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Bids on $2.4-Billion IDIQ for Federal Aviation Administration Due Next Month

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released a Screening Information Request (SIR) for the Information Technology Innovative Procurement for Strategic Sourcing Procurement (ITIPPS). ITIPPS is a new, multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity...

Update on State’s $8-Billion IT IDIQ: Evolve

The Department of State announced last week they will release a revised draft Request for Proposals (RFP) in the coming weeks for its Bureau of Information Resource Management (IRM) Evolve contract, an $8-billion IT-Services Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity...

State Department’s Evolve IDIQ, an $8-Billion IT-Services Contract

The Department of State is expected to issue a solicitation in March 2022 for its Bureau of Information Resource Management (IRM) Evolve contract, an $8-billion IT-Services Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ). The department expects to issue up to 30 IDIQ...

What Do 1,569 Recent SeaPort-e Winners Have in Common? $2,501.

Since 2012, 1,763 companies have invested bid-and-proposal dollars and their staff’s precious time to win entry into the Navy’s SeaPort-e multiple-award IDIQ contract—and for good reason. On an annual basis, SeaPort-e generates roughly $5 billion in professional...

How to Capitalize on IDIQs

It seems that the tides have turned in the Government contracting world firmly in the direction of IDIQs and GSA/VA schedules. If you are the Government, it is hard to imagine why it would not be the case. Instead of a lengthy 12-18 months procurement process, the Government can award a contract in two to four months, reducing risk of protest. In addition, the budget approval and end of the fiscal year window shrinking, it is hard to imagine that anything will change any time soon.