The VA announced that its transition into the Sales Reporting Portal (SRP) has gone live effective April 1, 2024. So, moving forward, all VA clients will need to report their sales via SRP similar to how GSA contract holders. In reviewing the system this morning and...
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Procurement Policy Spring Cleaning Checklist – March 2024
Spring also means it is time for a Procurement Policy Spring Cleaning Checklist highlighting the key initiatives that will shape procurement operations. It is finally spring, and the cherry blossoms are in full bloom here in Washington. Day-light savings time is...
Tuesday Insight – March 26th, 2024: Advanced Notice for MAS Refresh 20 and Upcoming Mass Modification
The General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) is planning to issue GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Solicitation 47QSMD20R0001 - Refresh # 20 and an associated mass modification (mass mod) to all existing contracts in April 2024.....
Off the Shelf – An Update on FAS: March 2024
This week on Off the Shelf, Bill Gormley, President of The Gormley Group, provides the latest update on the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), including his thoughts on the FAS reorganization and what it means for customer agencies, GSA, and industry. Gormley also...
DOD Publishes Video Overview of CMMC Program and Logistics – February 2024
On February 16, 2024, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) posted a 40-minute video overview of DOD’s proposed requirements for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program. The video is available here, and there is an accompanying notice in the...
Attention VA Schedule Holders Sales Reporting Now Live under the GSA Sales Reporting Portal (SRP) – April 2024
The VA announced that its transition into the Sales Reporting Portal (SRP) has gone live effective April 1, 2024. So, moving forward, all VA clients will need to report their sales via SRP similar to how GSA contract holders. In reviewing the system this morning and...
GSA Extends Policy Providing Schedules Inflation Relief – February 2024
On February 28, 2024, GSA issued Supplement 4 to Acquisition Letter MV-22-04. The policy extends a moratorium on the enforcement of certain limitations contained in certain GSA economic price adjustment (EPA) contract clauses to December 31, 2024. In the supplement,...
Off the Shelf – February 2024: An Update on FAS
This week on Off the Shelf, Bill Gormley, president of the Gormley Group, provides the latest update on the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), including his thoughts on the FAS reorganization and what it means for customer agencies, GSA, and industry. Bill Gormley,...
Tuesday Insight – February 20th, 2024: Providing Best Value Through the Multiple Award Schedule
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the codification of the General Services Administration’s Multiple Award Schedule program in the Competition in Contracting Act, CICA (it’s a ruby anniversary in case you were wondering). The MAS is the Federal Government’s...
Tuesday Insight – February 13th, 2024: GSA Marks Key Milestone in Schedules Modernization Effort
The General Services Administration’s (GSA) third attempt to modernize the catalog management system running on its Advantage! program seems to have finally hit the right mark. GSA is expanding the number of users of the new FAS Catalog Platform (FCP) after a...
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