California is nearly done refreshing its master agreement for companies eligible to provide IT consulting services to state agencies and departments.
The Department of General Services this week issued an Intent to Award document giving notification that approximately 250 companies qualified for the IT Consulting Services Master Service Agreement (MSA).
Read the full list of companies in the updated Intent to Award document (PDF download).
Earlier this year the state put a solicitation on the street to refresh the IT MSA list and to update and expand the contract vehicle's specifications and requirements.
More than 165 contractors were qualified under the old MSA for IT consulting services. It most recently was put out to bid in 2013. The existing IT Consulting Services MSA is scheduled to expire in March 2018 for a majority of contractors; some contracts, though, will be over in 2017.
Firms qualified under the MSA list are able to charge prenegotiated hourly rates to state customers for contract staff. Delegated purchasing authority for a single order is capped at three tiers: $1.5 million, $5 million and $10 million.
The refreshed MSA expands the number of eligible job classifications to 25 (previously there have been just seven), allows vendors to adjust their pricing based on California's Consumer Price Index in some circumstances, and allows purchase orders completed before the end of the MSA term contract to continue as needed beyond the MSA expiration date, among other changes.
