“Agencies should be on the lookout for new governmentwide acquisition contracts (GWACs) coming soon. Speaking on the fourth anniversary of Alliant 2, Laura Stanton, assistant commissioner for the Office of Information Technology Category (OITC) at the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), said the GWAC is approaching its $50 billion ceiling faster than expected. There is still more than $20 billion left on the contract, Stanton said, but in light of this, GSA made the decision to start looking at what comes next.
‘We are starting the development of the successor to Alliant 2 and beginning work on Alliant 3. And we’ve done some initial market research already. We’re going to be continuing to engage industry and agency customers through events,’ Stanton said on Nov. 17 at the Coalition for Government Procurement’s 2021 Fall Training Conference. ‘We are very much actively working on this. I want to reassure everybody that we are taking our contracts and our commitment to industry and the customer seriously. And I want to be as transparent as possible and forthcoming by the Alliant 3 and our future plans. So we will have more to come.’…”
“The OITC will be releasing request for proposals (RFP) for the small business GWAC Polaris after the holidays, which industry requested at a recent industry day. Stanton said the small business pool will be awarded first in January, followed by the women-owned small business pool. The historically underutilized business zone (HUBZone) and veteran-owned small business pools will follow in cadence, though the exact timing of those hasn’t been worked out yet, she said…”
“Meanwhile, the FAS Office of Professional Services and Human Capital is making development of its new Services Multi-Agency Contract (MAC) a top priority in FY 2022. Sheri Meadema, director of Program Operations for Professional Services and Human Capital, said it’s safe to think of Services MAC – ‘we’re not going to call it “SMAC”… that’s not good for anybody,’ she said – as an OASIS follow-on…” Read the full article here.
Source: GSA previews major upcoming GWACs, new Services MAC – By David Thornton, November 18, 2021. Federal News Network.
