What is GSA STARS III?
Akytech was recently awarded the GSA 8(a) STARS III GWAC by the US General Services Administration. 8(a) STARS III, is GSA’s fourth-generation 8(a) GWAC. STARS III is a multiple-award indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity (MA-ID/IQ) contract designed to provide federal agencies with innovative IT services-based solutions from vetted 8(a) small disadvantaged businesses, in support of meeting their socio-economic contracting goals. Through STARS III, agencies can access award-winning 8(a) firms through an established contract vehicle, saving time and taxpayer money over open-market methods. The STARS III contract ceiling is $50 billion.
The primary North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for the Master Contract is designated as 541512, Computer Systems Design Services. Requirements that align with other IT services NAICS codes are within the scope of the STARS III GWAC that include, but are not limited to: 541511, 541513, 541519 and 518210.
Examples of work are not meant to be all-inclusive, but rather general indications of the types of services within a given IT services-based solution:
- Data Management
- Information and Communications Technology
- IT Operations and Maintenance
- IT Security / IT workforce augmentation
- Software Development
- Systems Design
Master Contract Number : 47QTCB21D0303
DUNS Number : 080113832
CAGE Code : 7LD69
Contractor Program Manager: Meenakshi Arora
Phone: (703) 992-5936
Email: marora@akytechconsulting.com
Additional details of STARS III contract can be accessed at www.gsa.gov/stars3.