Cloud Computing and Cloud Related IT Professional Services

Features and benefits

Federal, state, and local agencies can purchase commercial cloud computing services and specialized labor to support cloud adoption through Cloud computing and cloud related IT professional services, known as the Cloud SIN.

Buying from the Cloud SIN helps your agency:

• Expedite market research by listing hundreds of cloud vendors all in one place. Cloud IaaS/PaaS/SaaS and associated labor hours are included.
• Offload some steps in the acquisition process since GSA takes care of things like vetting vendors’ financial stability, conducting fair and reasonable pricing analysis, etc.; things that the agency would have to conduct in an open market buy.
• Streamline the acquisition by offering pre-vetted cloud products/services at pre-negotiated rates.
• Ensure compliance through GSA’s pre-vetting of all cloud products/services.
• Run solicitations/competitions/evaluations faster by using a smaller pool of pre-approved vendors.

Scope

Agencies can acquire commercial cloud computing services and any solution that meets the NIST definition of cloud computing:

• Infrastructure as a Service: Computing resources like virtual servers, storage, and networking (e.g., bare-metal as a service, data center as a service, disaster recovery).
• Platform as a Service: Tools and platforms for application deployment, such as database as a service or backend as a service.
• Software as a Service: Ready-to-use cloud applications, including office productivity, Customer Relationship Management, and video conferencing tools.
• Emerging services like cloud-based Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML). You can purchase tools with these advanced computing capabilities offered as cloud software as a service. Examples include large language models and AI chatbots.

Free technical reviews

We offer free reviews of draft requirements for agencies buying through SIN 518210C.

Use cases

Agency customers can use the Cloud SIN to source vendors to: 

• Provide access to cloud instances IaaS/PaaS/SaaS
• Complete their application rationalizations in preparation for migrating to the cloud.
• Migrate applications to the cloud and maintain cloud architectures.
• Build out their artificial intelligence and machine learning needs with cloud infrastructure and/or labor hours.
• Implement cloud operations and FINOPS.
• Conduct any other cloud-focused project.

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Buy through MAS

Multiple Award Schedule is a fixed price with economic price adjustment Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract, and is open to federal, state, local, and tribal agencies. Some organizations may be eligible to use Cooperative Purchasing and Disaster Purchasing programs. Remember to follow your agency’s procedures and review buying guidance where available.

More than half of our industry partners are small businesses, and you can mandate or indicate a preference for small businesses and other set-asides. You can browse vendor catalogs and price lists on GSA Advantage!, where you can issue a request to more than 600 vendors on eBuy from your cart.

Search the FedRAMP Marketplace for offerings with a FedRAMP designation, a list of federal agencies using FedRAMP Authorized offerings, and FedRAMP-recognized assessors/auditors that can perform a FedRAMP assessment. 

Sell through MAS

Cloud service providers who have a cloud service offering used by the federal government should review FedRAMP authorization requirements. 

Current contract holders can submit a modification to add a SIN in the eOffer/eMod portal. If you’re new to MAS, follow the MAS Roadmap guidance for preparing and sending an offer.

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