COMET 2 BPA – CIO Modernization and Enterprise Transformation Project
COMET 2 is expected to onboard in the 2024-2025 timeframe. It will be a large opportunity for firms that obtain positions on this contracting vehicle. This contracting vehicle is expected to be a five-year, $500 million-dollar recompete contract. It supports the modernization of legacy systems within the GSA business portfolio. The original contract contained 12 vendors and then an additional 8 vendors were added at an interim date.
EZ8a SERVICE AVAILABILITY
NUMBER OF AVAILABLE CUSTOMER SPOTS: 10
DEPOSIT TO HOLD PLACE: $500
FEE: $4,000

COMET 1 & 2 STATS

Contract Size COMET 2 $1B+ (estimated)
Contact Award COMET 1 $950 million
Requirement Must be a GSA Schedule Contract Holder
NAICS Codes 54151S – Computer System Design and Related Services 518210C – Cloud Computing and Cloud Related IT Professional Services
Award Date July – September 2024
Award Length 1 (12 month base period) 4 (12 month option periods)
# of Firms 20-40
Set-aside 25% partial small business set-aside
Small Business Anecdotal Evidence: It was noted that the original BPA was awarded to 12 vendors in 2019. In 2022, an additional 8 vendors were added to the contract because two of the four small business vendors on the contract experienced large growth and were over their size standard and were no longer classified as small businesses.

Functional Areas & Projects

COMET 1 Permitted Task Orders in Seven Functional Areas:
  • Solutions/Application Design, Business Analysis, Development, Integration, and Configuration
  • Data Management and Securitization
  • Program Management Support
  • Release Management and Post-Implementation Maintenance Support
  • Support Help/Desk
  • Training and Change Management
  • Authority to Operate (ATO) / Security Support
COMET 1 Multi-Year Business Transformation Initiatives
  • GSAFleet.gov
  • Personal Property Management System
  • Supply Chian and NSN Management
  • FAS Catalog Platform
  • Cloud Information Center
  • SAM.gov

COMET 2 vs COMET 1

COMET 2 will likely provide a larger breath of services than those found in COMET. Additionally, these services may include application development and maintenance, systems engineering and integration, Cloud computing services, cybersecurity services, data analytics services, and training and support.
As Federal AS proceeds with its digital transformation, COMET II will be the contract that continues to provide transformation and modernization IT services in support of the important business mission of GSA FAS. *Note: Information subject to change as additional information about this solicitation becomes available.
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