February 24 2012 Copyright (c) 2012 Business Research Services Inc. 301-229-5561 All rights reserved.

Return to Front Page

-- FLASH --
SBA Proposes New Size Standards for NAICS 53 (Real Estate, Equipment Rental and Leasing) and 61 (Educational Institutions).
Click here for the list
.

Features:
  • Procurement Watch
  • Calendar of Events
  • Washington Insider
  • Teaming Opportunities
  • Certified Small Businesses
  • Small Business Contract Awards
  • Defense Small Business Awards
  • Links to Prior Issues

    Set-Aside Alert is
    published by
    Business Research Services
    1-800-845-8420
    brspubs@sba8a.com
    www.sba8a.com

  • GSA Details Plans for “Integration” Contract

    GSA is moving ahead with plans for a new professional services contract vehicle called Integrations.

    Mary Davie, assistant commissioner of the Office of Integrated Technology Services, said the agency is preparing a business case for approval by the Office of Management and Budget.

    “While GSA’s Schedules program offers technology and other professional services on an a la carte basis, agencies have asked us to provide a total professional services solution, which often requires acquisition of multiple services across separate functional areas,” she wrote in a blog post.

    “Integrations will be a strategic program enabling acquisition of complex integrated professional services along with supporting technology.”

    GSA said it plans to post draft documents for industry feedback and establish a customer working group representing government agencies. No timeline has been determined, but Davie said the business case will be submitted to OMB in the spring.

    “GSA is committed to making the contract development process as transparent as possible, and ensure maximum participation by agencies and industry throughout this process,” she wrote.

    The agency has established an online Integrations Industry Community to solicit feedback at http://interact.gsa.gov/group/integrations-industry-community. Davie has scheduled a Tweet Chat Feb. 29 at 2 p.m. Eastern time. Send questions to @GSA_ITS and use hashtag #ITSChat.


    For more information about Set-Aside Alert, the leading newsletter
    about Federal contracting for small, minority and woman-owned businesses,
    contact the publisher Business Research Services at 800-845-8420