In its Multiple Awards Schedule (MAS) refresh set to take hold this month, the General Services Administration (GSA) is introducing more defined subcategories under information technology contracting.
A new document from GSA shows that starting in April, Special Item Numbers (SINs) – codes used to categorize products and services to help Federal agencies identify and acquire what they need through pre-approved vendors – under IT contracting are getting more specific with the addition of artificial intelligence, cloud, and cybersecurity-related subcategories.
One new subgroup includes “Incident Handling and Event Management” which will fall under the “Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services” subcategory.
All “IT professional services that are focused on providing the types of services that support the Government’s adoption of, migration to, or governance/management of cloud computing,” will be included under the new “Cloud Services Subcategory.”