COMET hits the street
The General Services Administration issued its solicitation for the contract that will support Federal Acquisition Service IT.
The General Services Administration issued the solicitation for its CIO Modernization and Enterprise Transformation (COMET) contract on June 17.
The solicitation for the COMET Blanket Purchase Agreement went out to vendors on the agency's eBuy platform.
COMET is a re-compete of GSA'S CAMEO contract that supports the main IT environment at the Federal Acquisition Service, which encompasses the GSA Global Supply, multiple award schedules, personal property management, travel, fleet, purchase card services and integrated technology programs.
The agency split COMET into two parts that are being bid separately. The request for quotations on the architecture, engineering and advisory support portion closed on April 29, as the agency looks to select a single provider for architectural and programmatic services under the AEA contract.
An April note from the agency said it was reviewing vendor responses to the other half of the contract, the multiple-award BPA. An earlier draft solicitation split vendors into large and small vendor tracks for app maintenance, enhancement and transformation services. Both BPA tracks, it said, would likely contain up to five vendors each.
In its June 17 notice, GSA said vendors had until July 1 to submit information for step one of the RFQ through eBuy.
This first step is part of a five-stage bidder selection process, according to the draft RFQ. The first factor is submission of past experience, which could lead to an invitation to provide explanations of bidders' technical and management approaches. If GSA selects bidders to move on, they would face a technical challenge exercise and then submit pricing.