Alan Thomas, founder of Alpha Tango Strategies, and Bill Gormley of the Gormley Group, join Off the Shelf for a wide-ranging update on the latest procurement news. Thomas and Gormley provide their insights and viewpoints on the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul, the creation... read more
The FAR Overhaul returns authority to the contracting officer (CO). More importantly, it provides information, resources, and support to help the CO make good use of that authority. Here’s an example: Currently, the FAR makes it difficult to award an innovative... read more
GSA has made Transactional Data Reporting mandatory for MAS contractors under eligible SINs (which soon could be all SINs). Watch this video featuring Senior Consultant, Lauren (Urbina) Keshavarz and learn more about TDR- See how you can stay compliant and even... read more
In an interview on “The Federal Drive” with Terry Gerton, Venable LLP Partner, Diz Locaria discusses this new rule- “The Defense Department is tightening restrictions on who can win consulting contracts. A new DFARS amendment bars awards to firms... read more
The General Services Administration has released the lists of apparent awardees under the rolling awards process for the Unrestricted, Total Small Business and four socioeconomic small business set-aside tracks of the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services... read more
The SEWP V contracts have been extended to April 30, 2026. The SEWP Program Office will continue to process SEWP V orders throughout this extension period. Government Customers may submit SEWP V orders and modifications until midnight of April 30, 2026. Modifications... read more
Today, GSA posted the final set of deviations to complete phase I of the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul, FAR 15, 16, 25, and 42. Additionally, the deviation master text for parts 22, 23, 32,and 53 were posted as PDFs. The explanatory GSA deviation, practitioner albums,... read more
Mass Modifications are mandatory administrative modifications that occur whenever the solicitation has been updated with new regulatory changes. GSA requires that all schedule contractors, review and accept the new and existing terms and conditions of the latest... read more
The General Services Administration (GSA) has released Refresh 30 of the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) solicitation. This update incorporates a series of clause and provision changes tied to the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) initiative, which aims to simplify... read more
The General Services Administration (GSA) has announced Refresh 30 of the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) solicitation. This update incorporates a series of clause and provision changes tied to the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) initiative, which aims to simplify... read more
