U.S. General Services Administration
www.gsa.gov/mras

You can download a copy of this RFI in advance of responding here:  GSA Ascend BPA Pool 3 Market Research

NOTE: this is a downloadable copy of the RFI when it was posted. As close dates and/or Technical Questions could possibly change and may not be reflected, be sure to always refer to the close date and information posted only, and not this document. Do not download and submit the attachment by email. Only responses submitted online by completing the RFI Survey are accepted.

All responses are due by 5:00pm (ET) on the day of closing.
GSA FAS ITC - Ascend BPA Pool 3 - Market Research

On behalf of the General Services Administration, GSA is conducting market research to understand capabilities related to providing the below requirement:

GSA's Office of Information Technology Category (ITC) intends to establish a multiple award Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) against GSA Multiple Award Schedule (GSA MAS) Special Item Number SIN 518210C "Cloud and Cloud-Related IT Professional Services”.

Responses Due: 09/20/2024
Link To Draft Requirements Document
Link To Draft Requirements Document
Market Research Notices

For Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Only: Based on the responses submitted to this RFI, the Government reserves the right to issue all future requests for quotes directly to identified sources via email, in accordance with FAR 8.405-3(b)(1)(ii)(B)(2) and/or FAR 8.405-2(c)(3)(iii)(B).








Technical Question - Multiple Choice 

Preferred contact method: 
 
Business Size:

Please select all socio-economic categories that apply to your GSA contract. 
Select all that apply to your GSA Contract only (not based on the NAICS provided for this requirement or your current status in real time) OR if your company does not fall under one of the categories, select N/A.
 

If your company holds multiple GSA contracts and their socio-economic categories differ, respond based on the contract you deem is the best fit for this requirement.


Socio-economic Indicators Key: 
w - Woman Owned business
wo - Women Owned Small business
ew - Economically Disadvantaged Women Owned Small business
v - Veteran Owned Small business
dv - Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small business
d - SBA Certified Small Disadvantaged business
8a - SBA Certified 8(a) Firm

8aS - 8(a) Sole Source Pool
h - SBA Certified HUBZone Firm

to - Tribally Owned Firm

ai - American Indian Owned

an - Alaskan Native Corporation Owned Firm

hn - Native Hawaiian Organization Owned Firm

Socio-economic indicators signify the business size and business status of the contractor. To look up the indicator by contract, refer to GSA eLibrary.

Technical Question - Multiple Choice 

Under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 541519 Other Computer Related Services, are you a small or other than small business for? 

Technical Question - Multiple Choice 

Which geographical areas have you supported these services in the past 3 years?  (Select all that apply)

Technical Question - Multiple Choice 

In the past 3 years, what states and regions have you provided services? (Select all that apply)

Technical Question - Multiple Choice 

Does your company have proven experience in establishing services across those geographical areas listed above?

Technical Question - Multiple Choice 

Upon award, how quickly would you be able to mobilize?
Sub-Pool 3-1 Application Rationalization

Technical Question - Multiple Choice 

In the past 3 years, has your company provided application rationalization services, as defined by the Government Application Rationalization Playbook (Attachment), to either government or commercial industry?

Technical Question - Multiple Choice 

Where does your company provide application rationalization services?  (Select all that apply)

Technical Question - Multiple Choice 

In your estimation how much of this potential requirement would your company need to subcontract to other companies?

 
Sub-Pool 3-2 Multi-cloud Management
This includes abilities to perform around multi-cloud governance, standardization, and policy development. Deploying multi cloud deployment automation / DevSecOps along with multi cloud identity and access management integrations.

Technical Question - Multiple Choice 

Has your company managed and monitored more than one cloud service provider (CSP) environment at a time supporting the government or the commercial sector?

Technical Question - Multiple Choice 

Which CSP environments have you managed in the past three years? (Select all that apply)

Technical Question - Multiple Choice 

Ascend is a wide reaching BPA that requires services to be provided across CONUS and OCONUS. Does your company have proven experience in establishing multi-cloud management services across those geographical areas?

Technical Question - Multiple Choice 

Where does your company provide multi-cloud management services? (Select all that apply)

Technical Question - Multiple Choice 

In your estimation how much of this potential requirement would your company need to subcontract to other companies?

 
Sub-Pool 3-3 Cloud Migration and Operations
Cloud migration and operations encompasses implementation and providing support to users who have designed their end state and are now deploying the recommended future state for each identified area of the network and services that are to be migrated. This subpool will also provide operational support upon completion of migration.

Technical Question - Multiple Choice 

Where does your company provide cloud migration and operation services? (Select all that apply)

Technical Question - Multiple Choice 

Ascend is a wide reaching BPA that requires services to be provided across CONUS and OCONUS. Does your company have proven experience in cloud migration and operations services across those geographical areas?

Technical Question - Multiple Choice 

In your estimation how much of this potential requirement would your company need to subcontract to other companies?