Two-Thirds of Air Force’s $5.5B IT Contract Goes To Small Businesses

Seventy-five spots have been awarded on the replacement for the Air Force’s biggest IT products contract as the service shifts from the in-house built NETCENTS-2 contract to the Second-Generation Information Technology, or 2GIT, contract--a blanket purchase agreement through the General Services Administration.

The GSA-built contract has an expected ceiling of $5.5 billion over the next five years, with offerings that include data center infrastructure, devices, network hardware and radio equipment.

Originally, Air Force and GSA officials expected to award between 15 and 25 spots on the BPA, though that changed after garnering feedback from industry. The final contract includes 75 vendors, with more than two-thirds of the spots taken by small businesses—56 in total.

The contract vehicle was designed with the Air Force’s specific needs in mind. However, as a GSA contract, 2GIT is open to all federal buyers.

“The 2GIT program is a great example of how GSA is developing IT solutions that help the federal government meet its mission-critical needs,'' GSA Assistant Commissioner of IT Category Bill Zielinski said in a release announcing the awards. “2GIT also demonstrates GSA’s commitment to working in true partnership with our customer agencies to help them navigate complex acquisition and IT modernization challenges with solutions that will evolve to deliver on government’s current and future needs.”

2GIT is one of a host of major IT contracts shifting to GSA recently, including two other Air Force contracts set to expire: Applications Services, expiring in March 2022, and Network Operations and Infrastructure Solutions, which ends in May 2022.

The vendors awarded spots on the contract include:

Ace Computers

Ace Technology Partners

Advanced Computer Concepts, Inc.

AEG Group, Inc.

Akira Technologies, Inc.

American Wordata, Inc.

Arrow Micro

Audio Visual Innovations, Inc.

Avaya Federal Solutions, Inc.

BahFed Corp

BearCom Operating, LLC

Better Direct, LLC

BK Technologies, Inc.

Carahsoft Technology Corporation

CDW Government LLC

Communication International, Inc.

Computech International, Inc.

Connection Inc.

CounterTrade Products, Inc.

Definitive Infotech Services and Solutions, LLC

DH Technologies, LLC

Divine Imaging, Inc.

DLT Solutions, LLC

Eastern Communications, Ltd.

EC America, Inc.

EN-Net Services, LLC

Enterprise Technology Solutions, Inc.

Ewing Electronics, Inc.

FCN, Inc.

Federal Merchants

Force 3, LLC

Four Points Technology, LLC

Frontier Technologies

Government Acquisitions, Inc.

Govplace, Inc.

GovSmart, Inc.

Graybar Electric Company, Inc.

ID Technologies, LLC

Immersion Consulting

immixTechnolgy, Inc.

IMPRES Technology Solutions

Integration Technologies Group, Inc.

Iron Bow Technologies, LLC

Jeskell Systems LLC

Karcher Group

Knot Technology Solutions

Koi Computers

Lyme Computer Systems, Inc.

M2 Technology, Inc.

MA Federal, Inc.

MicroTechnologies

Mono Machines LLC

Mvation Worldwide, Inc.

N2Grate

NCS Technologies Inc.

NeoTech Solutions, Inc.

New Tech Solutions

Norseman, Inc.

Paragon Micro, Inc.

PCMG Inc.

Presidio Networked Solutions LLC

Procom Communications LLC

ProMark Technology, Inc.

Sterling Computers Corporation

Summit Government Group, LLC

Synnex Corporation

Tech Data Government Solutions, LLC

Three Wire Systems, LLC

Unistar-Sparco Computers, Inc.

V3Gate, LLC

Vee Model Management Consulting, Inc.

Vertosoft LLC

WESCO

Westcon Comstor Americas

World Wide Technology, LLC