GSA Announces Alliant 3 IT Contract for Q4 2022 6/19/2022 The General Services Administration (GSA) has announced that market research for the quickly developing Alliant 3 IT contract vehicle making great progress. Companies that provide information technology products and services will want to take note. The current trajectory is to release the draft solicitation in the fourth quarter of the calendar year. The previous iteration, Alliant 2, began in 2018 and a total of 61 companies were awarded a seat...

GSA Releases RFI for Ascend Cloud Services Contract Vehicle 8/5/2022 The General Services Administration (GSA) released a request for information (RFI) regarding its plans for a multi-purpose, multi-award contract (MAC) called Ascend. Ascend is a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) for cloud services and solutions that will be available to all federal agencies. Firms that wish to offer their services to agencies via Ascend will need to fulfill the authorized vendor responsibilities. These are described in the performance work statement included...

EPA awards 11 for EARTH Support Services BPA worth $5.7B 7/22/22 Of the thirteen businesses that applied for a seat on the EARTH (Environmental, Analytical, Research, Technical, and Hybrid) Support Services BPA (blank purchase agreement), a total of eleven were awarded. The solicitation was released by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) just over a year ago in June 2021 and submissions were collected shortly thereafter. The value ceiling on the 5-year long EARTH BPA...

Navy Combat Environment Instrumentation Systems (CEIS) IDIQ 7/15/22 The U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center is now requesting proposals for the 2022 Combat Environment Instrumentation Systems (CEIS) IDIQ. This contract provides support and sustainment of combat instrumentation platforms used at training and test and evaluation (T and T) ranges. The opportunity falls under NAICS 334511 which is search, detection, navigation, guidance, aeronautical, and nautical system and instrument manufacturing. The potential ceiling for this IDIQ is $249.9 million. It is a follow on...

Army CHS-6 Common Hardware Systems RFP Coming Soon 7/12/22 Last week the U.S. Army issued the synopsis for the upcoming Common Hardware Systems 6th Generation (CHS-6) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract. The ceiling on this solicitation is approximately $7.9 billion and will run a maximum of 10 years (4-year base period with two 3-year option periods). The Army Contracting Command Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG), Division B, is planning on releasing the request for proposal (RFP) very soon in support of Program Executive Office...

The FAA SETIS IDIQ Contract Receives Eleven Awardees 7/8/2022 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has provided 11 businesses with positions on the System Engineering and Technical Innovative Solutions (SETIS) contract. SETIS is a Multiple Award, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with small and large business awardees. It is projected to be 10 years in length (base term of 3 years, one 3-year option period, and 2 option periods of 2 years each) and has a ceiling of $2.27 billion....

Air Force Unveils RFP for CLOIS III Launch Operations & Support Contract 6/24/2022 The Air Force has begun the request for proposal (RFP) process for the 3rd generation of the Cape Canaveral Launch Operations and Infrastructure Support (CLOIS III) contract vehicle. The requirements will originate from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Kennedy Space Center, and Annexes. The estimated ceiling of this contract is $489M with a potential ordering period of 9.5 years. The contract will be a total small...

GSA STARS III Third Cohort of Awardees Released for IT Contract 6-20-22 The General Services Administration (GSA) has announced the third cohort of awardees for the fourth-generation 8(a) Streamlined Technology Acquisition Resource for Services, aka STARS III GWAC. The GSA revealed on June 17, 2022, that a total of 61 small businesses were selected for this cohort. This follows the initial cohort of 426 underserved businesses awarded in June of 2021, and a secondary cohort with 557 businesses. This will...