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Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts
IT Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts are pre-competed, multiple-award IDIQ contracts that provide federal agencies with total IT solutions from vetted vendors and meet tech requirements more efficiently and economically.
Our IT GWACs provide Best in Class solutions for enterprise architecture, information assurance, software engineering, and systems design. Small business set-aside GWACs also help boost small businesses and provide socioeconomic credit to agency customers.
Active IT GWACs
8(a) STARS III is set aside exclusively for SBA certified 8(a) businesses that offer customized commercial and non-commercial IT services and IT services-based solutions.
Alliant 2 offers comprehensive information technology solutions through customizable hardware, software, and services solutions purchased as a total package.
VETS 2 is the only GWAC set aside that offers the unique opportunity to contract with highly qualified service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses.
News, events, and training
- Coming soon! Polaris will offer customized information technology services and IT services-based solutions from small businesses. Alliant 3 will deliver governmentwide enterprise IT services-based solutions from some of the best and brightest the industry has to offer.
- All members of the acquisition team are encouraged to attend Delegation of Procurement Authority training. Upcoming training classes are listed on the GSA events page.
How to use GWACs
The Delegation of Procurement Authority clearly delineates the roles and responsibilities between the GSA contracting officer and the ordering contracting officer, and complies with the Office of Management and Budget’s executive agent designation to GSA. Only warranted contracting officers (appointed pursuant to FAR 1.603) can request a DPA, which grants them permission to issue awards and modifications against the selected GWACs. Follow these steps to use our GWACs:
Review DPA MOA
Review the corresponding Delegation of Procurement Authority Memorandum of Agreement for each GWAC you want to use:
Attend DPA training
You must complete one of the following training options before requesting a DPA:
- Attend a regularly scheduled live webinar* (1-2 hours long; many offer continuous learning points).
- Review the applicable GWAC ordering guide (Alliant 2 [PDF - 866 KB] or Small Business [PDF - 1 MB])
- Contact our team to schedule a training session
We recommend all members of the acquisition team — including COs, COTRs, and contract specialists as well as any other project or program managers and staff that support acquisition — attend a live DPA training session for a more interactive training experience with our instructors. If you have questions regarding GWAC DPA training, please reach out to alliant2@gsa.gov (Alliant 2) or sbgwac@gsa.gov (8(a) STARS III and VETS 2).
Request a DPA
To request delegation of procurement authority, complete the DPA certification form. You should receive an email containing your delegation letter within 2 business days. Once you receive the delegation letter, you can issue task orders on the applicable GWAC(s).
Request an optional scope review
We offer free scope compatibility reviews, which is a unique benefit of working with GSA that can help reduce the risk of protest. To request a GWAC scope compatibility review, email SOWreview@gsa.gov with your supporting documentation (i.e. PWS/SOW/SOO). Please identify which contract(s) you are seeking review for, IGCE, percentages of IT services/non-IT services/product, NAICS code, contract type, performance period, anticipated award date and contracting officer contact information.
Issue the task order
The ordering guides below define roles and responsibilities for the GWAC ordering process and provide helpful instructions for using our GWACs. Remember to always follow your agency’s acquisition procedures.
- Alliant 2 Ordering Guide [PDF - 866 KB] — A guide for ordering and administering task orders under the Alliant 2 GWAC.
- SBGWAC Ordering Guide [PDF - 1 MB] — A guide for ordering and administering task orders under the Small Business GWACs, including 8(a) STARS III and VETS 2.
- Defense Contracting Officer’s Representative Handbook
- Guidance on creating 508 compliant IT solicitations
Report contract actions
Contracting officers must submit complete reports on required contract actions within three business days after a contract is awarded, or in accordance with the guidance from your agency.
The Federal Acquisition Regulation requires customer agencies to collect and report data on their procurements to the Federal Procurement Data System, which refers to GWACs as indefinite delivery vehicles or IDVs. Most information is automatically updated based on the user’s account and the characteristics of the parent GWAC when creating or modifying an award.
Customer agencies receive socioeconomic credit for their task orders through FPDS, and the contracting officer must fill in the following information to transfer the socioeconomic credit to the agency:
- Contracting office agency ID
- Contracting office ID
- Funding agency ID
- Funding office ID
Information on reporting contract awards can be found in FAR Subpart 4.6 — Contract Reporting and the FPDS-NG User Manual at https://fpds.gov/.
Field Instructions Contracting office ID Enter the FIPS 95 code that identifies the contracting office. Funding agency ID For DoD, enter the code that corresponds to the DoD Automatic Addressing Code for the funding agency in Reporting Funding Organization Data to FPDS [PDF]. Funding office ID For DoD, enter the DODAAC identified on the purchase requisition that represents the transaction’s requisitioner — not the pay office or accounting station DODAAC. If the funding agency is DoD, then the program or funding office code must have a value from the DODAAC. Award ID Enter the order number assigned upon award—it is different from the project number and the GWAC contract number. See FAR subpart 4.16 - Unique Procurement Instrument Identifiers (PIID) for additional information. Estimated ultimate completion date This is the date of the order completion if all options are exercised. Type of contract Indicate whether it is a fixed-price, cost-reimbursement, time-and-materials, level-of-effort, or any other type of contract. Product/service code Select the code that best matches your requirements. To ensure an accurate and efficient selection, we recommend using the Product Service Code Selection Tool. Extent completed If you provided fair opportunity, select “competitive delivery order. “If you used an exception to fair opportunity, select “noncompetitive delivery order.” Solicitation procedures Enter “negotiated proposal/quote” for all contracts. Type of set-aside Should be coded as “no set-aside used”, even if you used a set-aside GWAC; the entire GWAC is a set-aside, so there is no required set-aside for individual task orders. Evaluated preference Should be “no preference used.” Review past performance
Agencies must prepare past performance evaluations for orders with a period of performance (including options) of more than one year, according to the Federal Acquisition Regulation 42.15. You can motivate high quality performance by recording performance information periodically, and discussing the results with contractors. Contractors can have an opportunity to improve inadequate performance before the next reporting cycle.
Agencies must submit these reports electronically in the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (this system has been retired). Past performance assessment must be made on an annual basis in accordance with the guidance on the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System website.
Contracting officers can use these evaluation resources, and provide contractors with interim assessments (at least annually) to help identify and correct any problems with the contract.
- How to write a quality narrative assessment [PPT - 1 MB].
- Frequently Asked Questions on CPARS and Writing a Quality Narrative [DOCX - 32 KB].
Rating systems should track cost, schedule, technical performance or quality of product or service, and business relations (including customer satisfaction). We recommend using five basic ratings in each element: exceptional, very good, satisfactory, marginal, and unsatisfactory.