OneGov’s discounted deals are ‘a first step’ to longer-term contracts, officials say

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ByEdward Graham,
Managing Editor, Nextgov/FCW

May 20, 2026 06:15 PM ET

The General Services Administration has asked some companies to re-up their temporary price cuts while it continues to talk with them about becoming direct contractors on its Multiple Award Schedule.

The General Services Administration is looking at extending discounted deals that several companies had offered the federal government on their software products and services via the OneGov initiative as part of longer-term contract discussions, according to officials with the agency.

GSA launched OneGov in April 2025 to offer agencies major discounts on technology by treating the government as one customer. Since then, GSA has inked agreements with 20 companies through the initiative, including Google, OpenAI and Microsoft. Some of these agreements include temporary price cuts of as much as 70% to 90%, with many of the reductions set to expire after...

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