Advance Notice - Industry Day - FAS Acquisition & Ordering Systems (AOS)

The General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service, through its Assisted Acquisition Services (AAS) division, has issued an Advance Notice announcing a Virtual Industry Day for the Acquisition & Ordering Systems (AOS) initiative. This special notice is intended to solicit industry input and generate interest from potential contractors prior to the formal release of a Request for Proposal (RFP) expected in May 2026. The Virtual Industry Day will be held on January 29, 2026, via Google Meets from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM ET, and is being organized on behalf of the GSA Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO). This advance notice represents the first phase of a competitive procurement process for IT services supporting critical GSA systems. The notice applies to vendors in the Custom Computer Programming Services industry (NAICS 541511) who are interested in learning more about the opportunity before submission.

Interested industry partners must register by emailing the GSA AAS Contracting Officer (Amanda Ayers) and Contract Specialist (Rafael Santana) by January 14, 2026, at 2:00 PM ET, with a maximum of three attendees permitted per company. Participants may also submit up to three advance questions per company using a designated Google Forms link by January 19, 2026. The procurement seeks to establish a contract for providing comprehensive IT services including Site Reliability Engineering, Agile Software Development, Cloud Architecture & Migration, and Security & Compliance support across a portfolio of 19 GSA web-based applications. The contract is structured as a multi-year agreement with a one-year base period and four one-year option periods (through September 26, 2031), utilizing multiple contract types including Firm Fixed Price, Labor Hour, Time and Materials, and Cost Not to Exceed arrangements. Eligible contractors should demonstrate expertise in managing complex IT operations, cloud environments, DevSecOps practices, and federal IT security compliance standards.