Washington, DC - eSTS is pleased to announce the award of a General Services Administration (GSA) Streamlined Technology Acquisition Resources for Services II (8(a) STARS II) Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) Contract. The 8(a) STARS II GWAC has a five-year base period with a single five-year option period, a $10B contract ceiling.

The 8(a) STARS II GWAC is designed to promote small business utilization when purchasing information technology (IT) services or IT services-based solutions for the federal government. The 8(a) STARS II program is reserved exclusively for qualifying certified 8(a) small business concerns as the prime contractors per Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 19.8.

The benefits of 8(a) STARS II to utilizing agencies include the following:

• 8(a) socioeconomic credit transferrable to the agency
• Pre-competed, easy to use contracts
• Access to proven 8(a) small business technology providers
• Shortened procurement lead time
• Directed Order Authority: Directed task orders up to $4 million each are allowed for federal civilian and Department of Defense activities
• A low user access fee (0.75 percent) built into contractor's ceiling prices

"This important 10 year GWAC provides our customers with a flexible, low cost vehicle to acquire high end systems design services" said Thomas McAvoy, eSTS Chief Operating Officer. “We are looking forward to partnering with the GSA STARS II Team to market and develop new business."