GSA identifies 131 more small businesses for OASIS+ awards
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By
Ross Wilkers
The General Services Administration made a new round of "apparent" selections across all five small business tracks of the professional services vehicle.
The General Services Administration has identified 131 more small businesses as those it wants to become a part of OASIS+, the massive government-wide professional services contract vehicle with no ceiling.
GSA announced those apparent awardees in a set of five notices posted Friday, a move that opens the window to protests over whether these companies are in fact small businesses or not. This is a required step for all small business set-aside contracts.
The 131 new intended awards break down across these socioeconomic categories:
- 114 in the 8(a) track
- Eight in the total small business track
- Four in the woman-owned track
- Three in the service-disabled/veteran-owned track
- Two in the HUBZone track
In each of those notices, GSA reiterates that it continues evaluate proposals as part of its rolling awards process for the new 10-year vehicle. GSA is still essentially telling industry to stay tuned for potentially more apparent notices and not sweat too much if a company is not on the list.
As for the new group of 131, GSA plans to send both notifications of formal award and notices-to-proceed as early as July 2. The next day would mark the start of task order identification and pursuit work by those awardees.
OASIS+ has an official count of 3,053 total small business winners that are competing for task orders, while the unrestricted awardee roster has 698 companies on it.