Tuesday Insight – July 23, 2019

FAR Rule Change Makes Buying Information Technology Quicker – In a recent Blog Post Bill Zielinski, the Assistant Commissioner for the IT Category in the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), published a blog highlighting recent changes to the Federal Acquisition... read more

Tuesday Insight – July 16, 2019

The New Unique Entity ID Standard – GSA’s Office of Systems Management, Integrated Award Environment is hosting a meeting to provide information about the new Unique Entity ID standard.  The meeting is open to all: current and potential federal awardees... read more

Tuesday Insight – July 9, 2019

Commercial e-Commerce Portals ImplementationOn July 2, 2019 The U.S. General Services Administration issued a draft solicitation to obtain feedback from portal providers on the proposed requirements of the commercial e-commerce portals program. Read... read more

Order Level Materials (OLMs)

After many years of discussion on this subject, the General Services Administration (GSA) is amending the General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) providing the authority to acquire OLMs when placing task or delivery orders against a Federal... read more

Tuesday Insight – July 2, 2019

The “Off-the-Shelf” Podcast: The Federal Marketplace Initiative – On June 11, Bill Gormley, President of the Gormley Group and Chair of the Coalition for Government Procurement, joined Roger Waldron, President of the Coalition for Government Procurement on... read more

Tuesday Insight – June 25, 2019

The PRC – Opportunity continues to knock – On May 28, the General Services Administration published a notice in the Federal Register seeking input from industry regarding the extension of GSA Acquisition Regulation clauses 552.216-75, “Transactional Data... read more

Tuesday Insight – June 18, 2019

GAO’s Top 10 Agency Legacy Systems in Need of Modernization – The Government Accountability Office (GAO) identified 10 agency legacy systems in most critical need of modernization in a June 11 report. Download Newsletter read more

Tuesday Insight – June 11, 2019

New Rule Streamlines GSA Schedules Program Clauses – Big News! General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) Case 2013-G502 Federal Supply Schedule Contracting (Administrative Changes) has been published as a final rule and became effective May... read more

Tuesday Insight – June 4, 2019

GSA Announces Senior Level Appointments – The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announces Julie Dunne as Senior Advisor to the Administrator and Reynold Schweickhardt as Senior Advisor for Technology. Dunne and Schweickhardt, appointees of President... read more