The latest award cohort takes the total number of federal contractors on the solicitation to 1,108.

The success of the $50 billion Alliant 2 has the agency considering increasing the ceiling.

Over 500 businesses from across the U.S. were given spots on the $50 billion IT contract vehicle.

The two-part plan involves creating a tool that analyzes acquisition data and delivers insights.

Task orders will be issued after GSA gives a notice to proceed later this summer.

Applying CMMC levels on an order-by-order basis will help meet agencies' specific needs.

GSA wants to use STARS III and Polaris to introduce competition at the task order level and expand government's pool of small business IT contractors.

A top GSA IT acquisition official said the agency will continue to bake new controls for how contractors handle sensitive government information into its largest acquisition vehicles.

2GIT, STARS III and other governmentwide acquisition contracts are all part of the more "proactive approach" to protecting federal information systems, say officials.

It appears GSA beat DOD to its own punch. CMMC language was put into GSA's $50 billion STARS III IT contract, giving the agency the right to…