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SAMDAILY.US - ISSUE OF MAY 25, 2022 SAM #7481
SPECIAL NOTICE

99 -- Ascend� BPA - Draft PWS

Notice Date

5/23/2022 1:26:06 AM
 

Notice Type

Special Notice
 

Contracting Office

FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE
 

ZIP Code

00000
 

Solicitation Number

RFQ1559853
 

Response Due

6/6/2022 1:00:00 PM
 

Description

On September 30, 2021, the General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), Information Technology Category (ITC) issued a Request for Information (RFI) in GSA eBuy and SAM.gov indicating GSA's intent to establish, on a competitive basis, a Multiple Award Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) against the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Special Item Numbers 518210C ""Cloud and Cloud-Related IT Professional Services"" and 54151S ""IT Professional Services""; now known as the �Ascend� BPA (formerly referred to as the �GSA Government-Wide Cloud BPA�). �� This supplemental special notice is being issued to further engage and collaborate with industry and agencies to gather feedback on the attached Draft Performance Work Statement (PWS). � It remains GSA�s intent to award the Ascend BPA in a phased manner as a featured part of GSA's Cloud Marketplace. We plan to make multiple awards in each pool, each with its specific scope that will allow all Federal Agencies and Other Eligible Activities to acquire and implement secure, integrated commercial cloud service solutions, including cloud-focused labor services, including but not limited to Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS) and Cloud-Related Information Technology (IT) Professional Services. We encourage all parties who are interested in participating in the Ascend BPA acquisition (formerly known as the GSA Governmentwide Cloud BPA) to review the attached draft PWS and provide questions, comments and recommended answer/solution rationale on the attached Table 1 - Ascend BPA Draft PWS Questions/Comments/Recommended Answer/Solution and Rationale Spreadsheet by not later than 4:00 pm EST on 06/06/2022. Note: The Government will take all questions, comments, recommendation, solutions and rationale under advisement and consideration, however no direct answer or response will be provided.� Respondents are also advised that the Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. �� Anticipated award dates are yet to be determined. More information is to follow. Please continue to monitor eBuy and SAM.gov for additional information to be provided. Please send all correspondence related to this procurement to the central email box at cloudenterprisewide@gsa.gov. Thank you. Attachments: Attachment A � Performance Work Statement Table 1. Ascend BPA Draft PWS Questions/Comments/Recommended Answer/Solution and Rationale.
 

Web Link

SAM.gov Permalink
(https://sam.gov/opp/b8f273a078b54a7bbd665cf38375f0df/view)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Atlanta, GA 30303, USA

Zip Code: 30303

Country: USA
 

Record

SN06334803-F 20220525/220523230057 (samdaily.us)
 

Source

SAM.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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