{"slug": "gsa-taking-measured-approach-to-sewp-takeover", "title": "GSA taking measured approach to SEWP takeover", "summary": "The General Services Administration is taking a measured approach to taking over NASA's SEWP IT contract vehicle, prioritizing continuity to avoid disrupting agencies and vendors. GSA has embedded staff with the SEWP office to understand processes and determine the timing of the transition, which is part of a broader Trump administration initiative to centralize government-wide contracts under GSA.", "body_md": "# GSA taking measured approach to SEWP takeover\n\n## Continuity is the General Services Administration's top priority as it embeds staff in NASA’s SEWP office to lay groundwork to transfer the $60 billion IT vehicle.\n\n*EDITOR's NOTE: This article has been updated to include the correct terminology for the authority to operate a governmentwide contract -- executive agent designation.*\n\nThe General Services Administration still plans to take over NASA’s SEWP IT contract vehicle, but is taking a slow and steady approach.\n\n“Continuity is my number one priority,” Laura Stanton, acting commissioner of GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service, told WT on Wednesday after she spoke at the GovExec-produced SAP NOW event in Washington, D.C.\n\nGSA has people embedded with the SEWP office to understand processes and help determine the timing of when the contract moves to GSA, she said.\n\nOn Tuesday, NASA announced [2,100 awards across three functional areas.](https://www.washingtontechnology.com/contracts/2026/06/nasa-names-2100-winners-sewp-vi/414344/?oref=wt-homepage-river) The bulk of the awards came in Category 3 for standalone services, a new business area for SEWP.\n\nGSA wants to be careful with the transition because it does not want to disrupt the agencies that rely on SEWP and the vendors who have done billions of dollars of business through the vehicle, Stanton said.\n\nNASA no longer has the official “executive agent designation” needed to operate a government-wide acquisition contract. NASA, the National Institute of Health, and GSA were the only agencies with the authority.\n\nBut GSA is the only agency with that authority now.\n\nNIH is letting its [CIO-SP vehicles run out](https://www.washingtontechnology.com/contracts/2026/06/nih-pulls-plug-its-government-wide-contracts/414091/?oref=ng-author-river). Task orders can be awarded through October, but the period of performance must end by Dec. 31, 2028\n\nNASA’s SEWP VI has a $60 billion ceiling over a 10-year period.\n\nThe move to consolidate government-wide contracts is part of the Trump administration’s initiative to centralize how agencies buy common goods and services through GSA.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gsa-taking-measured-approach-to-sewp-takeover", "canonical_source": "https://www.nextgov.com/acquisition/2026/06/gsa-taking-measured-approach-sewp-takeover/414460/", "published_at": "2026-06-26 16:02:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-26 16:41:37.784891+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy"], "entities": ["General Services Administration", "NASA", "Laura Stanton", "Federal Acquisition Service", "SEWP", "National Institute of Health", "CIO-SP", "Trump administration"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gsa-taking-measured-approach-to-sewp-takeover", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gsa-taking-measured-approach-to-sewp-takeover.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gsa-taking-measured-approach-to-sewp-takeover.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gsa-taking-measured-approach-to-sewp-takeover.jsonld"}}