The General Services Administration has moved another step toward retiring the legacy Schedule Input Program, making the FAS Catalog Platform the default system for newly awarded Multiple Award Schedule contractors. What Changed for New MAS Awards? GSA said Friday...
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CMMC Brings New Era of Cybersecurity Compliance for Defense Contractors – November 2025
Alston and Bird's Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team breaks down the Department of Defense’s finalized Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) rule, which establishes a tiered compliance framework that will soon be mandatory for all defense contractors...
Tuesday Insight – The Restructuring of Federal Procurement: November 18th, 2025
Emily Murphy, CEO and founder of Government Procurement Strategies (GPS), joins Off the Shelf for a wide-ranging discussion on the state of the federal procurement market. As a former GSA Administrator, Murphy shares her keen insights regarding the Trump...
Off the Shelf: The Revolutionary FAR Overhaul – November 2025
Ken Dodds, executive vice president, and general counsel at the Coalition for Common Sense in Government Procurement, joins Off the Shelf for a wide-ranging discussion of the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO). Dodds shares his analysis and insights on how the RFO will...
Tuesday Insight – The Pending CPARS Overhaul: What Contractors Should Know: November 11th, 2025
Congress is poised to overhaul the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System as it applies to Department of Defense contracts. The new DoD CPARS system will eliminate subjective performance assessments and focus exclusively on negative performance events. The...
VA MAS Schedule 66 III Cost-Per-Test Mass Modification – November 2025
The 66III FSS Solicitation for Cost-Per-Test, Clinical Laboratory Analyzer, RFP-797-FSS-03-0001-R1, has been amended, and a new Mass Modification is now required. This update replaces three outdated clauses with revised ones. Key Changes: The Mass Mod is pre-signed by...
Finalized Increases to Micro-Purchase, Simplified Acquisition, and Other Thresholds – November 2025
The firm Koprince McCall Pottroff LLC noted last year that the FAR Council (DoD, GSA, and NASA) issued a proposed rule to adjust the statutory acquisition thresholds for inflation. Under 41 U.S.C. § 1908, the federal government must adjust these thresholds every five...
Tuesday Insight – Upcoming MAS Ordering Guidance to Support FAR Revolutionary Overhaul Enhancements: November 4th, 2025
Updated Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) ordering guidance will soon be published on the Help with MAS Buying GSA.gov pages. These updates are to support the implementation of Revolutionary FAR Overhaul enhancements. As part of this process you may notice pages being...
Off the Shelf: The Latest Procurement News – Featuring Bill Gormley: October 2025
Alan Thomas, founder of Alpha Tango Strategies, and Bill Gormley of the Gormley Group, join Off the Shelf for a wide-ranging update on the latest procurement news. Thomas and Gormley provide their insights and viewpoints on the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul, the creation...
Tuesday Insight – FAR Overhaul – Empowering the COs through Acquisition Guidance from GSA’s Jeff Koses: October 28th, 2025
The FAR Overhaul returns authority to the contracting officer (CO). More importantly, it provides information, resources, and support to help the CO make good use of that authority. Here’s an example: Currently, the FAR makes it difficult to award an innovative...
Ten Checkpoints - On the Way to Your GSA Schedule
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