By Mark Rockwell
The General Services Administration is continuing to develop a civilian version of the Pentagon s Defense Enterprise Office Solutions (DEOS) blanket purchase agreement for cloud-based productivity tools. The Defense Department s contact vehicle supplies Microsoft 365 cloud-based email, productivity and communications apps. A GSA official explained in a Dec. 9 virtual event hosted by AFFIRM that a Civilian Enterprise Office Solutions (CEOS) contract requires a different approach. Agencies are much different in how they’re federated compared to the DOD, Allen Hill, acting deputy assistant commissioner for category management in the Federal Acquisition Service s Office of Information Technology Category, said. That takes more planning. You can t just put in an acquisition vehicle and everybody gets in line. We’re taking a more strategic approach of what types of services to include in CEOS.