UPDATE: According to the industry briefing at ITSEC, contract types may vary for each of the four main tasks: Simulator Common Architecture Security Operations Center Management Services Library UPDATE 02/12/2018: USAF held additional One-on-One meetings with interested vendors in January, and has now pushed the released of the Final RFP to June 2018. USAF also published a list of 16 interested vendors. Half of the interested vendors were small businesses seeking solely subcontracting opportunities.  LATEST UPDATE: In a new update, the Air...

Update: ACC-RI held an industry day on October 24th with approximately 76 companies attending. In the industry day slides, ACC-RI explained in graphics how the IDIQ awards would be prioritized and awarded for each theater/unified combatant command (i.e. PACOM, CENTCOM, etc.).  The first priority group will be made for EUCOM and PACOM. The offeror that wins the IDIQ for EUCOM will be ineligible to receive an award for PACOM. Group 2 includes CENTCOM, NORTHCOM, AFRICOM, and SOUTHCOM. The winner of the CENTCOM...

In September, GSA announced that they will re-open three of the four Special Item Numbers (SINs) for Schedule 75 -Office Products/Supplies & Services- in 2018. Beyond opening these SINs, which include services that range from “filling the workspaces, to providing the essentials for the copy room and the restrooms,” GSA will also add two brand new SINs as a part of combining another GSA program. EZGovOpps has the details below. To meet GSA goals which include “refreshing and expanding a competitive...

In the original blueprint for FY18 funding, the Trump administration sought to cut funding for disaster relief-related programs across Federal agencies. This included cutting out the $3 billion Community Development Block Grant at Housing and Urban Development (HUD), restructuring and cutting $190 million from FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program, albeit a modest increase in overall disaster relief funding. However, with the impact of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria likely affecting the United States for years, and recovery estimates ranging as...

After writing about the Army’s move from SETAC contracts (worth $997 million under the current vehicle) to OASIS SB, and the top NAICS codes across all Federal contracting activity: EZGovOpps is now taking a closer look at the top  NAICS codes for OASIS SB and how that could be affected by the SETAC move. OASIS SB has only been active since the end of Fiscal Year 2014, but it has already accrued a large number of contracting dollars. With 673 total...

In our previous Introduction to GWACs, EZGovOpps noted that the use of GWACs continues to grow, and that IT-related services will continue to earn contracting dollars in the future. Now, the 8(a) STARS II GWAC by GSA appears to have bucked this trend in 2017. 8(a) STARS II Obligated Funding and Task Orders (GSA spending data, as of September 19, 2017) 2014 2015 2016 2017 Obligated Dollars $1,123,758,297.20 $1,274,584,197.20 $1,478,275,155.53 $908,536,288.22 Task Orders 668 662 710 276 As you can...

UPDATE 5/22/2018: GSA has intermittently released updated versions of the SETAS transition schedule. The various SETAC task orders are being re-competed in a staggered fashion as OASIS task orders. The transition schedule includes the incumbent information and the expected Task Order RFP (TORP) numbers when released to OASIS SB holders.  In another sign that GSA’s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services Small Business (OASIS SB) contract vehicle is growing in use across the Federal government, US Army Contracting Command at...

UPDATE: The final solicitation was released on September 15th, with proposals due on October 10, 2017. On October 23rd, the Army released amendments to the solicitation “due in part to industry questions”  submitted. EZGovOpps will continue monitoring the procurement process for this opportunity.  The U.S. Army has announced its intentions to move forward with the next version of its procurement vehicle for ruggedized military equipment: Common Hardware Systems 5 (CHS-5). Worth a potential $3.9 billion, CHS has continued to grow...