According to an X post from Stephen Ehikian, the Acting Administrator for GSA, the agency has created a new bot to automate the pre-award research process. Ehikian claims this new bot—CODY—will eliminate hours of manual work currently performed by contracting officers. Ehikian says that the tool has already been used to cancel a contract.
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GSA Has a New Bot to Automate Pre-Award Research
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