Ordering guides, program scope, and fair-opportunity rules
Major vehicles share marketplace vocabulary but diverge on , holders, fees, and order procedures.
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GWAC and IDIQ program scope
A or multiple-award is a distinct program with its own scope, pool, and — not an interchangeable logo. Start every recommendation with requirement → scope → eligible holder → ordering guide → customer authority. As of July 2026 desk notes in this unit: targets comprehensive IT solutions (Alliant 2 orderable through June 2028; Alliant 3 operational); NASA centers on IT, communications, and audiovisual products and solutions (SEWP V operating; SEWP VI planning dates are contingent); spans six and 13 non-IT domains; ’s CIO-SP3 family remains the operating CIO-SP path through its published end date — not an un-operational CIO-SP4 rumor.
Watch for
Don’t treat these as interchangeable ‘ IT schedules’; map OASIS+ as an IT for technology work; or select by brand familiarity alone.
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Fair opportunity (16.505 ordering)
is the default procedure for multiple-award IDIQ orders above the micro-purchase threshold: build to FAR 16.505, the base contract, ordering guide, and order request — not a pasted Part 15 template. Part 6 competition rules and Subpart 15.3 policies are excluded, but other applicable FAR and incorporated terms still bind, including Part 15 pricing provisions when they apply. Above the micro-purchase threshold, eligible awardees generally must receive fair opportunity unless a documented exception applies. Maintain vehicle-specific playbooks; and notice rules at high dollar thresholds still matter.
Watch for
Don’t paste a full open-market Part 15 template into every fair-opportunity response; ignore the base contract; or assume base-contract competition eliminates order-level consideration.