In September the General Services Administration declared its One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS) multiple-award contract program “open for business.” OASIS and OASIS Small Business (OASIS SB), a small-business set-aside contract, are hybrid, governmentwide acquisition vehicles that offer an integrated approach to address both commercial and noncommercial requirements for professional services. In a recent interview with Federal Times Editor Steve Watkins, OASIS Program Executive Officer Jim Ghiloni explained why he expects the program to serve a critical role in federal procurement. Following are edited excerpts:
GSA has declared OASIS open for business. What interest are you seeing so far from the federal customer base?
There’s a great deal of interest. We had opened OASIS Small Business a couple of months ago now [in June].
We’ve obviously already been engaged with customers about that contract. But now that we’ve got the full suite available, I think there’s even more interest from customers.
Keep reading this interview at: http://www.federaltimes.com/story/government/interview/program-view/2014/12/17/whats-different-about-oasis/20549835