The GSA 8(a) STARS III Government-wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) provides Federal agencies with IT services and IT services-based solutions, which can be tailored to meet an agency's particular mission needs and may include new and emerging technologies that evolve over the life of the contract. STARS III's scope provides flexibility at the order level to include ancillary support that the government determines to be integral to, and necessary for, the IT services-based solution. STARS III's scope is agile and will automatically keep pace as IT evolves.

The Emerging Technology Sub-area (Sub-Area 1) provides for IT services-based solutions which involve emerging technology (ET) innovation to securely accelerate transformation and advance mission outcomes.

The OCONUS Sub-area (Sub-Area 2) provides for IT services-based solutions to be performed outside the contiguous United States (OCONUS). The geographical scope of coverage is worldwide.