“Federal contractors should look for a request for information for the General Services Administration’s planned small business governmentwide acquisition vehicle in October, according to a top official in the agency’s Federal Acquisition Service.”
“Following the RFI, the agency also plans to release a draft request for proposals for the emerging GWAC ‘in the next few months,’ said Laura Stanton, assistant commissioner for the FAS, Office of Information Technology Category, in an Oct. 1 update on the agency’s plans for the contract vehicle.”
“The developing contract, dubbed “Polaris,” follows GSA’s cancellation of its $15 billion Alliant 2 SB contract in early July, after the effort had endured a year of protests at the Government Accountability Office and in federal court.”
The solicitation and timing for Polaris are in line with what agency officials had described for the contract’s progression “during a town hall-style webcast with industry in August…” Read the full article here.
Source: New small biz GWAC dubbed Polaris – By Mark Rockwell, October 5, 2020. FCW.
