On Monday (Nov 22, 2021), the Biden administration announced its final rule directing federal contractors to pay their workers a $15 minimum wage starting next year. The rule, promulgated by the Labor Department, follows a directive from President Biden issued shortly... read more
This week on Off the Shelf hosted by Roger Waldron, President of the Coalition for Government Procurement, Bill Gormley, president of The Gormley Group, discussed key contracting trends impacting the General Services Administration, customer agencies, and industry.... read more
For those clients and contractors who have not yet accepted the GSA Mass Mod A837 which implements Executive Order (EO) 14042 Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors, GSA as of November 16, 2021 has suspended use of GSA contract(s) for those... read more
GSA Phase 3 Consolidation plans for those vendors with more than one current GSA Schedule has been extended and is now due December 31, 2021. Again this requirement only applies to those vendors with more than one GSA Schedule contract and is important to start the... read more
As a part of the Federal Marketplace Strategy (FMP) to modernize and simplify the buying and selling experience, GSA recently rolled out the Verified Products Portal (VPP), a new manufacturer and wholesaler facing portal for authoritative product content. The VPP will... read more
Beginning March 8th, GSA Schedule vendors will be able to use GSA’s FAS ID to log in to eOffer/eMod, and will no longer need digital certificates to access these applications. FAS ID is a secure, centralized identity management system that allows you to access many... read more
