The General Services Administration will roll out a new blanket purchase agreement to provide federal agencies with commercial cloud offerings as it seeks to reduce burden on government buyers – and administration costs for providers. The General Services... read more
See how the president is prioritizing his proposed budget increases at nearly every agency in government. President Biden on Monday put forward his second budget, including a range of proposals to reshape agency operations in his fiscal 2023 blueprint that would boost... read more
A GSA Schedule Contractor Teaming Arrangement (CTA) is an arrangement in which two or more Schedule contract holders partner with one another to provide a total solution to meet a buyer’s needs. By teaming together, GSA Schedule Contractors are able to meet a... read more
Listen to our very own, Bill Gormley, President of The Gormley Group, joined by the Off the Shelf host Roger Waldron provide an update on the key issues, opportunities, and challenges GSA contractors, and customer agencies are wrestling with in 2022. As Gormley... read more
GSA plans to release Solicitation Refresh 10 to the MAS Schedule, with this refresh GSA is making significant changes to the GSA Packaged Furniture Program. GSA is planning on releasing Refresh 10 on March 31, 2022. These changes are the result of a GSA Office of... read more
On Thursday, March 17, 2022, GSA issued an Acquisition Letter (the Letter) —effective immediately—to allow for greater flexibility to increase prices on GSA contracts that include certain Economic Price Adjustment (EPA) clauses, and to establish a temporary moratorium... read more
President Biden on Friday signed legislation to fund federal government operations in the short term, averting a government shutdown before a midnight deadline. The continuing resolution Biden signed funds the government through March 15, buying time for a sweeping... read more
The Biden administration completed rules that would speed up federal procurement policies to require a higher level of American-made products. The new requirements, which President Biden highlighted during an event at the White House Friday, will mean that products... read more
This week on Off the Shelf, Roger Waldron, President of the Coalition for Government Procurement (thecgp.org) interviewed Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners and discussed the state of the General Services Administration’s major governmentwide... read more
