The trend of increasing minimum wage rates will continue in 2025. We previously reported here the California 2025 state and local minimum wage rate increases. The federal contractor minimum wage rates will likewise continue on an upward trajectory, as follows: on...
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Tuesday Insight – January 7th, 2025: Happy New Year! Three Things to do Right Now to Grow Your Federal Business
Welcome back from the holidays! Government procurement is right here waiting for you, just as it had been. As we shift into the second quarter of the fiscal year here are three things’ companies should be doing now to expand their federal business: 1. Get In Front...
Tip of the Month – December 2024: Ensure Accuracy of Commercial Sales Practices Information Submitted to GSA to Avoid False Claims Act Violations
Based on a Department of Justice press release related to a recent court case: Gen Digital, Formerly Symantec Corp., Pays $55.1M False Claims Act Judgment for Knowing Overcharges to General Services Administration. TGG thought this was a good reminder to all GSA and...
Tuesday Insight – December 31, 2024: GSA’s Professional Services and Human Capital Categories 2024 Highlights
GSA’s Office of Professional Services and Human Capital (PSHC) Categories would like to thank our federal agency and industry partners for another successful year! Here are some of the highlights: Opened OASIS+ for Business This has been a significant year for the...
Tuesday Insight – December 24, 2024: GSA Releases MAS Refresh 23 Last Week and then Announces Advanced Notice for MAS Refresh 24 and Upcoming Mass Modification
GSA released MAS Schedule Refresh 23 on Wednesday, December 18th, 2024 as mass modification A887. GSA began emailing our the mass modification in batches. So look for an email from your GSA contracting officer or specialist. This is a mandatory modification that...
Tuesday Insight – December 17, 2024: Congress Moving Towards CR in to March
The current Continuing Resolution (CR) funding all government agencies expires at midnight December 20th. With no apparent agreement on top level spending numbers, it appears increasingly likely that Congress will pass a CR funding the government through sometime in...
Cybersecurity & CMMC – December 2024
This week Michael Gruden, counsel at Crowell & Moring, joins The Coalition for Government Procurement Off the Shelf, for a wide-ranging discussion focusing on cybersecurity and the CMMC journey. Gruden provides a cyber retrospective, outlining the evolution of...
Tuesday Insight – December 10, 2024: Advanced Notice for GSA MAS Refresh 23 and Upcoming Mass Modification
Please note: The GSA Mass Modification Post was updated on 12/4/2024 to: Remove the change to Retire clause I-FSS-600, Contract Price Lists addressed in initial Interact Post and Webinar. I-FSS-600 will not be removed from the solicitation with Refresh 23 and all...
Tuesday Insight – December 3, 2024: GSA OASIS+ Clears its Final Pre-award Protest Hurdle
A combination of denied protests and corrective actions means that every small business category of the massive professional services contract could be open for business by the end of this calendar year. The last of the protests involving the OASIS+ small business...
GSA FAS Catalog Platform (FCP) Town Hall Overview – January 23, 2025
The GSA town hall conducted January 23, 2025 was the second in GSA’s series of trainings on services in FCP. Note FCP is the new GSA system replacing the current SIP program to add GSA text files and products to GSA Advantage. For vendors already in FCP, the...
Ten Checkpoints - On the Way to Your GSA Schedule
Download our new step-by-step guide to learn the process for getting your own GSA Schedule!