OASIS AND OASIS SB ON-RAMPING REQUIREMENT

by Jim Ghiloni, Professional Services Program Management Executive,

Director of the OASIS Program Management Office

 

Hello OASIS Industry Partners,

 

Today, I’m going to answer a question we hear quite often: “How do I get on OASIS?”

 

OASIS is not a GSA Schedule contract, so there is not a continuously open application process - instead we use “on-ramping.”  This competitive process can be conducted at our discretion as necessary. Advance notice for any on-ramping will be widely advertised in FBO.gov and other sites.  

 

While there is any number of reasons that we might decide to conduct an on-ramp, the primary reasons revolve around inadequate competition levels at the task order level, mergers & acquisitions that shrink the number of vendors, customer driven request for a more focused sub-pool, and/or “small businesses” outgrowing their small business size standard after the first option period. As there are multiple on-ramp procedures, I suggest you review Section H of the OASIS contract for more details.  

 

For small businesses that outgrow their size standard, on ramps can be lateral (moving from one Pool to another within OASIS SB as long as you are small for that Pool) or vertical (moving up to the OASIS Unrestricted Pools).

 

For on-ramps that involve replacing OASIS contractors, you must have a proposal score equal to or higher than the lowest scoring Contractor within the Pool being applied for. Note: The lowest scoring Contractor is based on the lowest evaluated numerical score within a given Pool in accordance with the scoring table in Section M of the solicitation at the time of the original awards. Essentially the same evaluation criteria and scoring table of the original solicitation will be used for any on-ramping procurement.

 

Here are the lowest evaluated numerical scores per Pool, per vehicle:  

 

OASIS (Small Business)

POOL 1:      5925

POOL 2:      N/A

POOL 3:      5875

POOL 4:      6575

POOL 5A:   6625

POOL 5B:   6975

POOL 6:      5450

 

OASIS (Unrestricted)

POOL 1:      7825

POOL 2:      N/A

POOL 3:      7575

POOL 4:      7550

POOL 5A:   7950

POOL 5B:   8325

POOL 6:      N/A

 

Note: N/A means the Pool was not filled and therefore the lowest scoring is yet to be established.

 

Companies interested in competing to become an OASIS or OASIS SB Prime contractor are encouraged to read the original OASIS solicitations, which are still available on FBO.gov.  Again, any on-ramping that takes place shall be announced on FBO.gov.  

We hope this helps explain OASIS on-ramping. If you still have any questions, please send them to oasis@oasis.gov.

Have a great day.

Jim