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. •...
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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...
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.....
Tuesday Insight – March 5th, 2024: GSA Extends Policy Providing Schedules Inflation Relief
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,...
The Department of Defense Releases Proposed CMMC Rule – January 2024
The Department of Defense (“DoD”) has released a draft of its proposed Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (“CMMC”) Program rule just in time for the holidays. The rule—which is scheduled to be published December 26, 2023—is over 200 pages, and we will publish...
4 Major Acquisition Changes GSA is Pursuing in 2024 – November 2023
The General Services Administration is driving what it hopes to be a final nail in the LPTA coffin. As one of three major acquisition policy changes GSA is seeking over the next year, the proposal would remove language in the schedules program that many blame for why...
Tuesday Insight – October 10th, 2023: DOL Increases Hourly Minimum Wage to $17.20 for Federal Contractors Starting January 1, 2024
Beginning on January 1, 2024, Executive Order 14026 (Order) will raise the minimum wage for workers performing work on or in connection with covered contracts to from $16.20 to $17.20 per hour, a second year of a significant adjustment to the minimum wage for service...
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!