Featured GSA and VA Schedule Information

Executive Order Poses Challenges for GSA’s E-Commerce Platform - On January 31, President Trump signed an executive order that lays out how the government will combat counterfeit products. The EO establishes that anyone, who knowingly or with gross negligence imports...

Major Progress During Phase Two of GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule Consolidation - On January 31, 2020 the U.S. General Services Administration began the second of a three phase strategy to modernize federal acquisition by consolidating and streamlining GSA’s previous...

Federal Contract Award Data from FPDS Will Be on SAM Before Spring - The General Services Administration is readying for the next major transition to its centralized federal contracting site: moving the reporting function of the contract awards database, the Federal...

Update to GSA Price List Distribution Requirement - At long last GSA is amending the General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) at part 552, Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses, to update and bring current practices for submitting and...

Whistleblowers help DOJ collect $3 billion in fines and settlements under the False Claims Act - One company gave dementia patients drugs they didn’t need. A company working in the Middle East billed the Air Force for hours no one worked. Opioid makers treated loyal...

GSA’s E-Commerce Portal Program Is Here: What the New Solicitation Means for Government Contractors - After nearly two years of planning, GSA has released an RFP seeking prototypes of online shopping portals that would allow federal customers to buy COTS items from...

GAO Explores Options to Increase Opportunities for Mid-sized Businesses  -  On September 20, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report on mid-sized businesses, their performance in the Federal market and options to increase opportunities for new...

GSA Decommissioning FBO on Nov. 8  - On November 8, 2019, FedBizOps.gov (FBO.gov) is set to decommission. All functionality from FBO.gov will be migrated to beta.SAM.gov. According to GSA, this migration will make the contract opportunities portal more user-friendly. ...

Closeout Sales Reporting and Sales Adjustments on Expired/Terminated Contracts - As of August 5, 2019, GSA has successfully migrated over all historical data on expired and terminated contracts under the MAS program. The historical contract data previously stored in...