Polaris GWAC Small Business Pool

December 30, 2024 - Attached is a written announcement to all interested parties. The General Services Administration is announcing contract awards to 102 successful offerors (due to a tie at the 100th position) under the Polaris Governmentwide Acquisition Contract Small Business Pool. Written correspondence may be sent to the contracting officer at polaris@gsa.gov

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December 18, 2024 - Attached is a written announcement to all interested parties. The General Services Administration is announcing additional apparently successful offerors in place of previously identified offerors that were found to be other than small. No response is required unless a basis exists .... Read More

December 18, 2024 - Attached is a written announcement to all interested parties. The General Services Administration is announcing additional apparently successful offerors in place of previously identified offerors that were found to be other than small. No response is required unless a basis exists to challenge the size status of the additional apparently successful offerors. Written correspondence may be sent to the contracting officer at polaris@gsa.gov. 

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December 11, 2024 - GSA is completing activities in preparation for award of the Polaris GWAC Small Business Pool contracts. A system error incorrectly reflected two contracts as being awarded; .... Read More

November 25, 2024 - Amendment 0012 of the Polaris Small Business Pool has been posted in the Polaris Submission Portal (https://polaris.app.cloud.gov). This amendment is to incorporate an updated FAR provision. Offerors should login to the Polaris Submission Portal and review for necessary action. 

This amendment is only applicable to existing offerors with an active proposal that was submitted for the Polaris GWAC Small Business Pool by October 7, 2022. 

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November 25, 2024 - Attached is a written announcement to all interested parties. The General Services Administration is announcing additional apparently successful offerors in place of previously identified .... Read More

November 2, 2023 - GSA has issued Question & Response #8 of the Polaris Small Business Pool in the Polaris Submission Portal (https://polaris.app.cloud.gov). Offerors are encouraged to review the information within the Polaris Submission Portal. 

The due date for response to Amendments 0009 and 0010 remains unchanged. Proposal revisions must be submitted within the PSP no later than 4:00 PM ET, November 7, 2023. 

This action is only applicable to existing offerors that submitted a timely proposal for the Polaris GWAC Small Business Pool by October 7, 2022.

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October 31, 2023 - GSA has extended .... Read More

October 25, 2023 - GSA has issued Question & Response #7 of the Polaris Small Business Pool in the Polaris Submission Portal (https://polaris.app.cloud.gov). Offerors are encouraged to review the information within the Polaris Submission Portal. 

The due date for response to Amendments 0009 and 0010 remains unchanged. Proposal revisions must be submitted within the PSP no later than 4:00 PM ET, October 31, 2023. 

This action is only applicable to existing offerors that submitted a timely proposal for the Polaris GWAC Small Business Pool by October 7, 2022.

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October 17, 2023 - GSA has issued .... Read More

October 17, 2023 - GSA has issued Amendment 0010 and Question & Response #6 of the Polaris Small Business Pool in the Polaris Submission Portal (https://polaris.app.cloud.gov). Offerors are encouraged to review the information within the Polaris Submission Portal. 

This action is only applicable to existing offerors that submitted a timely proposal for the Polaris GWAC Small Business Pool by October 7, 2022.

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September 29, 2023 - GSA released Amendment 0009 of the Polaris Small Business Pool in the Polaris Submission Portal (https://polaris.app.cloud.gov). This amendment is in response to SH Synergy, LLC and VCH Partners, LLC v. .... Read More

September 29, 2023 - GSA released Amendment 0009 of the Polaris Small Business Pool in the Polaris Submission Portal (https://polaris.app.cloud.gov). This amendment is in response to SH Synergy, LLC and VCH Partners, LLC v. The United States, the Court of Federal Claims decision (Case Nos. 22-1466 and 22-1468) dated April 21, 2023. Offerors should login to the Polaris Submission Portal and review for necessary action. 

This action is only applicable to existing offerors that submitted a timely proposal for the Polaris GWAC Small Business Pool by October 7, 2022. 

Offerors are encouraged to verify access by an active .... Read More

September 20, 2023 - Amendment 0008 of the Polaris Small Business Pool has been posted in the Polaris Submission Portal (https://polaris.app.cloud.gov). This amendment is to extend the offer acceptance period for existing offerors. Offerors should login to the Polaris Submission Portal and review for necessary action. 

This action is only applicable to existing offerors that submitted a timely proposal for the Polaris GWAC Small Business Pool by October 7, 2022.

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August 31, 2023 Update - GSA is continuing work on amendments for the Polaris GWAC Pools. Release of the Small Business (SB) Pool amendment is now .... Read More

August 11, 2022 - Amendment 0004 of the Polaris Small Business Pool RFP is attached. The following are provided:

• SF30 Amendment 0004 
• Small Business Pool RFP - Redline Copy.

Proposal due date has been extended to September 9, 2022. Any offerors and team members experiencing SAM.gov delays, which are impacting their ability to submit their proposal, must notify the Polaris CO no later than Friday, August 19, 2022 via email to Polaris@gsa.gov.

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August 8, 2022 - Question and Response Document #3 is attached. 

