“The General Services Administration has slowed its shift of legacy acquisition systems components to a new, more modern platform to avoid confusion and help users stay on top of contracting data.”
“Judith Zawatsky assistant commissioner in the Federal Acquisition Service’s Office of Systems Management at GSA explained at a May 28 AFCEA virtual event that rapid modernization of customer-facing systems isn’t necessarily a good thing.”
“GSA is in the process of moving 10 legacy systems, including FedBizOpps, its old Systems of Award Management (SAM) and Federal Data Procurement System (FPDS) to its beta.SAM portal, which will eventually become the agency’s hub for contracting and grant management capabilities.”
“As the pandemic advanced in the last few months, GSA has kept the old FPDS up, while porting some search functions to the beta site. The dual approach, said Zawatsky, allows critical purchasing data to remain available to contractors and agencies to generate reports…” Read the full article here.
Source: Pandemic means beta.SAM shift will take a little longer – By Mark Rockwell, May 29, 2020. FCW.
