Government Security News

The Department of Defense (DOD) obligated about $300 billion through contracts for goods and services in fiscal year 2016. When awarding a contract competitively, DOD has several source selection procedures it can use to evaluate firms’ proposals. For example, DOD may use a best value, lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) process. In the LPTA process, DOD awards the contract to the firm presenting the lowest priced proposal that is technically acceptable, and no tradeoffs are permitted.

SOURCE: Defense Contracting: DOD’s Use of Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Source Selection Procedures to Acquire Selected Services

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced the award of its $50 billion Alliant 2 (A2) Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC). The A2 GWAC is a Multiple Award, Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide customized Information Technology (IT) services and IT services-based solutions to the government. A2 provides federal agencies with access to 61 companies providing integrated information technology (IT) solutions for evolving needs on a global basis.

SOURCE: GSA’s Next Generation of Alliant is Here; 61 Companies Awarded Spots on “Best-in-Class” Alliant 2 Governmentwide Acquisition Contract for IT services