25: Collaboration Platform

Launch interactive platform for pre-RFP agency-industry collaboration

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The government benefits when there is broad engagement with industry before beginning an IT project. Recently, the government used an online wiki tool to rapidly and effectively explore solutions for a planned Federal IT investment. Tens of thousands of visitors participated from all 50 states and workers at Fortune 500 companies interacted with the owners of a 10-person business to discuss the best solutions for the government. The dialogue allowed participants to tag and vote on the best ideas, providing the agency with a list of top priorities and key themes that made the feedback both more comprehensive and more actionable than what could have been obtained through traditional methods. Technological opportunities were discussed, weighed, and judged by the community that were not immediately obvious at the onset of the effort. Inexpensive, efficient solutions such as these should be made available to all agencies to effectively tap the understanding of industry partners, especially in the period prior to issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP). Within the next six months, GSA will launch a government-wide, online, interactive platform for this purpose. Action item owner and deadlines

Stakeholder(s):

• Agencies


• Industry

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