Likely your security / approval estimate is low [edited]- typically you can write an app like this quickly but the ATO / certification and the BAs and PMs filli

Likely your security / approval estimate is low [edited]- typically you can write an app like this quickly but the ATO / certification and the BAs and PMs filling out paperwork and sitting in meetings will add weeks / months. Also I agree the overhead of current T&M contracts likely doesn't make contracts under 100K worth pursuing especially given the huge amount of competition for some of this work and (unless an incumbent) a pretty low win probability. Fingers crossed the TechFAR and some of the micro auction steps being taken make this a more dynamic market. EDIT2: Here's the spending on that Contract by task order (as up to date as USASpending can be anyway) https://www.usaspending.gov/Pages/AdvancedSearch.aspx?k=CIO549 https://www.usaspending.gov/Pages/AdvancedSearch.aspx?k=CIO5... EDIT: If the re-compete was done under OASIS then maybe we can get a lot of information out of this line by line transaction from USASpending: https://www.usaspending.gov/Transparency/Pages/AwardSummary.aspx?AwardID=17381939 https://www.usaspending.gov/Transparency/Pages/AwardSummary....