With the start of the new fiscal year (FY24), the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) launched its much-anticipated organizational realignment. The realignment breaks down regional stovepipes across FAS, creating a more customer focused structure to support federal...
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Tuesday Insight – October 17th, 2023: Mark Your Calendars: EEO-1 Reporting Season Is Almost Here!
Ready or not, reporting season is right around the corner. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently announced that the 2022 EEO-Component 1 data collection will open on Tuesday, October 31, 2023, and the deadline for employers to file is Tuesday,...
Tuesday Insight – October 10th, 2023: DOL Increases Hourly Minimum Wage to $17.20 for Federal Contractors Starting January 1, 2024
Beginning on January 1, 2024, Executive Order 14026 (Order) will raise the minimum wage for workers performing work on or in connection with covered contracts to from $16.20 to $17.20 per hour, a second year of a significant adjustment to the minimum wage for service...
Tuesday Insight – October 3rd, 2023: Federal Acquisition Service’s New Structure Seeks to Break Down Long-Held Fiefdoms
Over the last 18 months, the General Services Administration has been asking some hard questions, mostly about itself. What does the Federal Acquisition Service need to look like? Does the current regional structure make sense anymore? A group of leaders and employees...
Tuesday Insight – September 26th, 2023: OASIS+ Proposal Submission Due Date Extension
he GSA’s Office of Professional Services and Human Capital Categories (PSHC) will extend the proposal submission period for all six OASIS+ Requests for Proposals (RFPs) to October 20, 2023, at 4:00 PM EDT. The official amendment will be posted before September 22,...
Tuesday Insight – September 19th, 2023: Program Update: OASIS+ Amendment 0004
On September 14, 2023, GSA’s Office of Professional Services and Human Capital Categories (PSHC) released Amendment 0004 for all six OASIS+ Request for Proposals (RFPs) on SAM.gov. Amendment 0004 This amendment reflects the following clarifying instructions for all...
Tuesday Insight – September 12th, 2023: FAR & Beyond: What is Fair and Reasonable Transparency?
Keeping with the title and theme of the Coalition’s Fall Training Conference, “What is Fair and Reasonable,” this week’s blog addresses what is fair and reasonable transparency. The Cambridge English Dictionary defines transparency as “the quality of being in an open...
Tuesday Insight – September 5th, 2023: GSA Extends Policy Providing Inflation Relief
On Wednesday, August 30th, 2023, GSA’s Senior Procurement Executive Jeff Koses and GSA’s Assistant Commissioner for FAS Office of Policy and Compliance Mark Lee jointly signed Supplement 3 of Acquisition Letter MV-22-02, which extends the expiration of the temporary...
Program Update: OASIS+ Amendment 0002 Overview Video, Upcoming OSP Webinars, Q&A and Amendment 0003 Planning
Amendment 0002 Overview Video GSA’s Office of Professional Services and Human Capital (PSHC) has released a video recording and slide deck featuring highlights from OASIS+ Amendment 0002. These resources are attached to all six OASIS+ Request for Proposals (RFPs) on...
Tuesday Insight – August 15th, 2023: GSA OASIS+ Program Update
GSA thanks our industry partners for your continued patience. GSA’s Office of Professional Services and Human Capital (PSHC) plans to release a program update no later than the week of August 14 that will include: The first batch of answers to the more than 4,500...
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