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January 26, 2018 By AMK

Watchdog: GSA assuming ‘unnecessary’ risk in telecom transition

The General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service is engaging in risky business by providing $9 million in contract support services to agencies without securing interagency agreements that ultimately ensure payment.

Such interagency agreements are required by Federal Acquisition Regulation, but FAS provided services anyway in a rush to meet deadlines imposed by the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions transition, according to an audit by the General Services Administration inspector general. Due to expiring contracts, all agencies must start buying telecommunications and network infrastructure from the EIS contract by 2020.

GSA awarded the $50 billion EIS telecommunications contract last year, and through the Transition Ordering Assistance task order, GSA is also responsible for helping agencies transition from the Networx contract to EIS. However, FAS “has not executed interagency agreements with transitioning agencies for services being provided under the TOA task order.”

Keep reading this article at: http://www.nextgov.com/it-modernization/2018/01/watchdog-gsa-assuming-unnecessary-risk-telecom-transition/145201/

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: FAR, FAS, GSA, IG, Networx, OIG, risk, telecommunication

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