In April 2024, the U.S. General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) issued a Request For Information (RFI) to better understand how to align Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) pricing with commercial practices. The RFI received a total of 507...
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Industry Seeks More Clarity on Final CMMC Rule – November 2024
The cybersecurity certification will move forward even as companies continue to have questions about what defines controlled but unclassified information, cloud services and other requirements. The final rule for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification released...
Tuesday Insight – September 24, 2024: Key Procurement Priorities at GSA
Jeff Koses, senior procurement executive at the General Services Administration (GSA) joins Roger Waldron of the Coalition for Government Procurement's Off the Shelf for a focused discussion on GSA’s current procurement policy priorities. Koses talks about the...
Tuesday Insight, July 23rd, 2024: Advanced Notice for MAS Refresh 22 and Upcoming Mass Modification – Including TDR Expansion
The General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) is planning to issue GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Solicitation 47QSMD20R0001 - Refresh # 22 and an associated mass modification (mass mod) to all existing contracts in August 2024. NOTE:...
GSA MAS Refresh 22 – TDR Expansion SIN List
GSA - Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) Pilot Expanded to 67 new SINs Effective August 8th, 2024 Notes: Participating in TDR is optional. However, once you decide to participate in the TDR pilot, you must continue to participate in TDR until the end of the pilot....
SBA Certifications Upgrade: What You Need to Know – June 2024
The SBA is upgrading how our customers apply for and manage their federal contracting certifications. What do you need to know? SBA’s certification upgrade starts in August 2024. • Initial certification applications will not be accepted during the upgrade period. •...
NEW: GSA Advantage & GSA Global Supply Combined Delivery Scorecards for Schedule Product Vendors
Going forward GSA based on changes made to GSA Scorecards the Delivery Metrics Scorecards will look a little different. Monthly Distributions The GSA Supplier Accountability Office has combined the Advantage Order Status and the GSA Global Supply (GGS) Scorecard...
GSA Schedule MAS Refresh 21 (A883) Released to All Contract Holders
Please see the below updates within Refresh 21 (Mass Mod A883), see the attached documents that explain the changes to the solicitation. Mass Modifications are administrative modifications that occur whenever the solicitation has been updated with new regulatory...
Tuesday Insight, April 30th, 2024: Attention MAS Contractors: MAS Consolidation Phase 3 FY24 Plans
Attention from GSA all current MAS Contractors! If you have two or more MAS contracts with the same Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), you may be a part of MAS Consolidation Phase 3 and need to take action to get down to one contract. Contractors who have not yet...
GSA Aims to Make Buying SaaS Easier through New Policy – March 2024
The effort to make buying cloud services easier for agencies and more in line with industry standards continues with yet another acquisition workaround. The General Services Administration issued its second acquisition letter in just over two years, giving its...
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!