“Development work continues on an alternative to the General Services Administration’s cancelled $15 billion Alliant 2 Small Business vehicle, according to one of the agency’s top acquisition executives.”
“’We’re going to work on the Alliant 2 SB re-procurement,’ Keith Nakasone, deputy assistant commissioner of IT Acquisition in GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service, said at a July 15 Advanced Technology Academic Research Center event. Nakasone told the virtual audience to ‘stay tuned’ on the replacement vehicle for the cancelled small business government wide acquisition contract.”
“Just before the July 4 holiday, GSA announced it was dropping Alliant 2 SB completely after the contract had slogged through a year of protests at the Government Accountability Office and at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. In that announcement, GSA said it is working on a new approach to governmentwide contracts for small businesses.”
“‘Plans are underway for a new and enhanced small business GWAC program that better reflects the changing landscape and addresses the needs of agencies to access the expertise of small businesses,’ the agency said in a July 3 announcement. ‘The changes will support recent developments in cybersecurity, emerging technologies, and supply chain risk management…'” Read the full article here.
Source: GSA working on Alliant 2 Small Business replacement – By Mark Rockwell, July 15, 2020. FCW.