Government’s reputation as prompt bill payer among shutdown’s casualties – Whatever one might say about the complexity of the federal procurement system, it has at least one thing going for it: Once a contractor has navigated the vagaries of the Federal... read more
DOD acquisition reform panel looks to sunset Clinger-Cohen – The Section 809 Panel, charged in a 2016 defense bill to streamline and reform Defense Department acquisition practices, issued its final report Jan. 15 with 58 new recommendations and bringing the... read more
2018 – The Year in Procurement — On December 17th on Off the Shelf, Jason Miller, executive editor of the Federal News Network and Bill Gormley, president of the Gormley Group, took a look at the key programs, initiatives, and policies that shaped the... read more
Notify your ACO with POC/Administrator Updates – Following your Procurement Contracting Officer’s (PCO) approval of a POC/Administrator update in eMod, you should remember to notify your Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO) of the change via email. The... read more
2018 the year of Multiple Award Schedules, what will 2019 bring? In many ways, 2018 has turned out to be the year of the GSA MAS program. GSA took a series of steps to streamline MAS processes and increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the MAS program, which... read more
The attached details fiscal year 2018 GSA Schedule sales by Schedule. Once again the GSA Information Technology (IT) Schedule 70 Contract is the largest of all Schedules in terms of sales followed by the Professional Services Schedule. The GSA... read more
Digital Certificate Requirements for new IFF Reporting System – All GSA Contractors that currently complete their GSA Sales Reports and pay their Industrial Funding Fee (IFF) through the 72A on-line sales portal will be migrated in 2019 to the FAS sales... read more
GSA will rollout schedules reform plan through fiscal 2020 – The General Services Administration’s sweeping plan to consolidate 24 acquisition schedules into a single vehicle will play out over the next two years and will offer contractors a standard set of... read more
Report: Federal Use of GSA’s IT Schedule 70 Vehicle to Rise in Fiscal 2019 – The federal government’s use of the General Services Administration’s Information Technology Schedule 70 to buy IT platforms and services is expected to increase in fiscal 2019 as... read more
GSA consolidates cybersecurity vehicles into a single, expansive contract – Citing the expanding role of cybersecurity in safeguarding federal networks, the General Services Administration said late Wednesday that it is consolidating its cybersecurity services... read more
