The Government Accountability Office has denied three more challenges to the government-wide contract's small business awards, leaving just two more to be resolved. The Government Accountability Office has denied more protests involving the OASIS+ professional...
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Update on MAS Pricing RFI and Next Steps – November 2024
In April 2024, the U.S. General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) issued a Request For Information (RFI) to better understand how to align Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) pricing with commercial practices. The RFI received a total of 507...
Tuesday Insight – November 26, 2024: Advanced Notice for MAS Refresh 23 and Upcoming Mass Modification
The General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) is planning to issue GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Solicitation 47QSMD20R0001 - Refresh # 23 and an associated mass modification (mass mod) to all existing contracts in December 2024....
Tuesday Insight – November 19, 2024: Major Federal IT Contracts to Remove ‘Unnecessary’ Degree Requirements
The push to focus on skills-based hiring for federal jobs dates back to the first Trump administration. The Biden White House has continued these efforts. The General Services Administration will be using a skills-based hiring approach for IT cybersecurity jobs in its...
GSA Announces OASIS+ 8(a) Awards and Notices to Proceed (NTPs) – November 2024
On Wednesday, November 6, 2024, the U.S. General Services Administration’s Office of Professional Services and Human Capital (PSHC) Categories issued contract awards and notices to proceed (NTPs) for the first phase of awardees for the OASIS+ 8(a) contract. This...
Tuesday Insight – November 12, 2024: GSA Releases Updated MAS CTA Guidance
Thank you for responding to the recent Contractor Teaming Arrangement (CTA) Request for Information (RFI) which closed September 16, 2024. As a result of feedback received from our MAS stakeholders, the General Services Administration (GSA) is providing updated MAS...
Industry Seeks More Clarity on Final CMMC Rule – November 2024
The cybersecurity certification will move forward even as companies continue to have questions about what defines controlled but unclassified information, cloud services and other requirements. The final rule for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification released...
TGG November 2024 Tip of the Month: The Gormley Group GovCon Almanac Released for Government Fiscal Year 2025 Q1
TGG has put our expertise to use to provide analysis on quarterly trends and guidance on how your business should navigate the Federal Government Fiscal Year in the form of The Gormley Group GovCon Almanac. The GovCon Almanac is a simple, visual way to understand some...
Tuesday Insight – November 5, 2024: GSA Chief Advocates for Simplified Cloud Buying, ‘Best Value’ Contracting as Congress Considers Legislation
Robin Carnahan touted a pair of House bills that would simplify cloud acquisition and add flexibility to procure "best value" tech products and services. Robin Carnahan, the leader of the General Services Administration, is hopeful that Congress before the end of its...
GSA FAS Sales Reporting Portal Enhancement: Update to new template v3.0 to report Transactional Data – October 2024
Attention TDR Sales Reporters: Please be aware that GSA is retiring the current FAS Sales Reporting Portal (SRP) upload template at approximately 9:00 a.m. ET on October 31, 2024. Immediately after this deployment only submissions using SRP upload template v3.0 will...
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