Governmentwide IT contracts will have small business set-asides
Contracts may total $65 billion.
Small businesses will get their cut of a $65 billion contract that will provide agencies with information technology services, the General Services Administration announced last week.
The two 10-year governmentwide acquisition contracts, known collectively as Alliant, will go to companies that will provide agencies with IT services. The final price of each contract is unknown, but the overall contracts will be limited to $65 billion.
The contract will allow agencies to consider their particular needs before they issue IT contracts in the form of specific task orders. The task orders would include the final prices and quantities.
The Alliant Small Business contract will be a small business set-aside. The second contract will be open to all bidders.
GSA Administrator Stephen A. Perry said the agency worked with potential contractors to develop the best approach for the IT acquisition. He added that many issues, like the set-aside for small businesses, were resolved before the draft request for proposals was issued.
According to Small Business Administration Chief Hector V. Barreto, the dual-track contracts will help federal agencies achieve their contracting goals and assist small businesses.
Business cases for the contracts will be submitted by GSA to the Office of Management and Budget in March and final requests for proposals will be issued this summer.
The Alliant procurement will be managed by GSA's Enterprise governmentwide acquisition contracts center in San Diego, and the Alliant Small Business procurement will be managed by the Small Business governmentwide acquisition contracts center in Kansas City, Mo.