Alliant Small Business

The General Services Administration's Federal Acquisition Service established the Alliant Small Business GWAC for information technology services and IT services-based solutions on February 2, 2009, with a shared ceiling of $15 billion. Ordering closed on February 2, 2019—seven years ago—making this vehicle inactive for new task orders. The intended successor, Alliant 2 Small Business, was cancelled after award in 2018.

The vehicle awarded 685 task orders over its decade-long ordering period, with peak activity in 2015 (86 orders) declining to 10 orders in the final six months of 2019. The combined potential value across all orders stands at $14.35 billion, of which $9.94 billion (69%) has been obligated. Among the top primes by order count, N-Link LSG Joint Venture leads with 92 orders totaling $49.6 million in potential value, followed by Phacil, LLC (33 orders, $433.4 million) and Agile Defense, LLC (27 orders, $951.1 million). By combined potential value, Agile Defense, LLC dominates with $951.1 million across 27 orders, followed by Advanced Alliant Solutions Team, LIMITED Partnership ($628.1 million) and SBD Alliant, LLC ($604.3 million). The top five primes capture 28% of task-order count and 23% of combined potential value; activity spreads across 70 distinct prime contractors.

Customer demand concentrates in defense and civilian IT operations. The Defense Information Systems Agency leads with 52 orders worth $979.1 million, followed by the Department of Commerce Office of the Secretary (91 orders, $43.6 million) and United States Special Operations Command (20 orders, $199.2 million). Task orders funded by roughly 198 distinct customer agencies indicate broad federal adoption.

Set-aside distribution reflects the vehicle's small-business focus: 51% of orders (351) carried Total Small Business designation, 47% (322) were unrestricted, and the remainder split among Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (7 orders) and Woman-Owned Small Business (4 orders). Awarded work spans IT support services, infrastructure management, cybersecurity operations, application development and maintenance, network engineering, database and middleware services, and systems documentation. Notable mega-orders include e-commerce operational systems support ($49.6 million ceiling), mission command support center services ($89.3 million ceiling), and information systems security support for the State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs ($84.4 million ceiling). Task-order durations range from short-term bridge efforts under six months to multi-year sustaining contracts with option periods extending through 2025. Pricing models are mixed—firm fixed price predominates, with cost-plus-fixed-fee and labor-hours arrangements common for longer-duration work. Performance spans federal headquarters, regional field offices, and military installations worldwide.

The Alliant Small Business GWAC is for information technology (IT) services and IT services-based solutions. Ordering contracting officers may include ancillary services and equipment on orders as long as the ancillary support is integral and necessary for the IT services-based solution.