The General Services Administration has moved another step toward retiring the legacy Schedule Input Program, making the FAS Catalog Platform the default system for newly awarded Multiple Award Schedule contractors. What Changed for New MAS Awards? GSA said Friday...
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Tuesday Insight – The Restructuring of Federal Procurement: November 18th, 2025
Emily Murphy, CEO and founder of Government Procurement Strategies (GPS), joins Off the Shelf for a wide-ranging discussion on the state of the federal procurement market. As a former GSA Administrator, Murphy shares her keen insights regarding the Trump...
Tuesday Insight – The Pending CPARS Overhaul: What Contractors Should Know: November 11th, 2025
Congress is poised to overhaul the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System as it applies to Department of Defense contracts. The new DoD CPARS system will eliminate subjective performance assessments and focus exclusively on negative performance events. The...
Tuesday Insight – Upcoming MAS Ordering Guidance to Support FAR Revolutionary Overhaul Enhancements: November 4th, 2025
Updated Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) ordering guidance will soon be published on the Help with MAS Buying GSA.gov pages. These updates are to support the implementation of Revolutionary FAR Overhaul enhancements. As part of this process you may notice pages being...
Tuesday Insight – FAR Overhaul – Empowering the COs through Acquisition Guidance from GSA’s Jeff Koses: October 28th, 2025
The FAR Overhaul returns authority to the contracting officer (CO). More importantly, it provides information, resources, and support to help the CO make good use of that authority. Here’s an example: Currently, the FAR makes it difficult to award an innovative...
Tuesday Insight – October 21, 2025: A New DFARS Rule Could Block Defense Contracts for Firms with Foreign Consulting Ties
In an interview on "The Federal Drive" with Terry Gerton, Venable LLP Partner, Diz Locaria discusses this new rule- "The Defense Department is tightening restrictions on who can win consulting contracts. A new DFARS amendment bars awards to firms that also advise...
Tuesday Insight – October 14, 2025: SEWP V Contracts Have Been Extended Through April 30, 2026
The SEWP V contracts have been extended to April 30, 2026. The SEWP Program Office will continue to process SEWP V orders throughout this extension period. Government Customers may submit SEWP V orders and modifications until midnight of April 30, 2026. Modifications...
Tuesday Insight – October 7, 2025: Revolutionary FAR Overhaul – End of Phase I
Today, GSA posted the final set of deviations to complete phase I of the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul, FAR 15, 16, 25, and 42. Additionally, the deviation master text for parts 22, 23, 32,and 53 were posted as PDFs. The explanatory GSA deviation, practitioner albums,...
Tuesday Insight – GSA MAS Refresh 30 Released: December 1, 2025
The General Services Administration (GSA) has released Refresh 30 of the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) solicitation. This update incorporates a series of clause and provision changes tied to the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) initiative, which aims to simplify...
Tuesday Insight – October 7, 2025: Revolutionary FAR Overhaul – End of Phase I
Today, GSA posted the final set of deviations to complete phase I of the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul, FAR 15, 16, 25, and 42. Additionally, the deviation master text for parts 22, 23, 32,and 53 were posted as PDFs. The explanatory GSA deviation, practitioner albums,...
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