Insight Newsletter

As COVID-19 vaccination mandates continue to increase across the country, employers are legally required to manage, and in some cases accommodate exemption requests. What to Know As COVID-19 vaccination mandates continue to increase across the country, employers are...

GSA Schedule refreshes and issuance of mass modifications will began going out October 8th, 2021. FAS contract vehicles other than Schedules will also begin issuing electronic modifications beginning on or around October 15th. The purpose of the Planned Action...

Robin Bourne, Subject Matter Expert, Federal Acquisition, from The Gormley Group joined host Roger Waldron on this week’s Off the Shelf podcast for a deep dive into all things GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS). Bourne discussed the impact and importance of schedules...

In June 2020, the General Services Administration launched an initial e-commerce portal proof-of-concept with the award of three contracts to e-marketplace platform providers for purchases below the micro-purchase threshold of $10,000. As GSA noted in announcing the...

Agencies are starting to implement and issue guidance to carry out the Biden administration’s vaccine attestation and testing protocols for onsite contractors. President Biden announced on July 29 that onsite federal contractors, as well as federal employees, must...

The SBA made numerous changes to its regulations in the past year, but the FAR Council has largely failed to keep pace. Then, earlier this month, the FAR Council published three final rules to implement long-awaited changes to the FAR’s small business contracting...

BACKGROUND: In March 2021, the GSA Office of the Inspector General released the report detailing their findings after an audit of the GSA Packaged Office Furniture SIN 33721P. Since the release of that audit report, the GSA Integrated Workplace Acquisition Center that...

The Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council published three final rules on Aug. 11, 2021, amending the FAR to implement changes mandated by various National Defense Authorization Acts (NDAAs) and to homogenize the FAR with regulatory changes made by the U.S....

The General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) is planning to issue GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Solicitation 47QSMD20R0001 - Refresh # 7 and an associated mass modification (mass mod) to all existing contracts in August, 2021....