Navigating SEWP VI Amendment 8: What Offerors Need to Know
In mid-November, the NASA SEWP PMO released Amendment 8 of the SEWP VI procurement. This amendment was a welcome surprise in the middle of NASA reviewing and answering the thousands of questions they received. Amendment 8 addresses most of the duplicative questions that were asked in March 2024, when the original RFP was released. Since […]
GovCon Outlook: Major Opportunities Shaping 2025 and Beyond
As we close out 2024, Red Team is tracking active opportunities and those anticipated for release in 2025. Among these opportunities are several large, multiple award contracts with periods of performance between five and ten years. The contracts serve the entire federal government or are essential agency-specific IDIQs. 1. NASA SEWP VI NASA SEWP VI […]
GSA Ascend (Pool 1): What does it take to win?
What is GSA Ascend? The GSA Ascend contract will be a collection of three Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs), procured on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS). This collection of BPAs will establish a compliant, secure, efficiently and effectively managed cloud services and cloud-related IT professional services contract vehicle. The contract will be broken into three […]
Red Team’s Take on SEWP VI Q&A, Part 1
On October 11, NASA released the initial set of responses to questions submitted on the SEWP VI procurement. This is the first batch of answers since NASA un-paused the solicitation. The government stated that answers to all questions will be provided prior to holding an industry day in early November. This industry day will follow […]
Uncovering SEWP VI Draft RFP Q&A: Part 4 Everything Else!
NASA has just answered a LOT of questions regarding the SEWP VI Draft RFP that was released in September 2023. The final RFP is expected to be released by the end of winter 2024 (March 21). Answers to all 1,655 questions have not yet been provided, but NASA has responded to a great deal of […]
Uncovering SEWP VI Draft RFP Q&A: Part 3 Category A
NASA has just answered a LOT of questions regarding the SEWP VI Draft RFP that was released in September 2023. The final RFP is expected to be released by the end of winter 2024 (March 21). Answers to all 1,655 questions have not yet been provide, but NASA has responded to a great deal of […]
Uncovering SEWP VI Draft RFP Q&A: Part 2 NAICS
NASA has just answered a LOT of questions regarding the SEWP VI Draft RFP that was released in September 2023. The final RFP is expected to be released by the end of winter 2024 (March 21). Answers to all 1,655 questions have not yet been provided, but NASA has responded to a great deal of […]
Uncovering SEWP VI Draft RFP Q&A: Part 1 Relevant Experience
NASA has just answered a LOT of questions regarding the SEWP VI Draft RFP that was released in September 2023. The final RFP is expected to be released by the end of winter 2024 (March 21). Answers to all 1,655 questions have not yet been provided, but NASA has responded to a great deal of […]
Your Guide to the Dynamic World of Government Evaluations
Federal Government contracting is a billion-dollar business annually. FY 2022 should end up around $625B in total, with about $350B for DoD and $275B for Civilian (note – this figure represents discretionary Federal contract spending only). A majority of that revenue is generated through competitive means – individual contracts, grants, multi-award IDIQ task orders, socio-economic […]
CIO-SP4 Amendment 5 Impacts and Recommendations
As we were preparing to go to press with this article we learned of several pre-award protests filed with the GAO on CIO-SP4. Since NITAAC is not obliged to pause the procurement or release an extension because of the protests, we recommend that companies press ahead with their CIO-SP4 proposal preparation assuming the current due […]