This week on Off the Shelf, Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, gives his thoughts, observations, and insights on a host of procurement hot topics. Allen discusses the long winding road of Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) implementation...
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Off the Shelf – July 5th, 2023: Procurement Trends in 2023
Jason Miller, executive editor of Federal News Network, joins Off the Shelf for a wide-ranging discussion of the key procurement events/trends over the first half of 2023. Miller discusses the current state of transactional data reporting and the slow roll towards...
Tuesday Insight – July 11th, 2023: Overview of GSA Modification Processing Changes
GSA in introducing a new modification process pilot called “Standardized Pricing Evaluation Logic,” which GSA has abbreviated as SPEL. GSA is looking to standardize the modification process in order to provide more consistent results and answer regardless of the...
Upcoming Transition of VA FSS Sales Reporting and Industrial Funding Fee Remittance Portal
Upcoming Transition of VA FSS Sales Reporting and Industrial Funding Fee Remittance Portal VA FSS is working in collaboration with General Services Administration (GSA) to modernize systems, standardize processes, and streamline the user experience. As part of these...
Tuesday Insight – July 4th, 2023: Leveraging the Collective Buying Power of the Government
Note: Opinion Expressed by The Coalition for Government Procurement Stay with me now, I know this is a long blog! It provides a perspective through an industry lens regarding its partnership with government. As a best practice, commercial firms leverage their buying...
The Importance of Active Registration: Lessons for Federal Contractors
On May 23, 2023, the Court of Federal Claims (COFC) granted a preliminary injunction halting the award and performance of a contract awarded to Cloud Harbor Economics, LLC Cloud Harbor from the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare &...
Off the Shelf – May 30th, 2023: Best-in-Class IDIQs: A Deep Dive
Brian Friel, co-founder of BD Squared, joins Off the Shelf for a wide-ranging update on the leading governmentwide, Best-in-Class IDIQ contract programs. Friel analyzes the recent Polaris bid protest decision addressing the applicability of “Section 876” to the cost...
Tuesday Insight – June 27th, 2023: GSA Releases Recorded Pre-solicitation Conference and Training for OASIS+ System for Proposal Submission (OSP)
GSA’s Office of Professional Services and Human Capital (PSHC) has released a recorded pre-proposal conference and a recorded training on the OASIS+ Submission Portal (OSP/Symphony) on SAM.gov. The optional pre-proposal conference provides an overview of the OASIS+...
GSA Releases Advanced Notice for MAS Refresh 17
The General Services Administration released advanced notice for the issuance of Multiple Award Schedule Refresh 17 along with the accompanying mass modification to all existing contracts. Refresh 17 will be released in July and will implement the following changes;...
Tuesday Insight – June 20th, 2023: GSA Releases Final OASIS+ Request for Proposals
UPDATE June 15th, 2023 GSA’s Office of Professional Services and Human Capital (PSHC) has released the final Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for six solicitations that encompass the OASIS+ program. This marks the final step in the acquisition phase of standing up the...
Ten Checkpoints - On the Way to Your GSA Schedule
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