“The General Services Administration’s decision to cancel a $15 billion small business contract vehicle was a shock to many in federal contracting. But seasoned members of the community have offered context around what happened and joined Nextgov to give their perspectives.”
“On July 2, GSA abruptly canceled its IT services-focused Alliant 2 Small Business. The contract was in limbo for years after waves of protests, re-awards and rescinded awards, but GSA’s final decision caused much heartburn among federal contractors.”
“To break down what happened, Nextgov brought together four federal contracting experts to talk about what this means for the federal contracting community, the Alliant family of vehicles and GSA’s entire suite of governmentwide acquisition contracts.”
“The half-hour discussion includes insights from Mike Hettinger, founder of the Hettinger Strategy Group and former House Oversight staff director; Amber Hart, co-founder of government contracting intelligence firm The Pulse of GovCon; Stan Soloway, president and CEO of Celero Strategies and a former Defense Department acquisition official; and Chris Cornillie, a federal market analyst with Bloomberg Government.”
“The upshot: People are ‘mad as hell,’ as one commenter put it, and want answers from GSA.”
“The panel hit on all the fear, uncertainty and doubt surrounding the future of GSA’s small business vehicles and wrapped with some constructive advice for GSA moving forward…” Read the full article here.
Source: Experts Break Down GSA’s Abrupt Cancellation of $15B Small Business IT GWAC – By Aaron Boyd, July 7, 2020. Nextgov.
