The Professional Services Council has relayed industry concerns that the Veterans Affairs Department has given next-to-no time for responses to the draft solicitation for the $60 billion vehicle called T4NG2.

The VA uses the Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation contract as its primary vehicle for buying IT goods and services. T4NG2 is the recompete of the contract first awarded in 2016…

In a letter to VA leadership, PSC President and CEO David Berteau voiced his concern about potential adverse impacts on competition and that the department is limiting its access to innovative solutions.

“It is unreasonable to expect companies to have sufficient personnel resources to digest that much information, think through the implications, and provide meaningful comments and questions in such a short period,” Berteau wrote… Read the full article here.