GSA Posts 2nd New Services IDIQ RFI on SAM.gov On June 2, 2021, GSA’s Office of Professional Service and Human Capital Categories (PSHC) posted the second request for information (RFI) for the new services multi-agency contract (MAC) contract on SAM.gov The second... read more
FSS BPAs: Back to the Future or ‘Déjà vu all over again!’ On May 13, the General Services Administration issued a request for information (RFI) seeking industry feedback on a “governmentwide cloud acquisition strategy and Blanket Purchase Agreement.” The RFI details... read more
President Biden’s Recent Cybersecurity Executive Order Will Increase Compliance Obligations on the Private Sector Companies providing information technology products and services to U.S. government agencies are now required to notify such agencies of cyber incidents... read more
Implementation of Verified Products Portal & Impacts to Letter of Supply and GSA Multiple Award Schedule Solicitation Refresh NewsAs a part of the Federal Marketplace Strategy (FMP) to modernize and simplify the buying and selling experience, GSA recently rolled... read more
The link details Government Fiscal Year (GFY) 2020 GSA Schedule sales by Schedule, please note that GSA consolidated all the Schedules into a single GSA MAS Schedule contract in August of 2020 an some sales were reported under MAS which is the new consolidated MAS... read more
This week on Off the Shelf, David Black, partner at Holland & Knight and Ken Dodds, government contracting industry expert at Live Oak Bank, discussed the latest policy, program and legal developments impacting small businesses in the federal market. Black and... read more
This week on Off the Shelf, Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, examined the current state of the federal market, with a focus on interagency contracting. Larry Allen provided his assessment of GSA’s consolidation effort for the MAS program and... read more
This week on Off the Shelf, Jason Miller, executive editor for Federal News Network, provided an update on the key procurement story lines he is following early in 2021. Miller highlighted a recent small business bid protest decision that could have significant... read more
Novation Agreements Under Federal Contracts A unique aspect of doing business with the federal government is the built-in limits on a contractor’s right to assign the contract or the right to payment under the contract to third parties. The Anti-Assignment Act (41... read more
On May 19, 2021 Bill Gormley will moderate an expert panel discussion during Coalition for Government Procurement’s 2021 Spring Training Conference. The following GSA Panelists will discuss GSAs Systems and Consolidation of the $36B+ Multiple Award Schedule Program:... read more