Despite several agencies pausing or canceling large multiple award contracts, the Army decided to proceed with its MAPS vehicle for professional services.
At the recent Professional Services Council’s Vision Conference, one of the presentations on acquisition trends highlighted as many as 10 agency specific multi-award technology contracts that have been cancelled or put on indefinite hold.
These included COMET 2 from the General Services Administration, the Army’s Modern Software contract and the IRS’s digital services blanket purchase agreement.
The leaders of the vision team said agencies made the decision to cancel these and other contracts based on the requirements outlined in President Donald Trump’s executive order from March calling for the consolidation of contracts.
One of those acquisition programs that is bucking the cancellation trend is the Army’s huge multiple award contract for professional services.