All About T4NG
Episode description
If there is one thing that the Technology Acquisition Center (TAC) is known for, it is its Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation (T4NG) contract. T4NG is a 10 year Indifinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract consisting of 28 vendors and a ceiling of over $22B, and we are currently in year five of the vehicle, looking to exercise the next five year option, and onramp a group of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned small businesses (SDVOSB). VA obligates well over $1B a year on a wide range of information technology services. The vehicle has proven highly effective for VA, supported by its 28 vendors, consisting of 12 large businesses and 16 SDVOSBs.
In this episode we discuss some of the details behind the vehicle that many will find intriguing. Listen to what makes T4NG unique from other IDIQs across the federal government, as well as how we determine when to use or not use the vehicle. Our panel also discusses how vendors can potentially get a slice of the T4NG pie, or break into VA in other areas, and how we employ some innovative acquisition techniques on the vehicle. Our contracting officers even address the advantage of incumbency and whether the advantage is significant across the vehicle.
To address these topics and more, we have a fantastic panel of T4NG Directors and Contracting Officers who collectively have decades of experience on the vehicle and its predecessor.
This panel includes:
- Anne Marie Vasconcelos, T4NG Procurement Service Director
- Matt Ginty, T4NG Procurement Service Director
- Dana Newcomb, T4NG Contracting Officer
- Iris Farrell, T4NG Contracting Officer