![]() Get your proposal team geared up and at least get knowledgeable of what’s at stake, estimate the level of effort (LOE), and begin prep for the response.This Industry Day is designed to be for feedback from industry, so be prepared to give it. There’s no current deadline to register, but I would do so sooner rather than later. First of all, whether you have attended any of the Industry Days or not, register here: SEWP VI West Coast Industry Day.Net net, responding to all these amendments costs added time and money. After the final RFP comes out, SEWP inclines to have many amendments spread over several months. Those of us who have helped with previous evolutions of SEWP can attest to a problem. More to come on this as visibility gets better. The view expressed in the East Coast Industry Day is that they are leaning in the direction of using a simple “you meet the specs, you get an award” acquisition, not unlike what we’re seeing with OASIS+. What will the solicitation look like? We don’t know at this point. Note: The available references shuttle back and forth from “Category” to “Group.” SEWP VI Solicitation Category (Group) D will be a full and open competition for Networking / Security / Video and Conference Tools.Category (Group) C will be a small business set aside basically for peripheral devices.Category (Group) B is under NAICS 541519 with a size standard of 150 employees for Complimentary Products and will be a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set Aside.Category A is basically large business under NAICS 334111 for Computer Systems/Servers) NAICS 334111.Turning to the competition type, we see a mix of full and open and set asides depending upon which categories the winning vendors are awarded: The significance of this is, the massive demand for consultants will cause the supply of the good ones to get lower as time passes. If the 3:1 rule (three bidders to each one award) holds, this means there will be more than 600 bidders. ![]() This is usually credited to the leadership provided by long-term program manager, Ms. NASA SEWP is often regarded as the best Government IT procurement program. Given the rate of inflation the country has recently experienced, I think it’s safe to say a $50 billion spend over the next iteration is quite plausible, although current estimates are for a $20 billion cap. Navy, Justice, Treasury, Air Force, and State Department follow along with Spend in the $2-3 billion each range. DoD and Veterans Affairs have been the agencies with the most use, accounting for nearly $19 billion of that spend. ![]() The spend on the current contract through the end of the second week of January is just under $45 billion, spread across 212 incumbent contractors. Best estimate is the RFP will be released in early 2024, GovWin predicts in February. Below is a discussion about what this might mean to interested Government contractors.įirst the timing. The sixth flight of the Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP VI) acquisition is about to take wing from NASA. ![]()
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