Federal Government Information Technology

GSA's $50B Alliant 2 ready to go after protests denied

Fedscoop: The General Services Administration is ready to proceed with evaluations and awards under its $50 billion Alliant 2 IT contract vehicles after several protests against them were denied Wednesday.

"We had a few protests on Alliant 2 on several issues," Mary Davie, head of GSA's Information Technology Category office, tweeted Wednesday. "They have all been dismissed. We are proceeding with evaluations and award."

The next-gen Alliant 2 contracts — one open to all contractors and another dedicated only to small businesses — is a follow up to the premier federal IT governmentwide acquisition contract, Alliant, which pools custom IT providers on one full-range vehicle to meet the evolving needs of federal agencies. The original Alliant contract was launched in 2007.

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