The deadline to object is September 19. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced that it plans to release Type 2 (or consolidated) EEO-1 Reports of all federal contractors for the past 5 years in response to a Freedom of Information Act request....
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Tuesday Insight – August 16th, 2022: GSA OIG Releases Audit on Use of 4P Tool for Price Determinations
On July 27, GSA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued an audit on the use of the 4P Tool by the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) when performing price analyses for Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contracts. The 4P Tool was developed by FAS to help the organization...
Tuesday Insight – August 9th, 2022: The State of Governmentwide Contracting
This week on Off the Shelf, Bill Gormley, president of the Gormley Group, shared his insights, analysis, and observations on the state of governmentwide contracting, with a focus on GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program. Gormley provided his take on the impact...
Tuesday Insight – July 26th, 2022: GSA FAS to Expand TDR Rule Despite Persistent Data Issues, OIG Says
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued an alert memorandum detailing that the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) is planning to expand the Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) Rule to the entire Multiple Award...
Tuesday Insight – August 2, 2022: SBA Publishes New Rule Designed to Help Small Federal Contractors Demonstrate Prior Experience
The Small Business Administration will provide small businesses with new ways to show past performance ratings to compete for prime federal contracts starting Aug. 22, 2022. A new final rule, published Friday by SBA in the Federal Register, offers small businesses two...
Contractor Teaming Arrangements (CTA) – Responsibilities and Elements
A GSA Schedule Contractor Teaming Arrangement (CTA) is an arrangement in which two or more Schedule contract holders partner with one another to provide a total solution to meet a buyer's needs. By teaming together, GSA Schedule Contractors are able to meet a...
ACTION REQUIRED of All GSA Package Furniture SIN Holders – Updated July 2022
GSA with the release of Solicitation Refresh 10 to the MAS Schedule back on March 22, 2022, required all vendors holding the SIN 33721P - Packaged Office Furniture to submit Schedule Level Contractor Teaming Agreements (CTAs) to GSA via modification. The CTA...
Tuesday Insight – July 19th, 2022: GSA Provides Industry with Advanced Notice for MAS Refresh 14
Following the the release of GSA Solicitation Refresh 13 this past week, GSA has already announced Refresh 14 will be released sometime in July 2022. Refresh 14 will temporarily close the Core Financial Management Solutions (Core FS) Subgroup of SIN 518210FM to new...
Tuesday Insight – July 12th, 2022: Modification to Schedule MAS Refresh 13 – Released as Mass Mod A847
GSA has been emailing authorized negotiators for those contractors holding GSA MAS contract regarding mass mod A847 during the past week. The changes include the addition/updated of FAR clauses, including Contractors that have not yet accepted the modification to...
Tuesday Insight – July 5th, 2022: GSA Hits the Play Button on POLARIS by Finalizing Solicitation Updates
After nearly a two-month pause, the POLARIS small business IT services governmentwide acquisition contract is back in play. The General Services Administration re-released the solicitation on June 30 with updates to the mentor-protégé and joint venture experience...
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