Montgomery County Government Procurement Forum Chris Fornecker christopher.fornecker@gsa.gov October 29 th , 2013

1. Montgomery County Government Procurement Forum Chris Fornecker christopher.fornecker@gsa.gov October 29th, 2013

2. GWACs Defined • Government-wide Acquisition Contracts are Task or Delivery Order Contracts for Information Technology (IT) • Established by One Agency for Government-wide Use • Operated by an Executive Agency Designated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) • Designed to Streamline Acquisition of IT Products, Services, and Solutions • Not open for use by state and local governments GWACs are designed to support complex, long-term, information technology (IT) programs often consisting of a mix of hardware, software, networking, and professional services to achieve an overall IT outcome such as a data center migration or completion of a major software project.

3. GWAC – Overview • Contracting officers external to the GWAC Center place orders against the base contracts • Contracting officers in GSA’s Assisted Acquisition Service make extensive use of GSA’s GWACs – comprise about 50% of the business volume • Contracting officers from other agencies comprise the remaining 50% of the business volume

4. Value Proposition Pre-negotiated contracts save time, money and resources. Broad scope, high ceilings and flexible contracts support complex information technology projects like data center migration, cloud, big data projects. Diverse pool of qualified vendors typically results in 3 or more offers per order. • Savings >= 19% when two or more offers received

5. GWAC – Overview • Center for GWAC Programs is an organization within GSA’s Office of Integrated Technology Services • 37 Federal FTE dedicated to managing GSA’s GWACs • Small Business GWAC Acquisition Division- Kansas City, MO • Manages a diversified portfolio of 8(a), Small, and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVO) set-aside contracts • Enterprise GWAC Acquisition Division – San Diego, CA • Manages GSA’s Alliant GWAC

6. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Approved GWACS • GSA • Alliant • Alliant Small Business • 8a STARS II • VETS Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business • OMB has approved two other agencies to manage GWACs • NIH/NITAAC • CIO-SP3 for IT Services/Solutions • CIO-SP3 Small Business with set-asides for Small, 8(A), SDVOSB, HUBZone and WOSB for IT Services/Solutions • ECS III for IT Products/Related Services • NASA • SEWP- Solutions for Enterprise Wide Procurement • Full and Open and Small Business Set-Aside Contracts

7. Alliant - Overview • Short description: The Alliant GWAC supports major, long-term information technology projects such as data center consolidation, cloud computing, big data/data warehouse projects, etc. • Number of industry Partners: 58 • Contract Ceiling: $50B • Period of Performance & Option: 05/2009 to 04/2014; 05/2014 to 04/2019 • Last date to award a new order: 04/2019 and cannot exceed 5 years • End of contract: 04/30/2019 • Online resource: www.gsa.gov/alliant • List of industry Partners • Contract • Training Opportunities • Sample Statement of Work • Program Office Point of Contact: Casey Kelley, casey.kelley@gsa.gov

8. Alliant Small Business - Overview • Short description: The Alliant SB GWAC supports major, long-term information technology projects such as data center consolidation, cloud computing, big data/data warehouse projects, etc. • Number of industry Partners: 71 • Contract Ceiling: $15B • Period of Performance & Option: 02/3/2009 to 02/2/2014; 02/3/2014 to 02/2/2019 • Last date to award a new order: 02/2/2019 and cannot exceed 5 years • End of contract: 02/2/2019 • Online resource: www.gsa.gov/alliantsb • List of industry Partners • Contract • Training Opportunities • Sample Statement of Work • Program Office Point of Contact: Steve Triplett, Steve.Triplett@gsa.gov

9. 8 (a) STARS II – Overview • Short description: The 8(a) Stars II GWAC is a small business set-aside that provides flexible access to customized IT solutions from a large , diverse pool of 8(a) industry partners. • Number of industry Partners: 582 • Contract Ceiling: $10B • Period of Performance & Option: 08/31/2011 to 08/30/2016; 08/31/2016 to 08/30/2021 • Last date to award a new order: 08/30/2021 and cannot exceed 3 years • End of contract: 08/30/2021 • Online resource: www.gsa.gov/8astars2 • List of industry Partners • Contract • Training Opportunities • Sample Statement of Work • Program Office Point of Contact: Steve Triplett, Steve.Triplett@gsa.gov

10. VETS – Overview • Short description: The Veterans Technology Services GWAC is a small business set-aside that provides flexible access to customized IT solutions from a qualified, diverse pool of service-disabled, veteran owned small businesses. • Number of industry Partners: 32 • Contract Ceiling: $5B • Period of Performance & Option: 02/2/2007 to 02/1/2017 • Last date to award a new order: 02/1/2017 and must be complete within 3 years • End of contract: 02/1/2017 • Online resource: www.gsa.gov/vetsgwac • List of industry Partners • Contract • Training Opportunities • Sample Statement of Work • Program Office Point of Contact: Steve Triplett, Steve.Triplett@gsa.gov

11. Tips for Industry • GWACs have no open solicitations • Industry is welcome to pursue subcontracting opportunities with any of the 750+ GWAC contract holders • Visit each GWAC website for list of current contract holders • GWAC Dashboard (www.gsa.gov/gwacs) has data on existing orders by contract, industry partner, and customer

12. Questions?