On April 15, the new Administration issued a widely expected and anticipated executive order (EO) on “Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement.” The EO cites Senate reports and congressionally created procurement advisory panels that have bemoaned how complex and... read more
Alan Thomas, Founder of Alpha Tango Strategies, and Bill Gormley, President of The Gormley Group, joined Off the Shelf for an in-depth conversation on the Federal procurement market. The discussion centers on the consolidation of Federal procurement functions within... read more
The General Services Administration identifies who it wants to join the 8(a), service-disabled/veteran-owned and woman-owned small business portions for the professional services vehicle. The General Services Administration is eyeing 399 more small businesses to join... read more
The General Services Administration has issued the list of 110 awardees under the rolling awards process for the unrestricted track of the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services Plus, or OASIS+, contract program. In a notice published Thursday on SAM.gov,... read more
In its Multiple Awards Schedule (MAS) refresh set to take hold this month, the General Services Administration (GSA) is introducing more defined subcategories under information technology contracting. A new document from GSA shows that starting in April, Special Item... read more
On Monday, the General Services Administration (GSA) announced major changes to the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program. The changes include allowing contracts that fail to meet sales thresholds to expire, removing items with insufficient customer demand,... read more
NASA can make awards for the potential $60 billion government-wide IT contract vehicle whenever the evaluation process ends. All protests involving NASA’s SEWP VI vehicle have been withdrawn at the Government Accountability Office, a move that clears the space... read more
Contracts that do not meet sales thresholds will be allowed to expire, among other changes introduced through a new initiative. The General Services Administration on Monday notified contractors of major changes to its Multiple Awards Schedule program, a commercial... read more
For vendors that have pricing impacted by any of the recent tariffs, modifying your GSA Schedule contract to increase pricing is an available remedy. All GSA Schedule contracts contain an Economic Price Adjustment clause in the contract that allow for price... read more
The General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) issued GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Solicitation 47QSMD20R0001 – Refresh # 26 (A897) on April 25, 2025. The refresh was emailed out to all authorized negotiators by GSA and is a mandatory... read more
