This year marks the 40th anniversary of the codification of the General Services Administration’s Multiple Award Schedule program in the Competition in Contracting Act, CICA (it’s a ruby anniversary in case you were wondering). The MAS is the Federal Government’s...
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Tuesday Insight – February 13th, 2024: GSA Marks Key Milestone in Schedules Modernization Effort
The General Services Administration’s (GSA) third attempt to modernize the catalog management system running on its Advantage! program seems to have finally hit the right mark. GSA is expanding the number of users of the new FAS Catalog Platform (FCP) after a...
Tuesday Insight – February 6th, 2024: A Contract Modification is required for Joint Ventures Awarded Prior to MAS Refresh 16
Reminder: As per mass modification A863, Joint Ventures (JV) awarded MAS contracts prior to May 19, 2023 must complete and submit a modification request via eMod to conform with the JV specific requirements outlined in MAS Solicitation Refresh 16. The modification...
Tuesday Insight – January 30th, 2024: Procurement trends at the VA
Greg Giddens, co-founder and partner at Potomac Ridge Consulting, joins Off the Shelf for a discussion of the key procurement trends at the Department of Veterans Affairs (the VA). Giddens discusses the VA’s IT and supply chain modernization efforts, including the...
Tuesday Insight – January 23rd, 2024: Concerns Over NASA’s SEWP VI Small Business Strategy Come to Surface
Concerns about NASA’s sixth iteration of its governmentwide acquisition contract known as SEWP have been bubbling underneath the surface for much of the past few months. Industry experts have quietly been wringing their collective hands over NASA’s plans for the small...
Tuesday Insight – January 16th, 2024: White House Reveals Better Contracting Initiative
Echoing the Obama administration’s Better Buying Initiative, and as a next phase in the federal government’s enterprise approach to procurement, the Biden administration announced the Better Contracting Initiative — a four-pronged initiative designed to ensure the...
Tuesday Insight – January 9th, 2024 New Year, New Rules for GSA Contracting Officers
The new year brings in new rules for the General Services Administration contracting officers. Before awarding a contract to a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB), contracting officers at the GSA must do one of two things starting in 2024: Either...
Tuesday Insight – January 2nd, 2024: GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service Achieves $100 Billion Status
For the first time ever, the Federal Acquisition Service in the General Services Administration topped $100 billion in revenue last fiscal year. That is $10 billion more than FAS brought in during fiscal 2022. Tom Howder, the current deputy and soon-to-be acting...
Tuesday Insight – December 26, 2023: GSA OASIS+ Program Holiday Updates
Happy Holidays from GSA’s Office of Professional Services and Human Capital Categories (PSHC) OASIS+ Program. The past year was filled with significant milestones issuing and closing the initial proposal submission period for all six OASIS+ Request for Proposals...
Tuesday Insight – December 19th, 2023: GSA Introduces New SIN Subgroup for 518210DC – NARA-Compliant Digitization Services for Federal Records
A new GSA SIN Subgroup has been created under 518210DC: “NARA-Compliant Digitization Services for Federal Records.” NARA recently published digitization regulations for permanent records. This Subgroup under 518210DC allows contractors to better highlight to agencies...
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