{"id":2320,"date":"2016-11-10T07:00:52","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T12:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gsablogs.gsa.gov\/technology\/?p=2320"},"modified":"2024-01-11T18:18:50","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T23:18:50","slug":"happy-veterans-day-success-of-the-vets-gwac-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsablogs.gsa.gov\/technology\/2016\/11\/10\/happy-veterans-day-success-of-the-vets-gwac-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Veterans Day! Success of the VETS GWAC Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, we observe and celebrate Veterans Day. Here in FAS we work hard year-round to honor our veterans and support the work they continue to do on behalf of this country. For centuries, veterans have served our great nation in a variety of ways, and their role in today\u2019s federal information technology (IT) market is no exception.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m proud to say that whenever your agency needs IT services, the Veterans Technology Services (VETS) Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) is ready to provide you with access to high-quality, customizable solutions offered by service-disabled veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces.<\/p>\n<p>Having surpassed $1.8 billion in federal obligations, the VETS GWAC demonstrates both our nation\u2019s dedication to service-disabled veterans and their commitment to seeing our nation succeed.<\/p>\n<p>Your agency can use the current VETS GWAC to acquire:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>IT help-desk support<\/li>\n<li>Specially designed and tested software<\/li>\n<li>Data-migration services<\/li>\n<li>Computer system support and maintenance<\/li>\n<li>VoIP support<\/li>\n<li>System migration and consolidation<\/li>\n<li>And more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>GSA is working on the VETS 2 GWAC, a follow on effort planned to be awarded in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about how the VETS and VETS 2 GWACs can support your mission, while helping your agency achieve socioeconomic procurement goals related to service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gsa.gov\/vets\">www.gsa.gov\/vets<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gsa.gov\/vets2\">www.gsa.gov\/vets2<\/a> or contact us at (855) 482-4348.<\/p>\n<p>You can also visit the IT Hallways on the <a href=\"http:\/\/go.usa.gov\/xkuPT\">Acquisition Gateway<\/a> for more information on the VETS GWAC.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure everyday, and especially this Friday, to thank a Veteran for their service.<\/p>\n<p>Please follow us on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/GSA_ITC\">@GSA_ITC<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/gSRnIJ\">LinkedIn<\/a> to join our ongoing conversations about government IT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, we observe and celebrate Veterans Day. Here in FAS we work hard year-round to honor our veterans and support the work they continue to do on behalf of this country. For centuries, veterans have served our great nation in a variety of ways, and their role in today\u2019s federal information technology (IT) market &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gsablogs.gsa.gov\/technology\/2016\/11\/10\/happy-veterans-day-success-of-the-vets-gwac-continues\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Happy Veterans Day! Success of the VETS GWAC Continues&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19176],"tags":[11,85],"class_list":["post-2320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-services","tag-gwac","tag-vets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsablogs.gsa.gov\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsablogs.gsa.gov\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsablogs.gsa.gov\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsablogs.gsa.gov\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsablogs.gsa.gov\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2320"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gsablogs.gsa.gov\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2324,"href":"https:\/\/gsablogs.gsa.gov\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320\/revisions\/2324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsablogs.gsa.gov\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsablogs.gsa.gov\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsablogs.gsa.gov\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}