On April 15, the new Administration issued a widely expected and anticipated executive order (EO) on “Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement.” The EO cites Senate reports and congressionally created procurement advisory panels that have bemoaned how complex and...
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Tuesday Insight – April 15, 2025: Off the Shelf: The Evolving Federal Procurement Market
Alan Thomas, Founder of Alpha Tango Strategies, and Bill Gormley, President of The Gormley Group, joined Off the Shelf for an in-depth conversation on the Federal procurement market. The discussion centers on the consolidation of Federal procurement functions within...
Tuesday Insight – April 8, 2025: GSA MAS Overhaul Impacts IT Contracting, Adds AI and Cloud Categories
In its Multiple Awards Schedule (MAS) refresh set to take hold this month, the General Services Administration (GSA) is introducing more defined subcategories under information technology contracting. A new document from GSA shows that starting in April, Special Item...
Tuesday Insight – April 1, 2025 Optimizing the Multiple Award Schedule Program
On Monday, the General Services Administration (GSA) announced major changes to the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program. The changes include allowing contracts that fail to meet sales thresholds to expire, removing items with insufficient customer demand,...
Tuesday Insight – March 25, 2025: GSA Issues Major Changes to Multiple Award Schedule Program
Contracts that do not meet sales thresholds will be allowed to expire, among other changes introduced through a new initiative. The General Services Administration on Monday notified contractors of major changes to its Multiple Awards Schedule program, a commercial...
Tuesday Insight – March 18, 2025: GSA Advanced Notice for MAS Refresh 25 and Upcoming Mass Modification
The General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) is planning to issue GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Solicitation 47QSMD20R0001 - Refresh # 25 in March 2025. Outlined below are the upcoming changes associated with Solicitation...
Tuesday Insight – March 11, 2025: Driving Best Value Pricing – Let’s Go for a Ride
There are many variables that drive best value pricing. Suppliers take into consideration many factors, including pricing to address excess inventory, pricing to meet sales goals or drive market penetration, and pricing in response to the buyer’s requirements. This...
Tuesday Insight – March 4, 2025: Coalition for Government Procurement – Acquisition Reform through Best Value and the Schedule
The FoRGED Act is the procurement blueprint for the National Defense Authorization Act of 2026. A section of the FoRGED Act contains language that will change the statutory authority for the General Services Administration (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) to...
Tuesday Insight – February 25, 2025: Coalition for Government Procurement – An Acquisition Reset: Deregulating to Deliver Best Value Mission Support for the American People
Unfortunately, the last 30 years have seen the determined, inexorable re-regulation of commercial item contracting. As highlighted in previous blogs, the number and scope of unique federal clauses that now apply to commercial item contracts render the term “commercial...
Tuesday Insight – February 18, 2025: FAR Review and Reform
In the spirit of procurement reform, efficiency and economy, and to be consistent with the Coalition For Government Procurement blogs in the prior weeks, the Coalition and its members have undertaken an effort to review the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), to...
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