This week, in the spirit of “Fair and Reasonable Transparency,” the Coalition for Government Procurement submitted to the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) feedback on its “FAS Policy and Procedure (PAP) 2021-05, Evaluation of FSS Program Pricing.” The PAP is a...
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GSA Extends Policy Providing Inflation Relief – August 30, 2023
On Wednesday, August 30th, 2023, GSA’s Senior Procurement Executive Jeff Koses and GSA’s Assistant Commissioner for FAS Office of Policy and Compliance Mark Lee jointly signed Supplement 3 of Acquisition Letter MV-22-02, which extends the expiration of the temporary...
Are You Seeking CMMC Certification? Here’s What You Need to Know
Ola Sage leads one of the CMMC ecosystem's assessment organizations and gives the inside word here on how contractors should move to show they are meeting this new industry-wide cybersecurity standard. For two years, Department of Defense leaders have pushed hard to...
2023 Expiring Small Business Subcontracting Plan and Subcontract Reporting Reminder
GSA has emailed out reminders to all GSA Schedule large business contractors holding a Commercial Small Business Subcontracting Plan that expire on December 31, 2023. All large business vendors must submit a new follow-on plan and per FAR 19.704 vendors are required...
Reminder! VETS-4212 Report Deadline Approaching
Don’t be late. Federal contractors with a contract worth $150,000 or more are required to file a VETS-4212 Report, which is due on September 30 of each year. The VETS-4212 Report generally requires information about a contractor’s workforce at each hiring location,...
EEO-1 Component 1 Portal Opens October 31, 2023
The 2022 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection process will open on October 31, 2023. Private employers with at least 100 employees and federal contractors with at least 50 employees and are subject to Executive Order 11246, must complete and submit an online EEO-1...
More Details about the GSA FAS Catalog Platform Transition
This post contains more information about when Authorized Negotiators can expect to move to the FAS Catalog Platform (FCP). As a reminder, the FCP is the planned replacement for the Schedule Input Program (SIP) and is currently being piloted by a subset of contractors...
Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Pricing Paradoxes
“Fair and Reasonable” MAS contract level pricing is impacted by a host of factors. These include federal and commercial market conditions, government versus commercial contract terms and conditions, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), the General Services...
Overview of GSA Modification Processing Changes – July 2023
GSA in introducing a new modification process pilot called “Standardized Pricing Evaluation Logic,” which GSA has abbreviated as SPEL. GSA is looking to standardize the modification process in order to provide more consistent results and answer regardless of the...
GSA MAS Joint Venture Requirements for Current JV Entities – August 2023
With the release of Solicitation Refresh 17, GSA has extended the MAS JV requirements in Refresh 16 to MAS JVs awarded prior to Refresh 16. Please see the JV Solicitation Attachment - Refresh 17 and the below for more details. Instructions for existing JV MAS...
Ten Checkpoints - On the Way to Your GSA Schedule
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