Insight Newsletter

GSA Guidance on Section 889 FAR Rule - New Supply Chain Security FAR Rule is Effective August 13 In order to combat the national security and intellectual property threats that face the United States, Section 889(a)(1)(A) of the John S. McCain National Defense...

GSA poised to complete schedule consolidation on deadline - The General Services Administration says it is on track to consolidate 24 schedules into one common set of terms and conditions for products and services by its Oct. 1, 2019, deadline.  If you have any...

Supply chain concerns make GSA rethink refurbished IT - As part of its big effort to consolidate its dozens of buying schedules into a single one, the General Services Administration is looking at removing a category of "grayware" IT products, according to one of the...

GSA is Extending the Current Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) Pilot through FY2020 - Transactional Data Reporting (TDR), a GSA Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) rule published in 2016, reduces burden and increases transparency by requiring monthly reporting of...

Federal Contract Spending Grew 9% in 2018, Increasing for the Third Straight Year - Agencies spent $559 billion on prime and unclassified contracts.  Federal contract spending in fiscal 2018 increased for the third straight year to $559 billion, a 9% increase over...

ACES Certificates Digital Certificates - In July of 2018, the General Services Administration (GSA) announced the planned discontinuance of the Access Certificates for Electronic Services (ACES) program.  As a part of the decommission plan, IdenTrust must ensure that...

FAR Rule Change Makes Buying Information Technology Quicker - In a recent Blog Post Bill Zielinski, the Assistant Commissioner for the IT Category in the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), published a blog highlighting recent changes to the Federal Acquisition...

The New Unique Entity ID Standard - GSA’s Office of Systems Management, Integrated Award Environment is hosting a meeting to provide information about the new Unique Entity ID standard.  The meeting is open to all: current and potential federal awardees (contracts,...

Commercial e-Commerce Portals ImplementationOn July 2, 2019 The U.S. General Services Administration issued a draft solicitation to obtain feedback from portal providers on the proposed requirements of the commercial e-commerce portals program. Read More

The “Off-the-Shelf” Podcast: The Federal Marketplace Initiative - On June 11, Bill Gormley, President of the Gormley Group and Chair of the Coalition for Government Procurement, joined Roger Waldron, President of the Coalition for Government Procurement on...