GSA contract vehicle for small businesses could impact CMMC program

摘要

The General Services Administration has released a final request for proposals for small businesses that want to provide IT services to agencies that could have lasting repercussions for contractors wanting to do business with the Defense Department and civilian agencies, according to a leading contract lawyer. The 8(a) Streamlined Technology Acquisition Resource for Services (STARS) Ⅲ Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) is the latest iteration of GSA's STARS program, which provides "a best-in-class, easy-to-use, and streamlined procurement solution to purchase information technology services from 8(a) prime contractors," according to a GSA announcement issued on Monday. The contract vehicle is used for small businesses' primes to provide services to government agencies through GSA Schedules. For the first time, GSA is including information in one of its contract vehicles related to the Pentagon's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, which contracting attorney Robert Metzger told Inside Cybersecurity should be considered an "alert" on what is to come with CMMC language in future agency solicitations.