Department of Commerce (DOC) Cloud Services Provider Vehicle Strategy
| Agency: | COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF |
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| State: | Federal |
| Type of Government: | Federal |
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| Set Aside: | No Set aside used |
| Posted Date: | Apr 23, 2026 |
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| Solicitation No: | 62172 |
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Description
- Contract Opportunity Type: Special Notice (Original)
- Original Published Date: Apr 23, 2026 01:53 pm EDT
- Original Response Date:
- Inactive Policy: Manual
- Original Inactive Date: Apr 23, 2027
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Initiative:
- None
- Original Set Aside: No Set aside used
- Product Service Code:
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NAICS Code:
- 518210 - Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services
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Place of Performance:
1. Notice of Strategy
The Department of Commerce (DOC) is providing this notice to inform industry of its procurement strategy for the Cloud Vehicle Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA). This 10-year vehicle, with an estimated value of $4.105 Billion, is designed to provide native hyperscale cloud services across the Department.
2. Direct-to-CSP Approach
Due to highly specialized technical requirements, including massive compute elasticity (25,000+ concurrent vCPUs), proprietary 100+ Tbps global backbones, and specific hardware density for AI/ML and weather modeling, the Department is utilizing a Direct-to-CSP strategy. It is contemplated that to ensure mission success and direct engineering support, only Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) acting as the Cloud Service Provider (CSP) will be eligible for award.
3. Authority
This strategy is being executed via GSA eBuy under the authority of GSAR Subpart 538.71. Participation is restricted to authorized contractors holding a GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) under SIN 518210C.
4. No Action Required
This notice is for informational purposes only to ensure transparency in the Department's long-term cloud acquisition planning. The Department is not seeking quotes, proposals, or feedback as part of this notice.
5. Points of Contact
Eric Olmstead, Contracting Officer: eric.olmstead@noaa.gov
- US
- Eric Olmstead
- eric.olmstead@noaa.gov
- Meredith Eaton
- meredith.eaton@noaa.gov
- Apr 23, 2026 01:53 pm EDTSpecial Notice (Original)
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