GSA has announced plans to consolidate nine contracting databases that track pre and post award contract data across the federal government and DoD acquisition communities.
It said it has awarded a $74.4 million fixed price contract to a unit of IBM to consolidate nine databases including FedBizOpps, a repository of solicitations over $25,000, and the Federal Procurement Data System – Next Generation, containing data on all federal contract actions over $3,000.
“The consolidated databases will improve the efficiency of the contracting process by providing federal acquisition professionals with a streamlined tool for all of their award reporting and tracking work,” said Michael Robertson, associate administrator of government-wide policy.
The other seven databases are wage determinations on-line, the centeral contractor registration, federal agency registration, the online representations and certifications application, past performance information retrieval system, excluded parties list system, and the electronic subcontracting reporting system.