On Wednesday, August 30th, 2023, GSA’s Senior Procurement Executive Jeff Koses and GSA’s Assistant Commissioner for FAS Office of Policy and Compliance Mark Lee jointly signed Supplement 3 of Acquisition Letter MV-22-02, which extends the expiration of the temporary...
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Program Update: OASIS+ Amendment 0002 Overview Video, Upcoming OSP Webinars, Q&A and Amendment 0003 Planning
Amendment 0002 Overview Video GSA’s Office of Professional Services and Human Capital (PSHC) has released a video recording and slide deck featuring highlights from OASIS+ Amendment 0002. These resources are attached to all six OASIS+ Request for Proposals (RFPs) on...
Tuesday Insight – August 15th, 2023: GSA OASIS+ Program Update
GSA thanks our industry partners for your continued patience. GSA’s Office of Professional Services and Human Capital (PSHC) plans to release a program update no later than the week of August 14 that will include: The first batch of answers to the more than 4,500...
Tuesday Insight – August 8th, 2023: Government Contractors Grapple with Enforcement Challenges of TikTok Ban
Industry groups are raising censorship and privacy concerns over a ban of popular social media app TikTok on devices used by government contractors. Industry groups have expressed privacy and censorship concerns over a federal ban that prohibits government contractors...
Tuesday Insight – August 1st, 2023: Expect New Cybersecurity Rule in September, DOD Tells Contractors
The White House appears ready to review the proposed cybersecurity standard for defense companies. The Defense Department and Office of Management and Budget are now slating the release of a proposed Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification rule for September. The...
Tuesday Insight – July 25th, 2023: OASIS+ RFPs Q&As and OASIS+ Submission Portal Updates
On July 14, 2023, GSA officially closed the question and answer (Q&A) period for all six OASIS+ RFPs. The agency received more than 4,500 questions. GSA plans to release Q&A responses in batches in the coming weeks and will notify industry via SAM.gov and...
Tuesday Insight – July 18th, 2023: GSA IG: FAS Fails to Address Prohibited Telecom Items on MAS Contracts
The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) has failed to address prohibited telecom items offered on its Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contracts, “putting customers at risk of unauthorized surveillance of foreign adversaries,” the...
Tuesday Insight – July 11th, 2023: Overview of GSA Modification Processing Changes
GSA in introducing a new modification process pilot called “Standardized Pricing Evaluation Logic,” which GSA has abbreviated as SPEL. GSA is looking to standardize the modification process in order to provide more consistent results and answer regardless of the...
Tuesday Insight – July 4th, 2023: Leveraging the Collective Buying Power of the Government
Note: Opinion Expressed by The Coalition for Government Procurement Stay with me now, I know this is a long blog! It provides a perspective through an industry lens regarding its partnership with government. As a best practice, commercial firms leverage their buying...
Tuesday Insight – June 27th, 2023: GSA Releases Recorded Pre-solicitation Conference and Training for OASIS+ System for Proposal Submission (OSP)
GSA’s Office of Professional Services and Human Capital (PSHC) has released a recorded pre-proposal conference and a recorded training on the OASIS+ Submission Portal (OSP/Symphony) on SAM.gov. The optional pre-proposal conference provides an overview of the OASIS+...
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