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December 31, 2015 By AMK

Protests against 18F’s agile development deal cleared, but next steps unclear

A list of tech vendors authorized to sell digital services directly to the government is now live, though the companies on that list are still in the dark about when they’ll start getting customers. 

What Is 18F.Since September, the General Services Administration (GSA) had halted operations on the Agile Blanket Purchase Agreement — a pre-approved batch of 16 tech companies specializing in so-called “agile” development — because at least two companies had filed protests with GSA. Last week, GSA’s tech team 18F announced that the last of the protests had been resolved, and that it had awarded a 17th company, InQbation Labs Inc., a spot on the list.

According to an 18F blog post in January, the team’s ultimate goal was to reduce contract timelines to “less than four weeks from solicitation to contract kickoff, and . . . no more than three months to deliver a minimum viable product.”

Keep reading this article at: http://www.nextgov.com/cio-briefing/2015/12/protests-against-18fs-agile-development-deal-cleared-next-steps-still-unclear/124676

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: 18F, acquisition reform, agile, award protest, BPA, GSA, procurement reform

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