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Ascend BPA Draft Solicitation Pool 1

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RFQ1694175Federal

Submission Closed10/18/2024, 08:00:00 PM UTC

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NAICS: 518210

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General Info

Agency

General Services Administration → GSA Fas Aas Region 4

NAICS

518210 - Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services

Place of Performance

Atlanta, GA, 30308, USA

Set-Aside

NONE

Documents

Ascend BPA Appendix XX: Specifications and Standards

6 pages · specifications

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Ascend BPA Attachment XX: Invoice Formats

18 pages · specifications

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Ascend BPA Attachment XX: Service Catalog Formats

15 pages · specifications

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Ascend BPA Pool 1 Performance Work Statement (PWS)

sow

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RFQ 1671198 - Ascend Pool 1 BPA Instructions to Offerors

rfq

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Table 1 Ascend BPA Draft PWS Questions and Answers

2 pages · q-and-a

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Ascend BPA Appendix XX: Abbreviations and Acronyms

18 pages · supporting-documents

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Ascend BPA Appendix XX: Information, References, and Tools

12 pages · supporting-documents

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Ascend BPA Appendix XX: Legislation, Regulations, and Policies

19 pages · specifications

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RFQ1671198 Past Performance Questionnaire

2 pages · past-performance

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Timeline

3 updates

PhaseClosed

PostedMay 3

Sources Sought

Notice updatedMay 14

The notice description changed.

Deadline changedOct 1

Response deadline changed from May 17, 2024 to Oct 18, 2024.

Notice updatedOct 1

The notice title changed. The notice description changed.

Response DeadlineOct 18

Deadline has passed

Submission Closed

10/18/2024, 08:00:00 PM UTC

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Organization & Contact Information

AgencyGeneral Services Administration → GSA Fas Aas Region 4

Contacts1 person available

OfficeATLANTA, GA, 30308, USA

Organization / AgencyGeneral Services Administration → GSA Fas Aas Region 4

Office AddressATLANTA, GA, 30308, USA

Contacts

Faith V. Shelton

contact@example.gov

+1 (555) 000-0000

Full Description

GSA's Information Technology Category is moving forward with the next steps for the Ascend Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) Pool 1. Ascend is a competitive, multiple-award, multi-agency BPA that addresses the governmentwide need for cloud solutions, including: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) cloud solutions; Software as a Service (SaaS) cloud solutions; and, Cloud related IT professional services. Today, May 14th, GSA is amending the draft soliciation to add a corrected Performance Work Statement and to clarify the time for submissions as being due on Friday, May 17th, at 4:00pm EST. Note: The corrected file name for the Performance Work Statement is Ascend BPA Performance Work Statement r1 5 14 2024. The only correction can be found under 1. Background which was blanked out on the original document. This change is being made to ensure the numbering schema throughout is correct. Today, May, 3 2024, GSA posted a Draft Solicitation on GSA eBuy under RFQ1694175 and here on SAM.gov. The Draft Solicitation includes IaaS and PaaS requirements, and incorporates feedback GSA received after the release of the Draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) in December 2023. The Draft PWS and associated documents can be found on eBuy under RFQ1694175. It remains GSA's intent to award the Ascend BPA in a phased manner as a featured part of GSA's Cloud Marketplace. We plan to make multiple awards in each pool, each with its own specific scope that will allow all federal agencies and other eligible entities to acquire and implement secure, integrated commercial IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS cloud solutions, including cloud-focused labor services. We encourage all parties who are interested in participating in the Ascend BPA acquisition (formerly known as the GSA Governmentwide Cloud BPA) to review the RFQ1694175 posted on eBuy, which includes the Draft Solicitation and other sample documents and provide questions, comments and recommended answer/solution rationale on the attached Table 1 - Ascend BPA Draft Solicitation Questions/Comments/Recommended Answer/Solution and Rationale Spreadsheet by 4 p.m. EST, Friday, May 17, 2024. Note: The Government will take all questions, comments, recommendation, solutions and rationale under advisement and consideration, however no direct answer or response will be provided. Respondents are also advised that the Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. Anticipated award dates are yet to be determined. More information is to follow. Please continue to monitor eBuy and SAM.gov for additional information. Please enter questions using the attached Questions and Answers spreadsheet, and send completed spreadsheets or other correspondence related to this procurement to contact@example.gov.