The Program Update is to notify industry that the OASIS+ Submission Portal (OSP) updates outlined in Amendment 0005 for all six OASIS+ Requests for Proposals (RFPs) have been completed. The following OSP/Symphony functionality updates have been made: Added a field to... read more
Ready or not, reporting season is right around the corner. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently announced that the 2022 EEO-Component 1 data collection will open on Tuesday, October 31, 2023, and the deadline for employers to file is Tuesday,... read more
The proposed rules would create new information sharing and incident reporting requirements. The White House is proposing a series of revisions to the Federal Acquisition Regulation to standardize cybersecurity requirements and establish new incident reporting... read more
On Friday, September 29, U.S. Small Business Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman released the following statement on the reopening of the application for the 8(a) Business Development Program (8(a) Program). “Though the administration of the 8(a) Program has been... read more
Beginning on January 1, 2024, Executive Order 14026 (Order) will raise the minimum wage for workers performing work on or in connection with covered contracts to from $16.20 to $17.20 per hour, a second year of a significant adjustment to the minimum wage for service... read more
GSA has emailed out reminders to all GSA Schedule large business contractors holding a Commercial Small Business Subcontracting Plan that expire on December 31, 2023. All large business vendors must submit a new follow-on plan and per FAR 19.704 vendors are required... read more
Over the last 18 months, the General Services Administration has been asking some hard questions, mostly about itself. What does the Federal Acquisition Service need to look like? Does the current regional structure make sense anymore? A group of leaders and employees... read more
This week, in the spirit of “Fair and Reasonable Transparency,” the Coalition for Government Procurement submitted to the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) feedback on its “FAS Policy and Procedure (PAP) 2021-05, Evaluation of FSS Program Pricing.” The PAP is a... read more
On Wednesday, August 30th, 2023, GSA’s Senior Procurement Executive Jeff Koses and GSA’s Assistant Commissioner for FAS Office of Policy and Compliance Mark Lee jointly signed Supplement 3 of Acquisition Letter MV-22-02, which extends the expiration of the temporary... read more
he GSA’s Office of Professional Services and Human Capital Categories (PSHC) will extend the proposal submission period for all six OASIS+ Requests for Proposals (RFPs) to October 20, 2023, at 4:00 PM EDT. The official amendment will be posted before September 22,... read more
