REI Systems has been awarded a task by the General Services Administration (GSA) to provide Development, Operations and Maintenance (O&M) for the Integrated Award Environment (IAE) and System for Award Management (SAM). REI will provide Agile, cloud-native development, testing, transition and O&M services for the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS).
Read More »Laura Stanton: GSA Eyes Final RFP Release for 8(a) STARS III IT Contract This Fiscal Year
Laura Stanton of the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service said GSA plans to issue before the end of fiscal year 2020 the final request for proposals for the next iteration of the Streamlined Technology Acquisition Resource for Services governmentwide contract for information technology vendors certified under the Small Business Administration 8(a) program.
Read More »Sevatec to Pilot CALM Acquisition Tool Under GSA Task Order
Sevatec has received a potential $7.5M task order from the General Services Administration to conduct a 100-day pilot of the Contract Acquisition Life-cycle Management system.
Read More »Former GSA Commissioner Alan Thomas Joins Trowbridge & Trowbridge as Special Projects EVP; Cass Panciocco Quoted
Trowbridge & Trowbridge announced on Tuesday that Alan Thomas Jr., former commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service with the General Services Administration, has joined the company as the executive vice president of special projects.
Read More »Emily Murphy, GSA Administrator, Earns 2019 Wash100 Award for Innovation in Program Management and Government Contracting
Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce that Emily Murphy, administrator of the General Services Administration, was inducted into the 2019 Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of the most influential voices in the government contracting arena — for innovation in federal contracting and program management. This latest honor marks the second time she received the award.
Read More »GSA Seeks Info on Potential Cloud.gov Support Sources
The General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service has launched a market survey to identify potential sources of professional services for a web-based cloud computing platform designed for government use. GSA said Thursday in a FedBizOpps notice FAS’ technology transformation services division seeks large or small companies that can help the agency …
Read More »Federal Acquisition Service Solicits Comments on DEOS Cloud Computing Project
The General Services Administration‘s Federal Acquisition Service seeks industry feedback on a potential $8B cloud computing project that aims to unify networks and data centers across the Defense Department. The request for information solicits public comment on enterprise hardware, software licenses, and deployment and sustainment services covered in the first …
Read More »GSA to Host Industry Day on CAMEO App Maintenance Recompete Program
The General Services Administration will hold an industry day on Aug. 7 in Washington, D.C. to seek feedback on a follow-on contract for the CIO Application Maintenance, Enhancements and Operations program. A FedBizOpps notice posted July 19 says GSA will provide industry stakeholders an overview of the proposed scope of …
Read More »P.O.C. FY18 Budgets & Procurement Recap: Keynote Speaker Alan B. Thomas speaks on the ABC’s of budget and procurement: Acquisition, Budget & Customers
Alan Thomas: “Here at [GSA FAS]–We do work for customers, we’re always thinking about the customers, listening to what they have to say, anticipate what they might need and serve them the way that makes sense to us in covering our costs–This is one big thing I think about in …
Read More »In the News: Alan B. Thomas, Jr., Commissioner of Federal Acquisition Service at GSA
Transparency is the name of the game: clear conversations with customers, industry and other stakeholders is a rock in the foundation of the ongoing effort to procure new information technology in line with promoting partnership with the private sector for innovative solutions through programs like the Presidential Innovation Fellows and …
Read More »In The News: Judith R. Zawatsky, Chief of Staff at FAS, GSA
The past year has been shaping up to be another busy period for GSA and FAS, as budgets are tightening up within the federal government and cost-effective moves are of paramount importance for setting up future contracts. At the forefront of the Federal Acquisition Service is an ongoing transformation of …
Read More »Ex-GSA Officials Tom Sharpe, Kevin Youel Page Establish Consulting Firm Onetegrity
Tom Sharpe, former commissioner of the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service, has established a consulting firm with Kevin Youel Page, former FAS deputy commissioner, FCW reported Tuesday. Sharpe and Page told FCW in an interview that they have registered on the agency’s System for Award Management, established financial operations and …
Read More »CenturyLink Awarded GSA VoIP Service Contract; Erich Sanchack Comments
The General Services Administration has awarded CenturyLink a potential five-year, $6 million to provide a hosted contact center and voice over internet protocol service to the agency’s Federal Acquisition Service. CenturyLink said Monday it aims to help FAS manage approximately 800,000 inbound and outbound calls annually through the hosted contact center. The contract has a one-year base …
Read More »Salient CRGT Secures DoD Engineering, O&M Support BPA; Brad Antle Comments
Salient CRGT has received a potential $45 million blanket purchase agreement from the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service to provide integration, engineering, operations and maintenance support for the Defense Department. The company said Monday it will work to integrate and modify commercial off-the-shelf non-developmental items, perform integrated technology services, manage projects, …
Read More »GSA Selects Distributed Solutions for Contract Writing-as-a-Service BPA
Distributed Solutions Inc. has secured a potential $10.5 million blanket purchase agreement from the integrated technology services branch of the General Services Administration‘s Federal Acquisition Service to develop a contract writing system-as-a-service platform for GSA and its customer agencies. DSI said Wednesday the agreement calls for the company to provide a software-as-a-service, …
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