Polaris GWAC Small Business Pool

H Synergy, LLC and VCH Partners, LLC v. The United States, the Court of Federal Claims decision (Case Nos. 22-1466 and 22-1468) dated April 21, 2023. Offerors should login to the Polaris Submission Portal and review for necessary action. This action is only applicable to existing offerors that submitted a timely proposal for the Polaris GWAC Small Business Pool by October 7, 2022. Offerors are encouraged to verify access by an active administrator within the Polaris Submission Portal (PSP) as soon as possible. If your organization requires a new Administrator in the PSP, and you do not have any active Administrators currently in PSP, allow up to 72 hours for the new Administrator to be activated. Offerors without an active Administrator will be unable to submit their amendment response. ---- September 20, 2023 - Amendment 0008 of the Polaris Small Business Pool has been posted in the Polaris Submission Portal (https://polaris.app.cloud.gov). This amendment is to extend the offer acceptance period for existing offerors. Offerors should login to the Polaris Submission Portal and review for necessary action. This action is only applicable to existing offerors that submitted a timely proposal for the Polaris GWAC Small Business Pool by October 7, 2022. ---- August 31, 2023 Update - GSA is continuing work on amendments for the Polaris GWAC Pools. Release of the Small Business (SB) Pool amendment is now planned for September, and release of the amendments for the WOSB, HUBZone, and SDVOSB Pools is expected four to six weeks after the SB Pool amendment. ---- July 27, 2023 - GSA plans to issue an amendment to Polaris GWAC Small Business Pool offerors in August 2023. The amendment will incorporate submission of a price proposal as well as adjustment to the evaluation requirements specific to prot�g� firms. Solicitation amendments for the WOSB, HUBZone, and SDVOSB Pools are planned for September 2023. ---- June 29, 2023 - In response to a Court of Federal Claims decision, GSA plans to issue an amendment to the Polaris GWAC solicitations. GSA is committed to supporting both our customer agencies and the small business community as we work to bring Polaris to market. ---- May 1, 2023 (This update has been reposted on May 2, 2023 due to system issues) - GSA has received a protest decision from the Court of Federal Claims. GSA is currently reviewing the decision and working to determine a path forward. This decision prohibits further proposal evaluation and contract awards under the current versions of the Polaris solicitations. GSA remains committed to providing opportunities for small businesses while supporting Federal agencies and their small business program goals. Further updates and next steps for the Polaris program will be communicated through SAM.gov. ---- September 20, 2022 - Amendment 0007 and Question and Response Document #5 of the Polaris Small Business Pool RFP are attached. The proposal due date has been extended from September 23, 2022 to October 7, 2022. No further extensions of the proposal due date are expected. The following are provided: SF30 Amendment 0007 Small Business Pool RFP - Conformed Copy Question & Response Document #5 ---- September 6, 2022 - Amendment 0006 of the Polaris Small Business Pool RFP is attached. As shared on September 2nd, the proposal due date has been extended from September 9, 2022 to September 23, 2022. The following are provided: SF30 Amendment 0006 Small Business Pool RFP - Redline Copy ---- September 2, 2022 - The proposal due date is extended from September 9, 2022 to September 23, 2022. This will be reflected in Amendment 0006 that will be provided on sam.gov in the coming days. ---- August 19, 2022 - Amendment 0005 and Question and Response Document #4 of the Polaris Small Business Pool RFP are attached. The following are provided: SF30 Amendment 0005 Small Business Pool RFP - Redline Copy Question & Response Document #4 ---- August 11, 2022 - Amendment 0004 of the Polaris Small Business Pool RFP is attached. The following are provided: SF30 Amendment 0004 Small Business Pool RFP - Redline Copy. Proposal due date has been extended to September 9, 2022. Any offerors and team members experiencing SAM.gov delays, which are impacting their ability to submit their proposal, must notify the Polaris CO no later than Friday, August 19, 2022 via email to Polaris@gsa.gov. ---- August 8, 2022 - Question and Response Document #3 is attached. ---- August 3, 2022 - Amendment 0003 of the Polaris Small Business Pool RFP is attached. The following are provided: SF30 Amendment 0003 Small Business Pool RFP - Redline Copy J.P-8 Multiple Award Schedule Contractor Teaming Arrangement (MAS CTA) Experience Template ---- July 29, 2022 - SAM.gov Entity Validation Issues The Polaris team is aware that some offerors and team members who intend to submit proposals for Polaris are currently experiencing delays with SAM.gov. We understand that access to the Symphony portal and proposal development is predicated on offerors and team members being able to validate their entity information in SAM.gov. Polaris offerors and team members should ensure all required documentation has been submitted in SAM.gov. Additionally, please review the referenced FSD Resources on SAM validation issues here: https://www.fsd.gov/gsafsd_sp?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0058422&sys_kb_id=7bb8810ddba05990060d5425f3961912&spa=1 Entity validation in SAM.gov can take time. We strongly encourage offerors and team members to start the validation process as soon as possible to avoid issues with submitting Polaris proposals by the due date. Please let us know at Polaris@gsa.gov if you are having any system challenges that may cause a delay in the submission of your Polaris offer. ---- July 26, 2022 - The recording of last week�s PSP industry training webinar is available at the link below. A summary of questions and responses from the session regarding use of the PSP is also attached. https://gsa.zoomgov.com/rec/share/ShkfPXeR2geBxIe-N5gvsFkJ9QY-6VXYe1wZ2NeYRh8EDtkAekXVCsNWNQeQ4HCY.FVk0eDl-0QN8SzWO Additionally, the proposal due date is extended from August 10, 2022 to August 19, 2022. This will be reflected in Amendment 0003 that will be provided on sam.gov in the coming days. ---- July 20, 2022 - Question and Response Document #2 is attached. An industry training session for the Polaris Submission Portal (PSP) will be provided Thursday, July 21, 2022 at 1:00pm ET. The session may be accessed at the below link: https://gsa.zoomgov.com/j/1616367989?pwd=aXpsL1A5UzVPMWd2aXVYWUcxNnVNQT09 Passcode: Polaris Closed captioning for the session may be accessed at: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=BIS-GSA-LG The live session will be limited to the first 3,000 participants. It will be recorded and shared via SAM.gov. ---- July 7, 2022 - The Pre-Proposal Conference recording, as noted in L.3.6, is available at the link below with the provided passcode. https://gsa.zoomgov.com/rec/share/gp0BaDPSzdwK__ydmDQTPE-ukDt5aLAZUCjyO9KfXiqBNmkUsPs8yVvdjpiRR_Y.E_yXEVbgrFArZdPL Passcode: dVp1?dU% ---- July 1, 2022 - Corrected RFP attached consistent with Amendment 0002 SF30. Text corrected within L.3.5 and L.5.2.1. Due date for questions is confirmed as July 12, 2022. ---- June 30, 2022 - The Polaris Small Business Pool RFP is unpaused via Amendment 0002. The proposal due date is extended