Tuesday Insight – June 8th, 2021

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

Tuesday Insight – June 1st, 2021

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

Tuesday Insight – May 25th, 2021

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

Tuesday Insight – May 18th, 2021

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

GSA and VA Schedule Sales 2020

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

The State of Federal Procurement – March 12, 2021

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

A Procurement Potpourri – March 12th, 2021

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

Tuesday Insight – May 11th, 2021

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