The Small Business Administration will provide small businesses with new ways to show past performance ratings to compete for prime federal contracts starting Aug. 22, 2022. A new final rule, published Friday by SBA in the Federal Register, offers small businesses two...
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Tuesday Insight – July 19th, 2022: GSA Provides Industry with Advanced Notice for MAS Refresh 14
Following the the release of GSA Solicitation Refresh 13 this past week, GSA has already announced Refresh 14 will be released sometime in July 2022. Refresh 14 will temporarily close the Core Financial Management Solutions (Core FS) Subgroup of SIN 518210FM to new...
Tuesday Insight – July 12th, 2022: Modification to Schedule MAS Refresh 13 – Released as Mass Mod A847
GSA has been emailing authorized negotiators for those contractors holding GSA MAS contract regarding mass mod A847 during the past week. The changes include the addition/updated of FAR clauses, including Contractors that have not yet accepted the modification to...
Tuesday Insight – July 5th, 2022: GSA Hits the Play Button on POLARIS by Finalizing Solicitation Updates
After nearly a two-month pause, the POLARIS small business IT services governmentwide acquisition contract is back in play. The General Services Administration re-released the solicitation on June 30 with updates to the mentor-protégé and joint venture experience...
Tuesday Insight – June 21, 2022: GSA Eyes Early Alliant 3 Release
The General Services Administration plans to release an Alliant 3 draft request for proposals in the coming months potentially increasing the ceiling of the acquisition contract for IT. Alliant 3 remains in the market research phase as GSA considers the ceiling...
Tuesday Insight – June 28, 2022: OASIS+ or OASIS-Plus? Either way, GSA puts the next generation services contract on the fast track
Just when you thought government contracting was about to get fun, again, the General Services Administration decided boring is the right approach. That’s right, I’m saying government procurement and fun in the same sentence because we had an upcoming contract that...
Tuesday Insight – June 14, 2022: GSA Strengthens Supply Chain with New Monitoring Process to Bolster Federal Marketplace
Moving forward, GSA will continue to use VPP data to monitor GSA Advantage!® for products offered by unauthorized suppliers. The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced progress in its ongoing efforts to strengthen the federal supply chain and reduce...
Tuesday Insight – June 7th, 2022: How the Pentagon Plans to Manage Inflation Costs in Contracts
The Defense Department urged contracting officers to "be mindful" of the varying impacts of inflation and "limit the scope" of equity pay adjustment clauses, according to new guidance. The Defense Department knows cost increases due to inflation may begin to affect...
Tuesday Insight – May 31, 2022: Setting the Standard: How the SBA Determines Size Standards for Small Businesses
In a recent post, we examined some proposed new size standards for manufacturing and other industries that utilize employee-based size standards. This probably got many of you wondering: How does the SBA determine what the size standards should be? It’s a good...
Tuesday Insight – May 24, 2022: Don’t Have Two Years of Corporate Experience to Get on Schedule? Consider the Startup Springboard!
For years, GSA heard from industry partners that unique government practices such as the two-year corporate experience requirement for becoming a schedule contractor can be a barrier for small businesses, and particularly challenging for startups. The Startup...
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