Wireless Mobility Solutions on Schedule 70
GSA has worked with a government-wide mobility expert team to develop a mobile strategy for the federal government. The goals: make purchases more simple, provide additional supplier competition with better pricing, and keep current with mobility changes. From this effort, we have new SIN 132-53 on Schedule 70, wireless mobility solutions (WMS), which replaces the expiring Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative (FSSI) BPA. (GSA.gov February 14, 2019) Despite expiration of the FSSI mobility BPAs, GSA said on its website that agencies can still exercise extension options under existing agreements until 2023. (Fedscoop February 14, 2019)
WMS SIN includes 11 new service categories:
- Wireless Carrier Services
- Other Mobility End-Point Infrastructure – Mobility infrastructure
- Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS)
- Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM)
- Mobile Backend-as-a-Service (MBaaS)
- Telecom Expense Management (TEM)
- Mobile Application Vetting
- Mobile Threat Protection (MTP)
- Mobile Identity Management
- Internet of Things (loT)
- Other/Mobile Services (ibid)
The federal government spends nearly $1 billion dollars annually on wireless carrier services, according to GSA.gov, approximately 40-50 percent of the agencies’ total cost of ownership for mobility. Other mobility costs can include services related to mobile security, enterprise mobility management, mobile applications management, and mobile integration into the agency enterprise. These additional services can add up to an incremental $700-$800 million a year or nearly $2 billion dollars in total. (GSA.gov February 14, 2019)
The enhanced WMS SIN is now available for use by agency customers and industry partners. (ibid)
Questions about providing mobility services to the government or getting your Schedule 70? Give us a call at 301-913-5000 and we can walk you through it.