Update – The awards have been announced, and EIS vendors will include the following 10 firms:  AT&T BT Federal Centurylink Core Technologies Granite Telecommunications Harris Corp. Level 3 Communications Manhattan Telecommunications (MetTel) MicroTech Verizon With the award of the GSA’s massive, $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) contracts due this spring, federal agencies have reportedly already begun planning their transitions from the Networx family of contracts to EIS. Considering that GSA recommended transition planning as far back as 2015, prior...

In prior articles, EZGovOpps has covered the history and advantages of Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) including NASA SEWP – Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement – and Chief Information Officer – Solutions and Partners 3 Small Business (CIO-SP3 SB). Recently, the NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) announced new, lower contract access fees for agencies to use the GWAC, as well as a fee cap of $70,000 for any order in excess of $20 million through the CIO-CS vehicle. CIO-SP3...

Update as of 2/22/2017: DISA will be holding a pre-proposal conference on SETI on March 10, 2017 at DISA Headquarters, Fort Meade. DISA noted a larger-than-expected industry response, and have allowed for overflow seating for registrants. EZGovOpps will continue to monitor for updates.  Update as of 3/10/2017: Although DISA has already allotted 20 contracts as small-business set-asides, the agency is heavily emphasizing small-business subcontracting participation in the 10 full-and-open awards expected. DISA is expecting heavily-detailed small-business subcontracting plans for large-businesses making...

The NDAA for Fiscal Year 2017, which was discussed previously by EZGovOpps for the small business provisions it included, also holds an important provision regarding the implementation of the Joint Regional Security Stack (JRSS), a massive cybersecurity upgrade designed by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) for what the agency hopes will one day be a unified network and security system for the entire DOD known as the Joint Information Environment (JIE).  The new provisions, however, have placed restrictions on JRSS...

UPDATE: The Navy has announced that it is pushing the award of the NGEN-R contracts to November and December 2018 for the respective hardware and services contracts. However, the Navy is promising increased industry interaction for this opportunity in that extended time frame.  UPDATE: The Navy has released additional documents including a number of “Process Guides” outlining how it will evaluate contractor performance in areas ranging from “Asset Management” to “Service Level Management.” Comments from the industry are welcomed by...

UPDATE: On November 1, 2017 Army Contracting Command-Natick, Massachusetts announced the award of JE-RDAP to 170 awardees, out of 178 bids received. The awardees will share the $8,276,161,000 award with a completion date in 2027.  The US Military is fielding two major contracts, worth $8.27 billion and $980 million, through the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO-CBD) and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. With both contracts centered, in part, on Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE)...

On October 21st, US Army Contracting Command – New Jersey (ACC-NJ) released a solicitation for proposals for a new Human Resource Solutions Support (HRSS) Personnel Life-Cycle Support (PLS) contract in support of the Human Resources Solutions Project Office (HRSPO), due at 1pm on December 20, 2016. The objective of the program will be “to obtain qualified Contractors to provide support for enterprise level Human Resource (HR) Services for Department of Defense (DoD) programs and systems.” With a program ceiling exceeding...