, Oceans, and Weather. Each Domain will have its own IDIQ contract with multiple awards. As typical it is five years in duration and has...
More Government Funds for Small Businesses
08 Dec, 2021
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12/8/21 Great news for small businesses already in the federal contracting space or looking to participate, the Biden administration moving forward with their objective to direct $100 billion in contract opportunities to small, disadvantaged businesses (SDBs) over the next 5 years. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has provided a memorandum on December 3, 2021 that provides detailed targets. It also adds meeting SDB contracting levels as a key performance indicator for many senior executive service members such as...