Summary
With federal agencies projected to spend $76 billion on information technology and staff in fiscal 2006, one of the most notable trends in contracting is a continued push for faster awards, achieved in many cases through multiple-award contracts such as governmentwide acquisition contracts (GWAC) and indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity deals. But perhaps most significant is the trend of multibillion-dollar contracts, the largest this year being Alliant, a GWAC worth up to $50 billion. Fiscal 2006 also will see agencies placing more of the onus on the bidder in requests for proposals by replacing statements of work with statements of objectives, which require vendors to propose more comprehensive solutions.
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Big Deals
Speed, organization and efficiency are the top goals for agencies developing and awarding major technology contracts in fiscal 2006.
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