"Is there an award for the worst government system launch ever?" says one complaint about beta.SAM.gov.

Some users have taken issue with the two-factor authentication required to access the new federal awards system.

The award system is being retired with nine others over time as the General Services Administration streamlines acquisitions through a single beta system.

The agency has released the newly consolidated schedule on FedBizOpps.

The Multiple Award Schedules Consolidation is intended to modernize acquisition for federal, state and local governments.

Nine other legacy systems will be consolidated within the streamlined beta.SAM.gov.

If the notice yields "suitable responses," SAA says they'll post a solicitation in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2019.

The yearlong pilot will see select contracting offices uploading post-award eBuy request for quote (RFQ) information to the open FedBizOpps platform for public review.

Five designers will help Kessel Run teams "transform legacy applications into cloud-native applications."

And they're looking for industry input on what techniques already exist.