Awardees Revealed for DHA’s OMNIBUS IV 5/19/22 The first set of awardees has been released for the fourth iteration of the Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) Omnibus Military Medical Research and Development (OMNIBUS IV) vehicle. The request for proposals for OMNIBUS IV IDIQ which covers medical research and development support was released on 11/13/2020 and has an estimated value of at least $500 million and up to $10 billion. The awardees are now able to compete for task orders with the...

CATTS is Coming Soon, $1.5B IDIQ from the Dept. of Commerce 5/11/22 This large vehicle has been pushed back to an undetermined date, but it’s a large one that should be on your radar if you handle BD for an IT firm. Previously expected to drop in June/July, the Commerce Acquisition for Transformational Technology Services (CATTS) is a multiple-award contract (MAC) IDIQ vehicle being issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC). It was announced on back in November of...

DHS to be Releasing PACTS III Services IDIQ in Q4 for SDVOSBs 5-9-22 The Program Management, Administrative, Operations (Clerical), and Technical Services program, aka PACTS III, is the third iteration of the multiple-award contact (MAC) IDIQ for non-IT services utilized by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The solicitation for this contract vehicle is expected to be released in Q4 FY2022 and awarded in Q3 FY2023. It is specifically targeted for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) with 541611 and 561110...

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...

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....

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...