Insight Newsletter

VA Increased MPT and SAT Extended through Sept 30  The VA had originally provided the following Emergency Acquisition flexibilities due to COVID-19 through June 30, 2020: The micro-purchase threshold is increased to $20,000 for goods and services purchased in the...

GSA MAS Consolidation Price Lists after MASS MOD A812 - After signing the MAS Consolidation Mass Modification A812, your GSA FSS Price List will need to be refreshed to incorporate the latest changes. It is important to note that when new Price Lists are refreshed to...

Haven’t Signed the MAS Consolidation Mass Mod A812 Yet? Have Questions?  GSA thanks their industry partners.  More than 85 percent of current Schedule contractors have already signed the Jan. 31, 2020 Mass Modification (Mass Mod) updating their present contracts to...

Federal procurement spending up $120B since 2015 - Agencies spent more on procurement in fiscal 2019 than in any of the previous 10 years. And no surprise, agency pending on multiple award contracts for IT and services spiked last year. Now that all of the 2019...

DoD Begins Embedding AI Ethics Principles in RFPs - When the Department of Defense (DoD) awarded a big artificial intelligence tech contract earlier this month, it marked one of the department’s first attempts at building its AI ethical principles into a request for...

GSA Steps Forward to Modernize Electronic Rulemaking - GSA’s eRulemaking program is modernizing Regulations.gov, the source for information on the development of federal regulations and other related documents issued by the U.S. government. On Regulations.gov, you can...

Upcoming Refresh/Mass Modification for the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Schedule - In June, the General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) will refresh the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) solicitation to incorporate updated Service...

GSA’s New Best-in-Class Wireless Solution SIN -  The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), with the support of the Government-wide Category Management Program Management Office, recently announced the designation of Wireless Mobility Solutions Special Item Number...

GSA, NIH Partner in Centers of Excellence Initiative - The U.S. General Services Administration and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), part of the National Institutes of Health, are entering into an agreement...

GSA Releases Human-Centered Design Evaluation and Buying Guide - On April 24, 2020 The U.S. General Services Administration today issued an Evaluation and Buying Guide [PDF - 823 KB] to help federal agencies seeking Human-Centered Design (HCD) services to improve...