The General Services Administration’s plan to streamline acquisition is about to find its second gear.
The second phase will introduce more features designed to ease onboarding for the acquisition process and will be found on the Acquisition Gateway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To expand its IT Schedule 70 Roadmap, GSA plans on adding quick-start guides to inform potential contractors about the acquisition process. The agency will also launch its Multiple Award Schedule modification improvement process, which aims to build off of feedback from a recent survey of 200 industry partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The GSA help desk will also now be reachable through a single point of entry, housed on Acquisition Gateway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new features will support aspects of MIE introduced during its first phase in April. The initial rollout included the FASt Lane, IT Schedule 70 Startup Springboard, the IT Schedule 70 Plain Language Roadmap, the Multiple Award Schedules Welcome Package and a GSA forecasting tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since unveiling the first phase of MIE, GSA said that 195 companies received training on the Startup Springboard \u2014 which helps young and innovative companies get on IT Schedule 70. Of those companies, five have submitted offers, with one receiving an award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FASt Lane has awarded contracts to 108 companies so far, officials said, with the awarding period averaging about 31 days. Existing contract modifications take about two days, and Page said MIE\u2019s success would\u00a0come from its reputation in the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It\u2019s very, very important for us to feel as though we are being responsive to our industry partners, responsive to our agency partners,” he said. “We\u2019ve heard loud and clear from both sides that this program could serve them better by being flexible, by being easier to use, easier to navigate and in Making It Easier. We\u2019ll be judged on the way we are perceived in creating the more efficient marketplace of the future.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
GSA also released its report, “Making It Easier to do Business with the Government,” on Oct. 24, summarizing accomplishments in fiscal 2016 for the program and targets for next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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