NITAAC's Final Gate Closes
NITAAC has confirmed the sunset of its entire GWAC portfolio — CIO-SP3, CIO-SP3 Small Business, and CIO-CS — with October 29, 2026 as the hard stop for new order awards. For small AI contractors, this is a structural, irreversible narrowing of the task order market, not a political headwind that can be unwound. The firms that clear the next decade of federal AI work are the ones already on Polaris or holding Alliant 2 teaming arrangements — vehicle position is now the primary competitive differentiator, ahead of technical capability.
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