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 Eyes ‘On-Ramp’ Solicitation for OASIS Small Business IDIQ’s Six Subpools
The General Services Administration has announced plans to issue a solicitation as an on-ramp for the six subpools of the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services Small Business contract vehicle. GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service said in a presolicitation notice published Friday that it expects to award 30 contracts for subpool 1, 20 contracts for subpool 3 and eight each for subpools 2, 4, 5B and 6 of the OASIS SB indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.
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 Seeks Info on Support Sources for White House Innovation Office’s Centers of Excellence
The General Services Administration has asked information on potential vendors that can provide support services for the White House Office of American Innovation’s four proposed centers of excellence and its technology initiatives. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service is interested in companies that can help COEs …
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 »QTS’ David McOmber: Federal Gov’t Cloud Adoption Focused on Hybrid Infrastructure
Governments agencies have turned to hybrid cloud platforms in order to both take advantage of cloud capabilities and support legacy systems, QTS Realty Trust Executive Vice President Dave McOmber said in a Federal News Radio panel discussion posted Thursday. McOmber, who is in charge of public sector and federal sales at QTS, …
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, …
Read More »GSA Seeks Industry Feedback on Charge Card Program Draft RFP; Tom Sharpe Comments
The General Services Administration has asked industry and government agencies to submit comments on a draft request for proposals for the third generation of GSA’s charge card program. The agency said Monday it will use the feedback to the draft RFP in order to refine the requirements in the GSA SmartPay …
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