The Defense Information Systems Agency is preparing to move forward on a handful of key acquisition efforts, including a broad engineering services contract and a big IT services follow-on contract vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DISA officials expect to open bidding this summer on the agency’s omnibus Systems Engineering Technology and Innovation (SETI) contract vehicle as well as Encore III, a follow-on to the $12 billion-ceiling, DISA-led IT services contract utilized by multiple government agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We have what I would call an omnibus engineering contract we’re in the process of finalizing right now, all the requirements, called SETI,” Alfred Rivera, director of DISA’s development and business center, said at a recent industry event. “We’re looking across the enterprise and saying instead of having all these different engineering contracts and \u2013 I hate to say stove-piped, but identified by program office or business line \u2013 and have an enterprise engineering vehicle that all of our program offices and business lines can go to and acquire engineering support as necessary.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DISA hosted an industry day for SETI on June 1, where agency leadership outlined the 20 performance task areas in the vehicle’s scope of requirements, but the final details are still being hashed out, including an exact date for a request for proposals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The acquisition strategy for [SETI] has not been finalized. DISA recently hosted an industry day to obtain inputs from industry and mission partners to refine and finalize our approach,” a DISA spokesperson said. “When we complete the market research and defining the acquisition strategy we will share the information along with a planned schedule.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rivera added that he expects contracting activity in the coming months related to the Encore III contract, the follow-on to Encore II, which DISA has utilized for more than $5 billion in IT services since 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We have the Encore III follow-on contract going out this summer\u2026it’s for different types of services, from technical support to program management, to some specialized capabilities such as system administration and data administration,” Rivera said. “Those are probably two of the biggest omnibus contracts we have on the street right now.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n