UPDATE: GSA Updates OASIS On-Ramp Milestones

Submitted by Stephanie Kenitzer on Monday, January 14, 2019 - 11:51 AM

UPDATE (March 8, 2019)

As a result of GAO solicitation protest B-408685.18, GSA is reviewing the GAO recommendations impacting the OASIS SB On-Ramping procurements. We expect to complete our analysis of their findings and share with industry next steps on OASIS SB on ramping by late March 2019. Updates regarding next steps will be posted on both our Interact and FBO postings supporting this procurement activity. Thank you.

GSA’s OASIS program is conducting a series of open season on-ramps to increase the industrial base on the OASIS Small Business (SB) and OASIS Unrestricted (UR) Pools 1, 3 and 4 and also establish 8(a) sub-pools under each OASIS SB Pool with task order history.

These OASIS on-ramps are designed to increase industry access to GSA Professional Services Best-in-Class contracts and help agencies achieve OMB mandated government-wide Spend Under Management goals by shifting unmanaged spend to existing Best-in-Class contracts. The on-ramps will also increase the industrial base to improve competition at the task order level.

The open season on-ramps are being conducted using a phased approach. The first of these on-ramps is already underway, with the OASIS SB Pool 1 final solicitation issued on September 10, 2018 and closed on November 13, 2018. Technical evaluations are currently underway with potential award notifications beginning in Q2 FY 19.

The next on-ramp will be the OASIS SB sub-pools for 8(a) contractors for Pools that have had previous task orders issued under OASIS SB. This solicitation is currently scheduled to be released in late January 2019 with proposals due in early April 2019.

OASIS Unrestricted Pools 1, 3 and 4 will follow the 8(a) sub-pools.

The OASIS on-ramp series will conclude with OASIS SB, Pools 3 and 4 later this year.

Listed below is our current schedule and anticipated milestones for the on-ramps. Please be aware that this schedule is subject to change.

Milestones	8(a) Open Season SubPools 1,2,3,4,5b & 6	OASIS U Pool 1, 3, 4	OASIS SB Pool 3, 4,
Post Solicitation	Late January / Early February 2019	Late February 2019	Mid March 2019
Receive Industry Questions	Late February 2019	Late March 2019	Mid April 2019
Proposals Due	Early April 2019	Late April 2019	Mid May 2019
Award Notifications	June 2019	July 2019	August 2019
Period of Performance Begins	October 2019	November 2019	December 2019

Additional References related to the OASIS On-Ramps

OASIS Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) – posted to the landing page of OASIS website

Original OASIS Solicitations 2014:

For all future announcements on the OASIS acquisition vehicle, register to the OASIS Interact Community.

Questions? Email all questions to oasisSB@gsa.gov or oasis@gsa.gov respectively

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Comments

maryjsmith

Is there an updated timeline on the on-ramping and related milestones for the OASIS Unrestricted Pools 1, 3, and 4?

Posted 05/09/2019 10:43 AM

OASIS Blogger

A final timeline for the OASIS Unrestricted open season on-ramp has not been finalized. We anticipate releasing the solicitation in late 3rd Quarter FY 2019. We will notify industry via Interact, Federal Business Opportunities and other channels with updates. Thanks for your interest in the OASIS contracts.

Posted 05/13/2019 4:46 PM

ccusano

Please provide an update regarding the release of the OASIS 8(a) onramp final RFP.

Posted 03/06/2019 11:13 AM

Stephanie Kenitzer

GSA is reviewing the recent GAO recommendations related to the OASIS on-ramps and will notify industry of next steps as soon as possible. GSA looks forward to continuing the OASIS on-ramp work with an approach that is in the best interest of small businesses and the government.

Posted 03/07/2019 1:39 PM

Janice Roper-Graham

Thank you Stephanie. Is there any update on the SB Pool 1 award?

Posted 02/20/2019 12:07 PM

Stephanie Kenitzer

Posted 03/07/2019 1:40 PM

larryrelyea

Does the GSA still intend to use GACA for upcoming On-ramp proposal submissions?

Posted 02/08/2019 2:29 PM

Stephanie Kenitzer

We encourage you to review the FAQ document on GSA.gov/oasis (specifically historical Q&As tab, questions #311 and #95; OASIS FAQ tab #134). GSA intends to evaluate consistent with those answers.

Posted 03/07/2019 1:46 PM

sbaxter

Will Vertical Solicitations for those graduating from SB to OASIS Unrestricted occur at the same time as the open-season on-ramps?

Posted 01/30/2019 8:41 AM

Stephanie Kenitzer

Vertical on-ramping will likely precede the open season On-Ramping for OASIS Unrestricted. We will continue to post updates on this Interact community.

Posted 01/30/2019 1:41 PM

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