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...
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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 – 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 11, 2025: Government Procurement Efficiency List: Reducing Regulatory Burden
In keeping with prior Coalition for Government Procurement FAR & Beyond blogs on ways to improve the efficiency of the federal procurement process, this blog will focus on regulatory burdens that impose costs on government contractors and impede entry into the...
Tuesday Insight – February 4, 2025: SBA Resets Some Small Business Goals for 2025
The Small Business Administration removed agency specific prime contracting goals for prime awards to small disadvantaged businesses. Agencies have some new small business contracting goals for fiscal 2025 and they are more in line with traditional targets. The Small...
GSA Releases New FAS Catalog Platform (FCP) Feature – Catalog Dashboard: March 2025
During last week’s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Catalog Platform (FCP) office hours specifically for vendors using FCP, GSA announced that it will be releasing a new Catalog Dashboard feature in FCP. The new dashboard feature allows Authorized Negotiators to see...
NASA SEWP VI Amendment 13 – Past Performance Requirements Updated
February 6, 2025, NASA released Amendment 13 to the SEWP VI Solicitation. The due date for proposals remains unchanged (1:00.p.m. EST on Wednesday, February 19th). The announcement is available in SAM. The updated RFP, SF30 for the Amendment, and NASA’s Changes...
Tip of the Month – February/March 2025: GSA Advantage Transition to FCP Expands in 2025
GSA Advantage Transition to FCP Expands in 2025 The FAS Catalog Platform (FCP) is a web-based application that is intended to replace GSA’s legacy Schedule Input Program (SIP) and EDI-832 by integrating the GSA Advantage data management function within the eMod...
GSA FAS Catalog Platform (FCP) Town Hall Overview – January 2025
The GSA town hall conducted January 23, 2025 was the second in GSA’s series of trainings on services in FCP. Note FCP is the new GSA system replacing the current SIP program to add GSA text files and products to GSA Advantage. For vendors already in FCP, the...
Tuesday Insight – January 28th, 2025: GSA Releases Modification to Schedule MAS Refresh 24 (A888)
Mass Modifications are administrative modifications that occur whenever the solicitation has been updated with new regulatory changes. GSA requires that all schedule contractors, review and accept the new and existing terms and conditions of the latest solicitation....
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