GSA prepping plans to move NASA SEWP and NIH contract vehicles under its management

The General Services Administration (GSA) is collaborating with the Office of Management and Budget, NASA, and NIH to manage significant government contracting vehicles that oversee over $100 billion in IT spending. The management of NASA's SEWP and NIH's CIO contracting vehicles will transition to GSA. Agencies must propose common goods for GSA to consider under a new management strategy, aiming for efficiency and cost reduction. GSA aims to help save tens of billions of taxpayer dollars and streamline federal acquisitions, although final decisions are yet to be made.

In a statement to Nextgov/FCW, GSA Senior Procurement Executive Jeffrey Koses said final decisions are still to come. "GSA is committed to supporting President Trump's priorities around streamlining and modernizing the federal acquisition landscape."

Per the plans, agencies have also been directed to create proposals for GSA to buy common goods and services - categorized in the Category Management framework - that GSA will review and confer with OMB on.

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