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August 3, 2022 - Amendment .... Read More

July 26, 2022 - The recording of last week’s PSP industry training webinar is available at the link below. A summary of questions and responses from the session regarding use of the PSP is also attached.

https://gsa.zoomgov.com/rec/share/ShkfPXeR2geBxIe-N5gvsFkJ9QY-6VXYe1wZ2NeYRh8EDtkAekXVCsNWNQeQ4HCY.FVk0eDl-0QN8SzWO

Additionally, the proposal due date is extended from August 10, 2022 to August 19, 2022. This will be reflected in Amendment 0003 that will be provided on sam.gov in the coming days. 

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July 20, 2022 -

Question and Response Document #2 is attached. 

An industry training session for the Polaris Submission Portal (PSP) will be provided .... Read More

July 7, 2022 - The Pre-Proposal Conference recording, as noted in L.3.6, is available at the link below with the provided passcode.

https://gsa.zoomgov.com/rec/share/gp0BaDPSzdwK__ydmDQTPE-ukDt5aLAZUCjyO9KfXiqBNmkUsPs8yVvdjpiRR_Y.E_yXEVbgrFArZdPL  

Passcode: dVp1?dU%

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July 1, 2022 - Corrected RFP attached consistent with Amendment 0002 SF30. Text corrected within L.3.5 and L.5.2.1. Due date for questions is confirmed as July 12, 2022.

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June 30, 2022 - The Polaris Small Business Pool RFP is unpaused via Amendment 0002. The proposal due date is extended to August 10, 2022. The Polaris Submission Portal is open. The following are provided:

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July 1, 2022 - Corrected RFP attached consistent with Amendment 0002 SF30. Text corrected within L.3.5 and L.5.2.1. Due date for questions is confirmed as July 12, 2022.

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June 30, 2022 - The Polaris Small Business Pool RFP is unpaused via Amendment 0002. The proposal due date is extended to August 10, 2022. The Polaris Submission Portal is open. The following are provided:

• SF30 Amendment 0002
• Small Business Pool RFP - Redline Copy
• Questions and Response Document #1 
• J.P-2 Joint Venture Experience Template (Amendment 0002)
• J.P-3 FPDS-NG Sample (Amendment 0002)
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June 30, 2022 - The Polaris Small Business Pool RFP is unpaused via Amendment 0002. The proposal due date is extended to August 10, 2022. The Polaris Submission Portal is open. The following are provided:

• SF30 Amendment 0002
• Small Business Pool RFP - Redline Copy
• Questions and Response Document #1 
• J.P-2 Joint Venture Experience Template (Amendment 0002)
• J.P-3 FPDS-NG Sample (Amendment 0002)
• J.P-4 Past Performance Rating Form (Amendment 0002)
• J.P-6 Project Verification Form (Amendment 0002)
• J.P-7 Joint Venture Work and Qualifications

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May 13, 2022 – Through .... Read More

April 6, 2022 - After receiving feedback related to the evaluation of joint ventures under Polaris, GSA is currently assessing whether any changes are necessary for the RFPs. While completing this assessment, GSA is temporarily pausing the RFPs until further notice. A subsequent amendment will establish a new closing date.  

Following completion of the assessment, the proposal due date will be extended accordingly. Offerors are encouraged to pause proposal activities until this assessment is completed.

During this pause, the opening of the Polaris Submission Portal is also on hold. 

The due date for questions has not been .... Read More

The General Services Administration (GSA) is pleased to release the Polaris Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) Small Business Pool Request for Proposals (RFP), 47QTCB22R0001. This solicitation is the only source of official information about this procurement.

The Polaris Small Business Pool RFP consists of the following:

• Polaris Small Business Pool RFP
• SF33
• J.P-1 Representations and Certifications from Section K
• J.P-2 Joint Venture Experience Template
• J.P-3 FPDS-NG Sample
• J.P-4 Past Performance Rating Form
• J.P-5 GSA Form 527 Contractor’s Qualifications and Financial Information

An optional pre-proposal conference will be recorded and .... Read More

Update March 18, 2022 - Please be advised an update regarding the Polaris GWAC RFP has been shared via the Small Business GWAC Community of Interest at https://interact.gsa.gov/group/small-business-gwac-community-interest. We encourage interested parties to review this update and continue to monitor this SAM Notice for further updates.

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The General Services Administration (GSA), Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), Information Technology Category (ITC) is providing this presolicitation notice in accordance with FAR 5.204, for the upcoming release of the Polaris Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) Small Business Pool. 

The Polaris GWAC Small Business Pool will be a Multiple Award, Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity .... Read More

The General Services Administration (GSA), Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), Information Technology Category (ITC) is providing this presolicitation notice in accordance with FAR 5.204, for the upcoming release of the Polaris Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) Small Business Pool. 

The Polaris GWAC Small Business Pool will be a Multiple Award, Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide customized Information Technology (IT) services and IT services-based solutions. Polaris will be available for use by executive agencies and other federal government entities as listed in GSA Order OGP 4800.2I, Eligibility to Use GSA Sources of Supply and Services. Performance may occur at Government and .... Read More