US Federal Contractor Registration: OASIS Program Will Release First Government Contract RFP This Month
Orlando, FL (PRWEB) July 15, 2013 -- After much anticipation, the GSA’s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services, better known as OASIS, will release their first Request for Proposal (RFP) in FBO.gov on July 24th. GSA announced this past week that the first OASIS contract will be for small businesses and will be worth up to $12 billion. According GSA officials, the actual OASIS contract will take place over the span of 10 years before completion. This contract will allow procurement officers to purchase professional services from contractors who guarantee an indefinite-quantity and indefinite-delivery for this OASIS contract award.
The OASIS program is built into two separate programs, which are divided by small business (SB) qualifications and large business qualifications. The OASIS Program(s) are designed to award indefinite contract opportunities to properly registered small business contractors. The OASIS Program will accept contractors who have experience in a particular industry and allow them to join a pool. These pools will then determine the relevant experience and NAICS code association. As of right now, the OASIS Program has stated that the OASIS contract will require relevant experience for projects in each contract pool. These pools will feature registered contractors in their areas of expertise.
There are still many changes that the GSA is considering, such as creating sub-pools that would provide around 20 additional awards. All of the contractors in these sub-pools would be focused in very specific sets of work in relation to their NAICS code or industry. Sub-pools would help organize and showcase the most experienced contractors in each trade. If the OASIS Program decides to move forward with specialized sub-pools, they will use NAICS codes to track each specific service featured in a contract.
However, before a business can start bidding on the available OASIS contracts this month, they must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM). Most businesses find the SAM registration very difficult and tedious. It can take days or even weeks to fill out the registration if a business is not familiar with the registration process. That is why businesses all over the country have been hiring third party registration firms to conduct the SAM registration for their business. US Federal Contractor Registration (USFCR) is the world’s largest third party registration firm that registers businesses in System for Award Management and prepares businesses for the qualifying process of the OASIS Program. USFCR’s staff of government contracting professionals will register a business in SAM, evaluate a business’s federal market, and connect that business to federal buyers around the nation. Their innovative marketing strategies have been proven to work by tens of thousands of contractors who use their service.
Eric Knellinger, President of US Federal Contractor Registration, stated in an interview with Governmentcontractingtips.com how thrilled he was about the new release of both the OASIS and OASIS SB solicitation draft, commenting, “From the very second the GSA proposed this OASIS program I have been attracted to the concept like a bee to honey. I love the fact that the procurement officers behind these OASIS contracts base their procurement decisions around a solution-based program. I have always felt that if you have the best qualifications for the job you should be awarded the contract. If the person who places the lowest bid always wins, it can lead to poor quality work and other problems. This program fixes that entire concept! The OASIS and OASIS SB programs are truly a breath of fresh air in our current clouded procurement process.”
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