The Enterprise GWAC Center (Governmentwide Acquisition Contract) offers efficient, responsive, and professional support for all Information Technology (IT) acquisition needs by awarding and managing contracts that address the entire spectrum of IT.

The Enterprise GWAC Center provides several avenues for clients to access GSA’s comprehensive IT solutions that are worldwide in scope.  The Enterprise GWAC Center is commited to:

• Understanding the missions, goals, objectives, and requirements of federal clients
• Maintaining a knowledge base of the best in industry
• Providing timely procurement assistance and related ongoing educational initiatives on GWACs
• Possessing a full complement of technical, acquisition, and cost and pricing expertise

For access to GSA's comprehensive IT solutions, the Enterprise GWAC Center invites current and potential clients to:  Work directly with the Client Support Centers to obtain GSA comprehensive IT solutions.  Work directly with the Enterprise GWAC Center to:

• Issue and manage task orders
• Provide acquisition consulting and/or award contracts
• Access ANSWER, Millennia, ACES, Virtual Data Center, Disaster Recovery and other contracts through direct order/direct bill arrangements

In support of its clients, the Enterprise GWAC Center:

• Awards and administers Governmentwide contracts
• Awards and administers IT contracts for specific agencies
• Provides acquisition consulting

The Enterprise GWAC Center provides several avenues for clients to access GSA’s comprehensive IT solutions through its diverse portfolio of contract vehicles:

ANSWER (Applications’n Support for Widely-diverse EndUser Requirements) - is a $25 Billion MA/IDIQ contract that provides the full spectrum of IT Support Services that deliver the best value and innovation to support client missions worldwide.  ANSWER provides clients with stability and continuity in the face of today’s highly volatile and rapidly changing technological environment.

Millennia – is a GWAC that fulfills the federal government’s demand for large system integration and development projects by providing Information Technology (IT) services in a timely and cost-effective manner.  Millennia provides a broad range IT support through contracts with its world-class industry partners.

ACES (Access Certificates for Electronic Services) – facilitates secure electronic access to government information and services by the public through the use of key infrastructure/digital signature technology.  ACES provides a Governmentwide Public Key Infrastructure and provides auxiliary services that participating agencies may need to make sure of the infrastructure.  Reduces cost by aggregating government requirements.

Disaster Recovery – provides computing and communications recovery and business continuity services.  The Disaster Recovery Services contract makes it easy and cost effective to implement agency’s disaster recovery or continuity of operations plan working with one of three world renowned disaster recovery providers.

ITOP II (IT Omnimbus Procurement II) - provides a wide range of information technology (IT) services, with three functional support areas:  Information Systems Engineering (ISE), Systems Operations and Management (SOM) and Information Systems Security Support Services (ISS).  These three functional areas provides the flexibility and the wide range of technical and/or contracting resources necessary to help with meeting all Information Technology program requirement(s).  The ITOP customer base spans many civilian and DOD agencies. 

Virtual Data Center – provides a fast, low-cost alternative for obtaining mainframe and midrange systems and related IT and network products and services from experienced industry providers.  It provides for the outsourcing and migration of government data services from existing federal data centers to industry partner centers located throughout the world.

Other Specialized Initiatives:

• Solutions Edu, which provide customized acquisition training on GSA Contracts
• Tech Refresh Summits to enhance and maintain technical currency in contracts
• Annual past performance reviews to ensure excellent performance throughout contract life
• Performance-based consulting
• FORUM is a training seminar for GSA associates covering GSA authority, goals, vision and operational posture