OASIS 8A Pool 4 - Scientific Research and Development (R&D)

This Pool comprises efforts primarily engaged in conducting research and experimental development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences, such as agriculture, electronics, environmental, biology, botany, computers, chemistry, food, fisheries, forests, geology, health, mathematics, medicine, oceanography, pharmacy, physics, veterinary, and other allied subjects. For example, this scope covers R&D in the Sciences services. Awardees consist of only 8(a) small businesses. All orders issued under OASIS 8(a) are automatically considered set-aside for 8(a) Program Participants as only 8(a) Program Participants were awarded an OASIS 8(a) contract.

One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services - 8a (OASIS 8A)

Federal Acquisition Service [GSA]

The OASIS 8(a) Program is composed of multiple award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (MA-IDIQ) contracts. The contract consists of a base period of five (5) years with one (1) five-year option period. All Pools described below and all contracts are Set Aside for 8(a) Businesses Only. The purpose of OASIS 8(a) is to meet the needs of customers with complex integrated professional service based requirements who cannot use, or find difficulty using, the MAS Schedules, Government-wide Acquisition contracts (GWACs), or other existing vehicles for a solution. Complex integrated professional services based requirements are those that: -Involve multiple professional services disciplines; -Involve significant IT components, but are not IT requirements; -Involve ancillary support services and supplies (commonly referred to as Other Direct Costs - ODCs); -Involve commercial or non commercial services, or a blend of both; -Require consideration of all Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 16 pricing alternatives, including fixed-price with or without incentives, cost-reimbursement (all types),Time-and-Material, Labor-Hour, or combinations of these alternatives, to fairly allocate risk between the contractor and Government -Require blending of all or some of the above.