Managers of NASA's Solutions for Enterprise Wide Procurement (SEWP) announced the remaining contracts for the fifth installment of the GWAC, releasing an additional 118 awards for small businesses, including HUBZone and service-disabled, veteran-owned businesses.
More: Full list of SEWP V awards
After pulling back the initial awards last fall to answer a complex slew of protests, NASA reissued awards for 84 contracts on Groups A and D on March 25. The full release brings the total number of contracts to 202, making SEWP V the largest GWAC in the federal space.
More: 84 contracts awarded for Groups A and D
The latest announcement includes 14 contracts on Group B HUBZone — covering historically underutilized businesses — and 25 on Group B service-disabled, veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB). Group C — server support devices and multi-functional devices — includes 79 contracts from other small businesses.
The contracts were awarded for a five-year base with an optional five-year add-on. The firm-fixed-price IDIQ has a $25 guaranteed minimum and a $20 billion ceiling.
More: Woytek: How SEWP V will simplify IT buys
"SEWP V contracts streamline the process of providing federal agencies with state-of-the-art tablets, desktops and servers; IT peripherals; network equipment; storage systems; security tools; software products; cloud-based services; video conferencing systems, and other IT and audio-visual products; as well as related services such as installation, training and maintenance," the program office said in a release announcing the new awards.
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