July 1st, 2004 8:02am EDT. Arlington, VA.

Symplicity is proud to announce that it was awarded the GSA 8(a) STARS Government Wide Acquisition Contract under contract number (GS-06F-0358Z). This designation allows for streamlined, sole-source, non-protestable procurement of Symplicity’s solutions in enterprise information systems architecture and development, network design and management, systems and software engineering, network integration and management, information security and enterprise systems management.

The new 8(a) Streamlined Technology Acquisition Resources for Services (STARS) GWAC is a small business set-aside contract for technology solutions. 8(a) STARS is a multiple award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract vehicle and contains the following features:

Directed task orders up to $3 million each for federal civilian agencies are allowable pursuant to 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(5);

Directed task orders up to $3 million each for Department of Defense activities are compliant with Section 803 of the 2002 National Defense Authorization Act; 8(a) credit can be transferred back to client agency via Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS)

Program ceiling: $15 billion

Non-protestable

Order placement: GSA FTS Client Support Centers or Delegation of Authority from Procuring Contracting Officer

Geographic coverage: Continental United States, some Worldwide

Benefits:

Hardware, software, and services may be procured as part of an integrated solution

Support small business and meet procurement preference goals

Pre-competed, easy to use contracts

Availability and access to proven small business and 8(a) technology providers

Short procurement lead time

Low user fee, 0.75 percent

Small Business GWAC Center provides information technology (IT) specialty contract administration

Related web sites: http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/programView.do?programId=11161&programPage=%2Fep%2Fprogram%2FgsaOverview.jsp&P=6FG&pageTypeId=8199&ooid=15749&channelId=-15625

Contact: Tricia Berg