GSA chooses 9 for $919M supply chain monitoring software pact
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Ross Wilkers
The General Services Administration designed this blanket purchase agreement for other agencies to acquire tools that can help them vet suppliers and monitor for other risks to supply chains.
The General Services Administration has awarded nine companies positions on a potential 10-year, $919.7 million blanket purchase agreement covering supply chain risk illumination software tools and related analytic support services.
GSA set up the Supply Chain Risk Illumination Professional Tools and Services pact, also known as SCRIPTS, as a more singular avenue for agencies to acquire illumination tools for gaining more visibility into supply chains and mitigating risks to them.
SCRIPTS was awarded on Thursday and 23 companies submitted proposals for it, according to Federal Procurement Data system records.
FPDS identifies these companies as awardees:
- Convergent Solutions
- Carahsoft
- Deloitte
- Fortress Information Security
- IBM
- IWorks Corp.
- Knexus Research
- Markesman
- Poplicus
GSA designed the BPA to help defense and civilian agencies alike screen and vet vendors, plus their supplier networks and affiliated personnel, to make sure that all of them are reputable and are in good standing on the financial and operational fronts.
When GSA first unveiled SCRIPTS in October, the agency also signaled it wanted to help the rest of government build their collective cyber hygiene and get more knowledge of foreign investments that could be risky to supply chains.
SCRIPTS’ duration covers an initial five-year base period followed by a single option for five more years.