DoD reveals why there’s ‘not going to be another big’ budget increase in 2020 – As the Pentagon finalizes its fiscal 2020 planning, the department is not expecting to see its budget top line grow, according to a top official. “If you look at ’18 and ’19 — two... read more
GSA OIG Report On TDR Pilot On Wednesday, July 25, the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) published a report detailing its findings from an audit of the GSA Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) Pilot. Based on its review of GSA’s... read more
Changes are coming to professional services thanks to contract management – Changes are coming in the way the General Services Administration purchases services. In April the Office of Federal Procurement Policy released a new strategy to use category management... read more
Changes are coming to professional services thanks to contract management – Changes are coming in the way the General Services Administration purchases services. In April the Office of Federal Procurement Policy released a new strategy to use category management... read more
Federal Spending on 8(a) Competitive Awards Hit $8.56B in Fiscal 2017 Federal agencies obligated $8.56 billion for competitively awarded contracts during fiscal 2017 through a program that is set aside for socially disadvantaged businesses. Download... read more
Digital Certificates for GSA Schedule Contracts – The General Services Administration (GSA) has announced that The ACES program is going away. ACES certificates will no longer be offered by IdenTrust after July 12, 2018. However, anyone with the ACES certs... read more
Designated Country Codes for Country of Origin (COO) Many contractors are still using the old GSA List of abbreviations for Designated Country Codes. For an example, some contractors are listing the United Kingdom as UK when the correct abbreviation is GB. If you... read more
GSA schedules reform could reduce contracts for suppliers, acquisition chief says – While the General Services Administration moves ahead with its plans to create e-commerce portals for agencies to buy goods and services from, it’s also progressing on a plan to... read more
CSA and OLM Solicitation Refreshes – The General Services Administration (GSA) has issued a Schedule-wide refresh to incorporate the Commercial Supplier Agreement (CSA) final rule. As previously announced, GSA is expected to implement its roll-out of the Order... read more
SBA Plans to Consolidate All Small and 8(a) Mentor-Protégé Programs – The SBA plans to issue a proposed rule consolidating the All Small Mentor-Protégé Program and the 8(a) Mentor-Protégé Program. To read more about SBA’s plans download our Newsletter... read more
