The Veterans Affairs Department is turning up the scrutiny for all of its information technology, professional services and any other new contracts valued at least at $10 million. A new memo from Joseph Maletta, the acting principal executive director in the Office of... read more
The General Services Administration is working with the Office of Management and Budget, NASA and the National Institutes of Health on transfer plans for several major governmentwide contracting vehicles through which more than $100 billion in spending on information... read more
Larry Allen’s expertise in government contracting spans four decades; three books he either authored or contributed to on the subject, and a college course he created and taught for several years at The George Washington University. In March, Allen was appointed as... read more
The Trump administration has launched an effort to overhaul the Federal Acquisition Regulation with a focus on delivering a quicker, more efficient and less burdensome procurement process for federal agencies. To provide details on the progress of the so-called... 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 aims to streamline the federal buyer-seller relationship with the launch of the new initiative.The General Services Administration launched its latest effort to overhaul the federal government technology acquisition process Tuesday... read more
The Trump Administration on March 20, 2025, issued an executive order titled “Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement” (the EO), which will result in a major change in the landscape of federal procurement by making the... read more
On April 25, 2025 GSA began to issue Unilateral Mass Mods for removal of SINs under Mod: #A892. All vendors with impacted SIN’s slated for deletion will be receiving an notice from GSA via email from contract.mods@gsa.gov. SINs being deleted from the GSA... read more
Attention GSA General Supplies and Services Contractors GSA has identified a data issue with both the No Order Left Behind (NOLB) as well as the data included with the scorecard emails. Until we can rectify the data issue, the NOLB and scoreboard email have been... read more
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
