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Oct 1, 2026
Jason MillerHOST
Surprised maybe it took so long, but then again, they thought it was coming.
Jason MillerHOST
You at the time said, hey, this has nothing to do with the never-ending protests that the GWAC was under.
Jason MillerHOST
So now that we're several months removed, let's talk a little bit more about what drove that decision to cancel the procurement.
Jason MillerHOST
And then kind of what's the reaction you've gotten from a lot of the vendors and a lot of the other folks over the last few months? The start was it
Ricky ClarkGUEST
So I'll give you the background.
Ricky ClarkGUEST
After those two documents came out, we were paired with GSA, and our objective was to enforce efficiency.
Ricky ClarkGUEST
So to take a look at both vehicles, take a look at all GWACs, what was available, and find out if there were actually some duplication of efforts.
Ricky ClarkGUEST
In this case, it turns out we had transition groups that were established.
Ben BuntingHOST
All right.
Ben BuntingHOST
For our next story, the Chief Information Officer Solutions and Partners 4, called the CIOSP4, is being canceled because 93% of this GWAC's services and solutions are available in GSAs.
Will RobertsHOST
Mm.
Ben BuntingHOST
And so this is a, another loss of GWAC and trying to consolidate and make GSA the giant powerhouse of goods and services that it is and is becoming.
Ben BuntingHOST
So we can say sayonara to CIOSP4.
Will RobertsHOST
And GSA has one GWAC to rule them all.
Ben BuntingHOST
[laughs]
Will RobertsHOST
But wait, there's still one.
BenHOST
Um, SEWP stands for Solution for Enterprise-Wide Procurement.
BenHOST
The good old GWAC.
WillHOST
With the ducks.
BenHOST
With the ducks.
BenHOST
It's just as good.
WillHOST
As landing on the moon.
BenHOST
Um, let's, let's stick with some GWACs, multiple award vehicles, and talk, talk a little bit about Part 16.
BenHOST
We want to make sure we're getting enough RFO material in here.
Ricky ClarkGUEST
I think, honestly, it's personal preference.
Ricky ClarkGUEST
So folks that have, you have the folks that are into UCSA or have a preference to UCSA, you have the folks that have a preference to use some of the other GWACs.
Ricky ClarkGUEST
The folks at NITECH like NITECH because of the level of service that we provide.
Ricky ClarkGUEST
It's sort of like a friendly, welcoming sort of environment.
Ricky ClarkGUEST
I think that as the IT and functionality, availability of information has become more prevalent, it's probably more – what's the word I want to use? It would probably be more – I wouldn't say convenient, probably more efficient to have a single source to provide that information before.
Ricky ClarkGUEST
So I think some of the niches that NITAAC developed over the year, now that's become a central part of what GSA does.
Ricky ClarkGUEST
That's become a central part of some of the other GWACs.
Ricky ClarkGUEST
So as you know, they're actually consolidating NITAAC as well as NASA soup.
Ricky ClarkGUEST
I think, honestly, it's personal preference.
Ricky ClarkGUEST
So folks that have, you have the folks that are into UCSA or have a preference to UCSA, you have the folks that have a preference to use some of the other GWACs.
Ricky ClarkGUEST
The folks at NITECH like NITECH because of the level of service that we provide.
Ricky ClarkGUEST
It's sort of like a friendly, welcoming sort of environment.
Ricky ClarkGUEST
It would probably be more efficient to have a single source to provide that information before.
Ricky ClarkGUEST
So I think some of the niches that NITAAC developed over the years, now that's become a central part of what GSA does.
Ricky ClarkGUEST
That's become a central part of some of the other GWACs.
Ricky ClarkGUEST
So as you know, they're actually consolidating NITAAC as well as NASA soup.
Steve KoprinceGUEST
which was preserved as part of the Revolutionary Farm Overhaul, it's in Farm Part 19, and what it says, and I'm just summarizing here, is essentially that when a contracting officer based on, you know, reasonable market research has a reasonable expectation that two or more qualified, capable small businesses will bid on the work at a fair market price, that acquisition needs to be set aside for small businesses.
Steve KoprinceGUEST
Now, of course there are ways around the rule of two, for example, orders under a GWACs, IDIQs and such are not, um, not subject to the rule two.
Steve KoprinceGUEST
However, the rule two still applies in a lot of acquisition scenarios.
Steve KoprinceGUEST
And so what this, what this, uh, change in the size standard suggests to me is that the, criteria for the rule of two are going to be satisfied in many more cases because the more small businesses you have, um, especially larger, uh, small businesses, the more times you're going to find that, especially as contracts are larger and more complex, you're still going to have two or more small businesses that are qualified, capable, interested at fair market prices.
Paul SchauerHOST
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Paul SchauerHOST
Okay, let's get started with Max, Maz, and GWACs.
Kevin JansHOST
One of our customers told me that they said they need to be on Oasis or maybe Soup or Seaport E, one of these big government-wide acquisition contracts or other contracts vehicles, in order for them to compete on a certain procurement.
Kevin JansHOST
And the first question was, well, hang on, does it apply? But on top of that, what are these? And so they started asking me and I thought, you know, it's a great episode for us to unravel the mystery of what are all these different GWACs versus MACs versus multiple award schedules.
Vicky StrycharskeGUEST
Not unusual, actually.
Vicky StrycharskeGUEST
Our customers hear it from contracting officers, program managers, and sometimes even on FedBizOps, they'll advertise a procurement that is going to be for GSA schedule holders only, for instance.
Vicky StrycharskeGUEST
You'll hear the term Moz contracts, and that's a multiple award schedule contract.
Vicky StrycharskeGUEST
Or you'll hear Max, and they're multiple award contracts.
Ali SteerHOST
We're still seeing a majority, uh, GSA Mass order.
Ali SteerHOST
Uh, about 40-ish, 41% of the action types are from GSA with some IDIQ, GD, GWACs, uh, coming shortly behind there.
Ali SteerHOST
We're still seeing some sole sources.
Ali SteerHOST
We got a handful of AA, GSA sole sources.
Eric CoffeyHOST
In fact, a lot of people's strategy, Sylvia, is to get on a long-term schedule, right? If you look at the STARS III, if you look at a lot of the GWACs, here, I'll show you guys.
Eric CoffeyHOST
So if you look at the STARS II GWAC, in a 2020 article, there was 538 vendors who graduated from the AA program But they were still benefiting for the stars, too.
Eric CoffeyHOST
So they literally got into these programs before the 8A graduation date.
Eric CoffeyHOST
So as long as you get into these programs before you graduate 8A, you get to remain in it until the program ends.
Eric CoffeyHOST
The entirety of the program, they don't kick you out because you graduated 8A.
Eric CoffeyHOST
And so many of these programs, half the 8A companies have already graduated 8A.
Eric CoffeyHOST
But because of that rule, they get to stay in those GWACs for the entire time.
Eric CoffeyHOST
So it's one of those loopholes in the system that a lot of people don't know about.