GSA prepping governmentwide cybersecurity acquisition vehicle

Fedscoop: The General Services Administration is close to launching a special acquisition vehicle in line with President Barack Obama's $19 billion Cybersecurity National Action Plan so agencies governmentwide have a single place to purchase cybersecurity products and services.

GSA is expected to publish a solicitation Aug. 12 for a new IT Schedule 70 special item number focused around what it calls "Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services." GSA creates special item numbers, or SINs, for specific categories of popular items on schedules so agencies have greater insight into and differentiate what they're buying.

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