 GSA announced that 123 small businesses have won the right to compete on its 10-year, $60 billion professional services contract, known as OASIS. The small business awards include 220 slots across six pools with some companies winning multiple pools.
GSA has not announced the awards for the large business portion of the OASIS program.  Here are a few resources to help you unravel the mystery of this often confused topic. BLUF: Paul Heron nails it.
APMP Proposal Guide: Compliance vs Responsiveness (pdf) APMP Podcast (mp3) Shipley Proposal Guide: Compliance and Responsiveness (pdf) Paul Heron's Clear Thinking Bid Proposals / Complex vs. Responsiveness Have you heard of the Haiku Deck app for iPad? I just created this deck "Federal RFPs Decoded" in about 20 minutes. Haiku takes your story and sets it free by searching the Internet and suggesting an array of high-quality images that photographers have licensed under Creative Commons. Navigate forward and backward by clicking the arrow buttons about midway down on the right or left side of the slide.
 GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) is developing a next generation contract vehicle for complex professional services.
This contract vehicle addresses agencies' needs for professional service requirements that: 1) span multiple professional service disciplines; 2) Involve significant IT components, but aren't IT requirements; 3) Require flexibility for all contract type task orders and other direct costs at the task order level; 4) Are difficult to specify or quantify prior to award; and 5) Create an environment of elevated risk due to their unanticipated nature. Did you attend the May 13th OASIS Industry Day? Slide decks are now available for both large and small businesses. https://interact.gsa.gov/document/oasis-industry-day-slides-available Additional info:
Follow the GSA OASIS Blog: https://interact.gsa.gov/group/oasis-industry-community Interested in doing business with the Federal government? Use the buttons below to navigate to your target federal agency to view the latest procurement forecasts. This memo builds on Office of Federal Procurement Policy's (OFPP) “Myth-Busting” memorandum issued on January 2, 2011 and describes steps taken to improve communications between Federal agencies and the vendor community. These two myth-busting memos are essential reading for those in government contracting, especially if you are new to the federal business environment. A discussion of the Federal Acquisition Regulations and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement (FAR and DFARS) with a focus on Intellectual Property (IP) in Contract Negotiations with Prime Contractors and the Government. © 2013 Witten Law, Ltd. The purposes of this OMB memorandum are to: 1) Identify common misconceptions about vendor engagement that may be unnecessarily hindering agencies’ appropriate use of the existing flexibilities, and provide facts and strategies to help acquisition professionals benefit from industry’s knowledge and insight; 2) Direct agencies to remove unnecessary barriers to reasonable communication and develop vendor communications plans, consistent with existing law and regulation, that promote responsible and constructive exchanges; and 3) Outline steps for continued engagement with agencies and industry to increase awareness and education. Judy Bradt has 20+ years of experience clients helping companies navigate the government contracting world. She's the author of an excellent book for small business owners: Government Contracts Made Easier. Mark Amtower, author of the book, "Selling to the Government" shares the six myths business people should never fall for, when in comes to the federal government. Mr. Amtower has advised companies big and small on how to work best with the feds. Now he shares his secrets on Capital Insider. |
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