Who could bid at all
- Request
- TOR 47QFCA25R0014 · issued 2025-06-06
- Vehicle
- GSA Alliant 2 GWAC · FAR 16.505
- Term
- 1-year base and four 1-year options
- Type
- Hybrid cost-plus-award-fee and fixed-price
Evidence
The request went only to holders of the GSA Alliant 2 contract. The award record's number-of-offers field reports 6. GAO's decision says only that GSA “received multiple proposals.”
Inference
Vehicle access was the first gate, ahead of capability. For a firm without an Alliant 2 prime contract the only path was teaming. For a holder, six offers on $1.4 billion meant the barrier was the work, not the crowd.
Still unknown
Who the other four offerors were, and who teamed with whom. The record counts offers; it does not name them, and GAO names only the awardee and the protester.
Proposed next step
Confirm the vehicle path before anything else. Without a prime contract, open teaming conversations before spending on capture.
How this was found
- Contract award dataPulled the award record for task order 47QFCA26F0004.Vehicle: GSA Alliant 2. Number of offers: 6. Type: hybrid cost-plus-award-fee and fixed-price.
- Contract award dataPulled the parent contract, 47QTCK18D0036.An unrestricted GWAC, so only its holders could be asked.
- Published decision (GAO)Read GAO's decision on the protest, B-424255.The request went to Alliant 2 holders under FAR 16.505; GAO says “multiple proposals”.
- Company dataResolved the awardee's identity across award records.One vendor record, so its other orders on the vehicle could be counted.
Inspect the source
Offer count: the federal award record (FPDS) for task order 47QFCA26F0004, number-of-offers field, transaction last modified 2026-07-31. Eligibility: GAO, the request went “to holders of the GSA Alliant 2 governmentwide acquisition contract (GWAC), under the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) section 16.505.”