Another of the General Services Administration’s emerging IT acquisition contracts will contain the DoD’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification requirements. GSA’s Polaris small business governmentwide contracting vehicle – which will eventually replace the canceled Alliant 2 Small Business contract – will include the requirements. The RFPs for the agency’s 8(a) Streamlined Technology Application Resource for Services (STARS) III already contain them, which could require small business contractors chosen for the new vehicle to adhere to CMMC.
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Alliant2 Replacement Will Have CMMC Requirements
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