On July 14, 2023, GSA officially closed the question and answer (Q&A) period for all six OASIS+ RFPs. The agency received more than 4,500 questions. GSA plans to release Q&A responses in batches in the coming weeks and will notify industry via SAM.gov and...
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Tuesday Insight – July 18th, 2023: GSA IG: FAS Fails to Address Prohibited Telecom Items on MAS Contracts
The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) has failed to address prohibited telecom items offered on its Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contracts, “putting customers at risk of unauthorized surveillance of foreign adversaries,” the...
Tuesday Insight – July 11th, 2023: Overview of GSA Modification Processing Changes
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...
Tuesday Insight – July 4th, 2023: Leveraging the Collective Buying Power of the Government
Note: Opinion Expressed by The Coalition for Government Procurement Stay with me now, I know this is a long blog! It provides a perspective through an industry lens regarding its partnership with government. As a best practice, commercial firms leverage their buying...
Tuesday Insight – June 27th, 2023: GSA Releases Recorded Pre-solicitation Conference and Training for OASIS+ System for Proposal Submission (OSP)
GSA’s Office of Professional Services and Human Capital (PSHC) has released a recorded pre-proposal conference and a recorded training on the OASIS+ Submission Portal (OSP/Symphony) on SAM.gov. The optional pre-proposal conference provides an overview of the OASIS+...
Tuesday Insight – June 20th, 2023: GSA Releases Final OASIS+ Request for Proposals
UPDATE June 15th, 2023 GSA’s Office of Professional Services and Human Capital (PSHC) has released the final Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for six solicitations that encompass the OASIS+ program. This marks the final step in the acquisition phase of standing up the...
Tuesday Insight – June 13th, 2023 OASIS+ Final Solicitation Program Update
UPDATE June 8th, 2023 GSA’s Office of Professional Services and Human Capital (PSHC) thanked industry partners for patience as GSA wraps-up the final details of the acquisition strategy for OASIS+. We anticipate the final solicitations to be released on or about June...
Tuesday Insight – June 6th, 2023: Biden Signs Bill to Raise Debt Ceiling
President Biden on Saturday signed legislation to raise the debt ceiling into 2025 and avert a default, marking a significant bipartisan accomplishment amid divided government in Washington, D.C. The president signed the bill just days before Treasury officials warned...
Tuesday Insight – May 30th, 2023: Joint Ventures
JV Program Benefits Joint venture benefits to participants include: Collective representation of past performance Shared costs and resources Leveraging the other partner’s experience and market share A mentor and its protégé can joint venture as a small business for...
Tuesday Insight – May 23rd, 2023: Summary of GSA MAS Refresh 16 Changes – Released May 19, 2023
GSA released the GSA MAS solicitation Refresh 16 on May 19, 2023 via email to all GSA Schedule holders as Mass Mod A856. As a reminder Mass Modifications are administrative modifications that occur whenever the solicitation has been updated with new regulatory...
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