The deadline for the three-year transition to the next-gen telecommunications contract EIS (Enterprise Information Services) is currently May of 2020, however both analysts and officers believe that an extension is likely. The $50 billion, 15-year contract is taking the place of older telecommunications contracts including Networx, Washington Inter-agency Telecommunications System 3, and Local Telecommunications Services. GSA did the right thing by assisting federal agencies with transition plans before the EIS award and offering task order templates to try and avoid...

If you’re a federal contractor who specializes in IT, GSA’s 2GIT is likely on your radar. With a contract duration of five years and a scope between $1.1 and $5.5 billion, it’s not small by any means. 2GIT stands for Second-Generation Information Technology. It is used to make blank purchase agreements (BPAs) to provide the government a quick and effective method to order IT hardware and software commodities, as well as supplies and services at reduced prices. Per the recent...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

If you’re not familiar, SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research), is a program that was established in statute by the Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1982, which has been reauthorized by Congress on several occasions over the past 36 years. It encourages U.S. small businesses to engage in federal research and development which has potential for commercialization. Sometimes SBIR is also referenced with STTR (Small Business Technology Transfer) which is another related program that expands funding opportunities for federal innovation...

NGEN, the Navy’s main IT contract, is one of the most substantial opportunities for IT contractors this year thanks to a government-wide prioritization of updating agencies’ outdated technology. Per a recent presoliciation posting, the final solicitation for NGEN is scheduled for release on July 31st. Bids will be due on (or about) October 31st. The procurement is not a small business set-aside,  and will have full and open competition under FAR Part 15. The RFP is for Service, Management, Integration and Transport (SMIT)...

Seaport-e, since it’s inception in 2001, has seemed to be a Multiple Award Contract that contractors have either grown to love…or hate.  For many large businesses, this IDIQ has been a very stable revenue generator, however, less than 20% of the prime contractors listed as awardees have won any awards at all through the vehicle. Many contractors have sought to reorient their focus to such vehicles as the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services as well as a few other...