TGG Special Announcement – December 7, 2021: Biden Vaccine Mandate for Federal Contractors Blocked Nationwide

The Biden administration’s mandate for federal contractors’ employees to be vaccinated will be halted nationwide, amid a slew of challenges from states that say the president overstepped his authority in requiring the Covid-19 shots. The mandate, which was set to take... read more

Tuesday Insight – November 30th, 2021: Labor Department Issues Final Rule Requiring Federal Contractors to Pay $15 Minimum Wage

On Monday (Nov 22, 2021), the Biden administration announced its final rule directing federal contractors to pay their workers a $15 minimum wage starting next year. The rule, promulgated by the Labor Department, follows a directive from President Biden issued shortly... read more

Listen to Interview with Bill Gormley Discussing Key Contracting Trends Impacting the GSA MAS Program

This week on Off the Shelf hosted by Roger Waldron, President of the Coalition for Government Procurement, Bill Gormley, president of The Gormley Group, discussed key contracting trends impacting the General Services Administration, customer agencies, and industry.... read more

Tuesday Insight – November 23, 2021: GSA Suspends MAS Schedule Contractors from eBuy and eLibary For Failure to Accept Mass Mod A837

For those clients and contractors who have not yet accepted the GSA Mass Mod A837 which implements Executive Order (EO) 14042 Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors, GSA as of November 16, 2021 has suspended use of GSA contract(s) for those... read more

Tuesday Insight – November 16, 2021: White House Clarifies Contractor Vaccination Deadline

GSA launched a tracker this week to monitor compliance with the mandate. The White House clarified in new guidance that employees of federal contractors must be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus by January 18. “Covered contractor employees must be fully... read more

Tuesday Insight – November 9, 2021: For Contractors, Guidance on Ever-Evolving Federal Vaccine Mandate makes Compliance Difficult

Update: The Biden administration on Thursday extended the deadline for federal contractors to comply with the vaccine mandate, a day after this story was initially posted. Contractors now have until Jan. 4, the same deadline that private sector companies have under... read more

GSA Governmentwide Cloud BPA – Supplemental Notice November 5, 2021

GSA Governmentwide Cloud BPA RFQ – Supplemental Special Notice 11 5 2021 read more

Tuesday Insight – November 2, 2021: 20 States Now Suing Biden over Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

20 States Now Suing Biden over Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate At least 20 states have now filed lawsuits against the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, with nearly all of them coming in a wave on Friday. It comes as federal workers have a few... read more

TGG Alert Updated 11/16/2021 – New January 2022 Deadline for Contractors to Comply with Mandatory Covid Vaccinations

To reduce the spread of COVID-19, the Federal Government is instituting significant requirements for Government contractors What is Required? Under the guidance issued by the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force, Federal contractors will be required to implement the... read more

Tuesday Insight – October 26, 2021: FAR & Beyond: Multiple-Award, Generic, Government-wide Blanket Purchase Agreements = Vertical Contract Duplication

As GSA continues to engage stakeholders regarding its strategy for the cloud marketplace, avoiding vertical contract duplication will be critical to creating a competitive, efficient, and effective cloud marketplace for customer agencies and industry partners.... read more