{"id":10250,"date":"2018-10-01T19:13:13","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T19:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/10\/01\/gsa-issues-second-phase-awards-for-centers-of-excellence\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:08:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:08:14","slug":"gsa-issues-second-phase-awards-for-centers-of-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/acquisition\/gsa\/2018\/10\/01\/gsa-issues-second-phase-awards-for-centers-of-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"GSA issues second phase awards for Centers of Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The General Services Administration announced a dozen awardees receiving contracts for the second phase of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/acquisition\/gsa\/2017\/12\/14\/usda-first-up-in-white-house-gsa-tech-acquisition-pilot\/\" target=_blank>Centers of Excellence program at the U.S. Department of Agriculture<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am proud of the Federal Acquisition Service, especially the Technology Transformation Services team, for making these Phase II awards and hitting this major milestone so quickly,\u201d said GSA Administrator Emily Murphy in an Oct. 1 press release on the awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUSDA has been a passionate and engaged partner, and I am excited for the work about to take place. This effort will result in a better customer experience for citizens and a suite of best practices and lessons learned that can be applied across the government to ensure agencies have the tools and knowledge they need to better serve the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/it-networks\/2018\/09\/25\/gsa-announces-second-agency-to-start-centers-of-excellence-program\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-511728582-1.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">GSA announces second agency to start Centers of Excellence program<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The program, a partnership between the General Services Administration and the White House Office of American Innovation, is intended to jump-start IT modernization within agencies.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first phase of the CoE program focused on assessment and planning, while the second phase will transition the agency to addressing the needed IT changes and improvements identified in the first phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">USDA and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/acquisition\/2018\/08\/03\/gsa-issues-short-turnaround-for-centers-of-excellence-phase-2\/\" target=_blank>GSA issued the requests for proposals for Phase II <\/a>in late July, and officials said at an industry event that the agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/acquisition\/gsa\/2018\/06\/28\/centers-of-excellence-look-to-industry-for-phase-2-structure\/\" target=_blank>anticipated starting work in late September or early October<\/a>. The most recent awards keep with that initial timeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUSDA is extremely excited about transitioning to Phase II of our Centers of Excellence initiatives with GSA,\u201d said USDA Chief Information Officer Gary Washington. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSince beginning in March of 2018, USDA has benefited from its engagement with GSA. 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