Rainmaker Is Your IDIQ, GWAC, MAC, and BPA Expert
FACT:
Without a Federal Contract Vehicle (IDIQ/GWAC, GSA Schedule, MAC),
Your Company is not Eligible to Win Billions of Dollars in Federal Contracts
IDIQ – an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract opportunity, or solicitation, released by a government agency for contracts limited to that agency. An IDIQ means that the timeline for the delivery of products, solutions, or services has not yet been determined and the quantity of products, solutions, or services is unknown at the time that the proposal is submitted. Winners of an IDIQ go through a vigorous vetting and evaluation process prior to contract award.
GWAC – a Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts that allows government agencies to buy cost-effective, innovative solutions and services to meet information technology (IT) requirements. A GWAC is an IDIQ in that the timeline for the delivery of products, solutions, or services has not yet been determined and the quantity of products, solutions, or services is unknown at the time that the proposal is submitted. Winners of a GWAC go through a vigorous vetting and evaluation process in the same manner in which a IDIQ is awarded.
All GWACs are multiple award (MA) IDIQ contracts – but not all MA IDIQs are GWACs
- An IDIQ can be for any product, service, or solutions and is limited to a single government agency, e.g., an IDIQ issued by the U.S. Air Force cannot be used by the Department of Transportation.
- A GWAC issued by an agency can be used by multiple government agencies but is limited to IT services and solutions: Systems Design, Software Engineering, Information Assurance, and Enterprise Architecture Solutions only. In addition, a GWAC can only be issued by the General Services Administration (GSA), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the U.S. Department of Commerce, or the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
During a government agency’s strategic planning (acquisition approach), it determines its need to purchase a specific product or service. Once this need is determined, a government agency must determine which type of contract or contract vehicle will best serve the government’s needs. These unknown quantities and timelines result in government agencies choosing the flexibility of an IDIQ or GWAC contract vehicle that allows the agency the expanded flexibility in determining its needs more specifically in the future, e.g., over the life of the IDIQ contract.
Example of an IDIQ contract:
A government agency wishes to have in place a group of pre-qualified, fully vetted companies willing to perform snow removal services from its highways during the winter. The government agency does not know when storms will affect the roadways or the amount of snow that needs to be removed. The IDIQ and the laws and regulations associated with an IDIQ allow this type of contract to be bid on and awarded. Actual contract awards under this contract is done at the task order (or work order) level when services for snow removal are required.
How Is Rainmaker So Successful?
Rainmaker unique and highly successful IDIQ proposal response processes and methodologies were designed and has been managed by experts in capture management, proposal development (writing and management), business operations and processes, business logistics, accounting/finance, and the law. By combining our government and commercial best-practices with more than 43 years of government proposal writing and management experience and success, Rainmaker is, to put it succinctly, different.
Rainmaker has written and managed 162 IDIQ/GWAC proposals for Rainmaker clients seeking contract awards in response to IDIQs and/or GWACs solicitations released by the following federal government agencies:
- Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
- General Services Administration (GSA)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- U.S. Air Force (USAF)
- U.S. Army
- U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC)
- U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
- U.S. Navy (USN)
- And a myriad of other Federal Government (civilian, military and intelligence agencies), Local Government (state, county, and city agencies), and Educational Institutions