The 8(a) Streamlined Technology Application Resources for Services (STARS) III GWAC, is a Multiple Award Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (MA-IDIQ) small business set-aside contract to provide flexible access to customized IT solutions from a large, diverse pool of 8(a) industry partners. This next-generation GWAC enables C-HIT to provide IT services and IT services-based solutions to our Government customers.

• The 8(a) STARS III GWAC ordering period is a five-year base with one three- year option. This ordering period began on July 2, 2021.
• The ceiling for 8(a) STARS III is $50 billion.
• 8(a) STARS III allows for fixed price, time and materials, labor-hour, or a hybrid blend of these task order types.
• The contract access fee for the 8(a) STARS III GWAC is .75%, the same as GSA Schedules.
• As a Best-in-Class contract, 8(a) STARS III is designated by the Office of Management and Budget as a preferred governmentwide solution.

Examples of work to be performed include the following:

• Data Management
• Information and Communications Technology
• IT Operations and Maintenance
• IT Security/IT workforce augmentation
• Software Development
• Systems Design
• Emerging Technology-focused IT Services
• Artificial Intelligence (including Machine Learning, Deep Learning/Neural
• Networks, Natural Language Generation)
• Blockchain/Distributed Ledger
• Robotic Process Automation
• Technological Convergence
• Ancillary Support for Services and/or Equipment

• $50 billion program ceiling and five-year base period with one three-year option
• Ability to sole source to 8(a) partners for task orders under $4.5 million
• Contract types include fixed-price, labor-hour, and time-and-material terms
• Ancillary services and/or equipment are permitted when integral and necessary to the IT services-based solution
• Access to exceptionally qualified 8(a) small-business industry partners
• Pre-competed, easy-to-use contract with streamlined ordering procedures based on FAR 16.505
• Complimentary scope compatibility reviews
• No protests on orders under $10 million, except on the grounds that the order increases the scope, period, or maximum value of the GWAC