As the increase in product and services costs started to hit the federal sector last year, the General Services Administration heard the complaints and frustrations of vendors for how long it took to modify schedule contracts, especially for adjusting prices to...
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The Gormley Group to Offer OASIS+ Proposal Preparation Support – January 2023
The Gormley Group will offer OASIS+ Proposal Preparation Support for both existing and new clients when the final RFP is released by GSA in Government Fiscal Q2 2023. The OASIS+ first draft solicitation was released on November 15th and is available here:...
Tuesday Insight – December 13th, 2022: Proposed Amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation —Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate-Related Financial Risks
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (“FAR Council”) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register on November 14, 2022, that would create several significant compliance obligations for federal contractors. Under the proposed rule, nearly all federal...
Tuesday Insight – December 20th, 2022 TDR: Common Sense Policy Supporting the MAS Marketplace
Over the last 30 years, GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program has evolved from exclusively focusing on static, contract-level pricing to driving pricing, performance, and best value through competition at the task and delivery order level for agency specific...
Tuesday Insight – December 27th, 2022: House Approves Omnibus Spending Bill, Funding Agencies Through September
After significant delay and compromise, Congress has finally set spending levels across government for fiscal 2023. The House on Friday passed by 225-201 the fiscal 2023 omnibus spending package, finally averting a shutdown through September and setting line-by-line...
Tuesday Insight – January 3rd, 2023: Budget for All: What a Way to Celebrate the Holidays
Congress passed its whole-of-government funding package just before the end of the year. This past March, I scoured the $1.5 trillion omnibus appropriations bill that funded the government through the 2022 fiscal year to unearth IT and cyber spending, as well as...
Tuesday Insight – December 6th, 2022: CGP Discusses TDR as the “Next Logical Step” in the Evolution of the MAS Program
Roger Waldron, President of the Coalition For Government Procurement (CGP), appeared on Fedscoop’s Daily Scoop podcast to discuss Transactional Data Reporting (TDR), calling it the “next logical step” in the evolution of GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule program. In the...
Off the Shelf – November 14, 2022: Procurement & The General Services Administration
Bill Gormley, President of the Gormley Group, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for an in-depth discussion of the top procurement issues impacting the General Services Administration Listen to the Interview Here
Tuesday Insight – November 29, 2022: OFCCP Alerts Contractors to Release of EEO-1 Reports
Notices have gone to some contractors who objected to the release. As we previously reported, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs received a Freedom of Information Act request for the consolidated EEO-1 Reports of all federal contractors from 2016...
Tuesday Insight – November 22, 2022: GSA’s OASIS+ MAC Draft Request for Proposal Released November 15, 2022
GSA’s Office of Professional Services and Human Capital (PSHC) is pleased to announce the release of the draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for the OASIS+ Program, bringing the agency one step closer to standing up the next generation Best-in-Class Multi-Agency...
Ten Checkpoints - On the Way to Your GSA Schedule
Download our new step-by-step guide to learn the process for getting your own GSA Schedule!