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GSA rescinds all awards made on $15 billion Alliant 2 Small Business contract

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The government rescinded all awards made in the $15B Alliant 2 Small Business governmentwide acquisition contract for IT services procurement last week.

The move follows an order from the Court of Federal Claims that the General Services Administration must rescore every submission it received to address errors raised in protest from Virginia-based technology company, Citizant Inc.

The Alliant 2 SB is part of one of the largest federal IT opportunities of the decade. In February 2018, GSA announced its award to 81 small business, which federal agencies would be able to access for integrated IT solutions around their “current and evolving needs.” After the announcement, protests from dissatisfied bidders ensued.

In March 2018, Citizant, Inc. protested the bid to the Government Accountability Office. GAO dismissed the file in May 2018, but Citizant took complaints to court and won this week, resulting in the rescission.

Keep reading this article at: https://www.nextgov.com/cio-briefing/2019/03/gsa-rescinds-all-awards-made-15b-alliant-2-small-business-contract/155869/

GSA changes lineup for final ‘Alliant 2 Small Business’ contract

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The General Services Administration has officially announced the awardees for the Alliant 2 Small Business contract vehicle, dropping three contractors since the pre-award notice in December but adding four more.

The 10-year $15 billion contract gives agencies access to pre-vetted IT services companies—versus the IT commodities on IT Schedule 70.  The vehicle is the small business companion to the $50 billion Alliant 2 Unrestricted which was awarded in November.

GSA officials intended to award 80 spots on the small business vehicle but allowed for a tie in the final position bringing the total to 81.  Almost 500 small business vied for the spots.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2018/02/gsa-changes-lineup-final-alliant-2-small-business/145992/

GSA’s $50 billion IT contract delayed again

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The $50 billion Alliant 2 IT contract is again on hold following a third series of bid protests, this time in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

Tysons Corner, Virginia-based OBXTek filed a lawsuit in November with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and Falls Church, Virginia-based Centech did the same on Dec. 26—days after its bid protest and others were dismissed by the Government Accountability Office.

A General Services Administration (GSA) spokesperson told Nextgov the agency “is honoring a performance stay as a result” of the latest protest, the contract’s third delay due to protests. In November, GSA awarded 61 vendors a piece of Alliant 2, a governmentwide contract that will supply IT goods and services to agency networks for the next decade.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.nextgov.com/it-modernization/2018/01/gsas-50-billion-it-contract-delayed-again/144925/

Here’s who might dominate Alliant 2 business

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It’s been just a few weeks since the federal government’s buying hub awarded 61 businesses spots on a $50 billion tech contract, and one research and analysis firm is already predicting which contractors may snag the most business.

The General Services Administration’s Alliant 2 governmentwide acquisition contract pre-approves certain vendors to sell IT services to government. The companies that won spots were selected to emphasize emerging technology such as artificial intelligence, according to the agency.

But only a few of them, potentially established contractors such as Lockheed Martin, will “end up winning most of the work,” according to a ranking by Govini. They’ll be competing not only on price, but also past performance and their ability to integrate cloud, data analytics, cyber, connected devices and artificial intelligence into agency contracts.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.nextgov.com/it-modernization/2017/12/heres-who-might-dominate-alliant-2-business/144500/

80 small businesses to get a spot on Alliant 2

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The federal government is likely to award around 80 companies a spot on a massive contracting system approving certain IT companies to sell to government.

Alliant 2, known as a “Government-Wide Acquisition Contract,” is managed by the General Services Administration. Last month, GSA made awards on its larger $50 billion IT GWAC, with a special emphasis on companies selling emerging technology such as artificial intelligence.

The Alliant 2 small business contracts are worth up to $15 billion, with a five-year base and five-year extension option. GSA on Thursday published a pre-award list of businesses likely to get a spot.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.nextgov.com/cio-briefing/2017/12/80-small-businesses-get-spot-alliant-2/144393/

5 companies protest Alliant 2 contract — so far

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Several companies are protesting the Alliant 2 contract awards made earlier this month by the General Services Administration.

Thus far, Capgemini Government Solutions, Harris IT Services Corp., Compuline International,Kratos Technology & Training Solutions and The Centech Group have filed protests with the Government Accountability Office.

Washington Technology first reported the protests, which could mount in the coming days. More than 160 companies bid on the 5- to 10-year contract that federal agencies will use to purchase next-generation networking and other technologies, but GSA only made 61 awards.

Companies have up to ten days following a GSA debriefing to file a protest.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2017/11/5-companies-protest-alliant-2-contractso-far/144156/

Top federal IT contracts to watch for in 2017

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If 2016 was the biggest year for federal IT contracts in a decade, 2017 might well be the most competitive.

On the backs of several high-ceiling governmentwide contracting vehicles, approximately $200 billion in IT contracts hit the street last calendar year, spread across 300 various opportunities, according to the contracting experts at Deltek.

Two of those opportunities—the General Services Administration’s Alliant 2 and Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions—had a collective ceiling of more than $100 billion, but those types of opportunities don’t come around often.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.nextgov.com/cio-briefing/2017/01/top-federal-it-contracts-watch-2017/135000

IT spending on government-wide contracts tops $10 billion

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Federal information technology spending on government-wide acquisition contracts, or GWACs, topped $10 billion for the first time in fiscal 2016, Bloomberg Government data show.

The government spent $10.9 billion on IT products and services using GWACs in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, up from $9.4 billion in fiscal 2015, and the fifth-straight annual gain.

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Keep reading this article at: https://about.bgov.com/blog/spending-government-wide-contracts-tops-10-billion/ 

Past performance a big deal for Alliant 2 competitors

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GSA logoSometime in June, $65 billion in federal IT business will be up for grabs under the Alliant 2 governmentwide acquisition contracts. The requests for proposals from the General Services Administration will likely grab the attention of nearly all the major IT contractors looking to boost profits amid a contracting environment ripe with consolidation and budget tightening.

The Alliant 2 Unrestricted, with a ceiling of $50 billion over 10 years, and Alliant 2 Small Business, with its $15 billion ceiling, represent the largest IT contract of the year and perhaps of the next decade. And its objective methodology for selecting winners is likely to make it also among the most competitive.

Building on the approach GSA used in 2013’s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services contracts, companies will self-score relevant experience and various certifications in a points-based system set by GSA. (Brian Friel, founder of One Nation Analytics, published a thorough write-up on this process in Nextgov in March).

Keep reading this article at: http://www.nextgov.com/big-data/2016/05/past-performance-big-deal-alliant-ii-competitors/128144/

2016’s most anticipated technology contracts

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This year is a big one for federal IT contracts.

The top two contract vehicles to be awarded within the next year, the General Services Administration’s Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (now out for bid) and Alliant 2, have a collective ceiling value of $100 billion.

GSA's EIS contract timeline.
GSA’s EIS contract timeline.

Toss in close to a dozen more contracts with potential multibillion-dollar ceilings, and you’ve got a particularly active – and exceedingly important – year ahead for federal agencies, contracting officials and competing contractors.

“This is the biggest year for federal IT contract vehicles in a decade, and when the dust settles by the middle of next year, the playing field will be set for the next decade in IT services,” said Brian Friel, principal of One Nation Analytics LLC, in an interview with Nextgov.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.nextgov.com/cio-briefing/2016/03/most-anticipated-it-contracts-2016/126511

Also see: Five charts that show where the federal IT budget is going next year.

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