The White House push "came in midstream" of the EIS process, said Crystal Philcox, GSA's deputy assistant commissioner for category management. One issue is that the contract was developed as a successor to the Networx contract well in advance of the current administration's focus on IT modernization. Other agencies are still grappling with how to develop solicitations for EIS.
The dual-winner approach, she said, provides some competitive leverage for services at the agency. SSA has been a frontrunner with EIS preparation and planning, issuing an RFP last September and gathering responses during January.Ĭaracci told FCW that SSA will name two providers for its EIS contracts when the time comes. The Social Security Administration's acquisition manager said the agency is currently weighing bids on its big Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions solicitation and closely watching the progress of General Services Administration's testing of the 10 prime contractors' back-office systems.ĭawn Caracci, acting director of the SSA's office of acquisition support, said at ACT IAC's June 19 Network Modernization Forum that her agency isn't ready to make awards immediately, but is "currently evaluating" several responses to its request for proposals. The first awards could be coming soon in the federal government's $50 billion next-generation telecommunications contract.
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