“It’s been more than a year since the General Services Administration first floated the idea of a governmentwide contract for cloud and collaboration services, similar to the one the Defense Department awarded last August to General Dynamics IT.”
“While the Civilian Enterprise Office Solutions (CEOS) concept hasn’t gotten past the idea stage, the research behind it birthed another idea…”
“’During the development of CEOS, the teams involved in the process realized the importance of clear market and acquisition intelligence for both government and industry. The need for consistency in IT pricing and contract terms and conditions, better information sharing across agencies, and more unified messaging to the vendor community was clear,’ said a senior administration official in an email to Federal News Network.”
“So to that end, the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, GSA, NASA and the NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) plan to launch a new IT vendor management office (ITVMO) in October.”
“OFPP and its partners introduced the concept of the ITVMO to industry groups a few weeks ago, outlining the goals and mission areas in a one-page fact sheet, which Federal News Network obtained. These include data analytics, subject matter expertise, vendor relationship management, best-in-class (BIC) solutions management and IT security and risk management…” Read the full article here.
Source: Launch of IT vendor management office part of next phase of category management – By Jason Miller, August 25, 2020. Federal News Network.
