The U.S. government has authorized an information technology contract with a potential value of $503 million that is designed to meet newly adopted goals for greatly improving IT acquisition. The General Services Administration, which issued the contract for software and cloud-related services, described the acquisition approach as a first-of-its-kind initiative. A distinct feature of the contract vehicle is that it focuses exclusively on the specific IT resources of a single provider — Salesforce.
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Posted by: John K. Higgins January 28, 2016 07:00 AMThe U.S. government has authorized an information technology contract with a potential value of $503 million that is designed to meet newly adopted goals for greatly improving IT acquisition. The General Services Administration, which issued the contract for software and cloud-related services, described the acquisition approach as a first-of-its-kind initiative. A distinct feature of the contract vehicle is that it focuses exclusively on the specific IT resources of a single provider — Salesforce.