This letter is an advance notice that the General Services Administration (GSA), Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), Assisted Acquisition Services (AAS) intends to release a Request for Proposal (RFP) in May 2026. This RFP is for the GSA Office of the Chief Information Officer’s (OCIO) Acquisition & Ordering Systems, or AOS.

The purpose of this acquisition is to support the GSA Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), Acquisition IT Services organization, by providing services that support the operation, Site Reliability Engineering, minor enhancements, and ongoing agile development of new business system features of selected systems within the GSA IT, Office of Acquisition IT Portfolio. The Government seeks an industry partner that can perform the following:

• Operational Excellence – Operate and maintain all applications in accordance with the attached Application Inventory and Profile.
• Performance – Eliminate performance bottlenecks and inefficiencies to facilitate scalability.
• Elasticity – Possess the capability for both vertical and horizontal scaling.
• Resilience – Integrate capabilities for monitoring, alerting, and reporting on critical system functions and processes to ensure intended execution, and to perform automatic failover in the event of a malfunction.
• Security – Incorporate security features directly into the application, reducing reliance on perimeter defenses such as firewalls and intrusion detection systems.