Concerns about NASA’s sixth iteration of its governmentwide acquisition contract known as SEWP have been bubbling underneath the surface for much of the past few months. Industry experts have quietly been wringing their collective hands over NASA’s plans for the small...
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Tuesday Insight – January 16th, 2024: White House Reveals Better Contracting Initiative
Echoing the Obama administration’s Better Buying Initiative, and as a next phase in the federal government’s enterprise approach to procurement, the Biden administration announced the Better Contracting Initiative — a four-pronged initiative designed to ensure the...
Tuesday Insight – January 9th, 2024 New Year, New Rules for GSA Contracting Officers
The new year brings in new rules for the General Services Administration contracting officers. Before awarding a contract to a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB), contracting officers at the GSA must do one of two things starting in 2024: Either...
Tuesday Insight – January 2nd, 2024: GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service Achieves $100 Billion Status
For the first time ever, the Federal Acquisition Service in the General Services Administration topped $100 billion in revenue last fiscal year. That is $10 billion more than FAS brought in during fiscal 2022. Tom Howder, the current deputy and soon-to-be acting...
Tuesday Insight – December 26, 2023: GSA OASIS+ Program Holiday Updates
Happy Holidays from GSA’s Office of Professional Services and Human Capital Categories (PSHC) OASIS+ Program. The past year was filled with significant milestones issuing and closing the initial proposal submission period for all six OASIS+ Request for Proposals...
Tuesday Insight – December 19th, 2023: GSA Introduces New SIN Subgroup for 518210DC – NARA-Compliant Digitization Services for Federal Records
A new GSA SIN Subgroup has been created under 518210DC: “NARA-Compliant Digitization Services for Federal Records.” NARA recently published digitization regulations for permanent records. This Subgroup under 518210DC allows contractors to better highlight to agencies...
Tuesday Insight – December 12th, 2023: Summary of GSA MAS Refresh 18/19 Changes
MAS Refresh 19 was issued in order to correct the Contracting Officer fill-in language for FAR Clause 52.204-30 Alt I. No other changes have been made to the MAS Solicitation. A Mass Modification will be issued to all MAS contracts for Refresh 19 and this modification...
Tuesday Insight – December 5th, 2023: GSA Federal Acquisition Service Top Impacts in Fiscal Year 2023
In FY23 as GSA FAS achieved record volume, encouraged strong competition, and excelled at making government work better for its customers and the American people. Here are four metrics that really jumped out for FY23: $100 billion–The amount in dollars that FAS helped...
Tuesday Insight – November 28th, 2024: OASIS+ Initial Proposal Submission Period Closes – What Happens Next?
On October 20, 2023, GSA’s Office of Professional Services and Human Capital Categories (PSHC) officially closed the initial proposal submission period for all six OASIS+ Request for Proposals (RFPs). GSA thanks it's industry partners and customer agencies for your...
4 Major Acquisition Changes GSA is Pursuing in 2024 – November 2023
The General Services Administration is driving what it hopes to be a final nail in the LPTA coffin. As one of three major acquisition policy changes GSA is seeking over the next year, the proposal would remove language in the schedules program that many blame for why...
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