Polaris GWAC Women Owned Small Business Pool

November 25, 2024 - Amendment 0012 of the Polaris Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) 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 WOSB Pool by October 7, 2022.

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September 03, 2024 - GSA is completing the evaluation process of awards for the Polaris GWAC Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Pool. Contract awards for the WOSB Pool .... Read More

December 26, 2023 - GSA has issued Solicitation 47QTCB22R0003 Amendment 0010 and Question & Response #6 of the Polaris Women Owned 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 remains unchanged. Proposal revisions must be submitted within the PSP no later than 4:00 PM ET, January 12, 2024. 

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

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November 30, 2023 - GSA released .... Read More

November 30, 2023 - GSA released Amendment 0009 to the Polaris Women-Owned 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. Proposal revisions must be submitted within the PSP no later than 4:00 PM ET, January 12, 2024. 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 .... Read More

October 25, 2023 - No amendment requesting revised proposals has been released for the Polaris WOSB Pool in response to the Court of Federal Claims decision. GSA plans to release this amendment to existing Offerors in November 2023.

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September 20, 2023 - Amendment 0008 of the Polaris Women-Owned 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 .... Read More

August 31, 2023 - GSA is continuing work on amendments for the Polaris GWAC Pools. Release of the Small Business (SB) Pool amendment is now planned for September, and release of the amendments for the WOSB, HUBZone, and SDVOSB Pools is expected four to six weeks after the SB Pool amendment.

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July 27, 2023 - GSA plans to issue an amendment to Polaris GWAC Small Business Pool offerors in August 2023. The amendment will incorporate submission of a price proposal as well as adjustment to the evaluation requirements specific to protégé firms. Solicitation amendments for the WOSB, .... Read More

August 19, 2022 - Amendment 0005 and Question and Response Document #4 of the Polaris Women-Owned Small Business Pool RFP are attached. The following are provided:

• SF30 Amendment 0005 
• Women-Owned Small Business Pool RFP - Redline Copy
• Question & Response Document #4

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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 .... Read More

August 3, 2022 - Amendment 0003 of the Polaris Women-Owned Small Business Pool RFP is attached. The following are provided:

• SF30 Amendment 0003
• Women-Owned Small Business Pool RFP - Redline Copy
• J.P-8 Multiple Award Schedule Contractor Teaming Arrangement (MAS CTA) Experience Template

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July 29, 2022 - SAM.gov Entity Validation Issues

The Polaris team is aware that some offerors and team members who intend to submit proposals for Polaris are currently experiencing delays with SAM.gov. We understand that access to the Symphony portal and proposal development is predicated on offerors and .... Read More

July 20, 2022 -

Question and Response Document #2 is attached. 

An industry training session for the Polaris Submission Portal (PSP) will be provided Thursday, July 21, 2022 at 1:00pm ET. The session may be accessed at the below link:

https://gsa.zoomgov.com/j/1616367989?pwd=aXpsL1A5UzVPMWd2aXVYWUcxNnVNQT09 

Passcode: Polaris

Closed captioning for the session may be accessed at: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=BIS-GSA-LG

The live session will be limited to the first 3,000 participants. It will be recorded and shared via SAM.gov.

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July 7, 2022 - The Pre-Proposal Conference recording, as noted in L.3.6, is available at the link below with .... 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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June 30, 2022 - The Polaris Women-Owned 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
• Women-Owned 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 .... 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) Women-Owned Small Business Pool Request for Proposals (RFP), 47QTCB22R0003. This solicitation is the only source of official information about this procurement.

The Polaris  Women-Owned 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 .... 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) Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Pool. 

The Polaris GWAC WOSB Pool will be a Multiple Award, Indefinite-Delivery, .... 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) Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Pool. 

The Polaris GWAC WOSB 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 .... Read More