Introduction to GSA's Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) Program If you're a government contractor with a GSA Multiple Award Schedules (MAS) Contract — especially in categories like IT, professional services, office products, or industrial supplies — you need to know...
GSA and VA Schedule Policy Updates
Understanding Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs)
GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) accounted for 52 percent of GSA Schedule spending in 2024 and now recent FAR updates have made these acquisition methods even more valuable to government customers. What is a BPA? What is the...
FAR Council Increases Acquisition-Related Thresholds for Inflation: September 2025
Section 1908 of Title 41 of the United States Code requires that statutory acquisition-related thresholds be adjusted for inflation every five years, using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI). The statute excludes certain thresholds such as those...
FAR & Beyond: A Revolutionary Overhaul of the FSS Ordering Procedures: September 2025
It eliminates unnecessarily complex and confusing guidance, getting back to the fundamentals of the ordering process while embracing flexibility and innovation. The Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Overhaul continues apace! In August, the FAR Council...
OFPP Making Best-In-Class Contracts Mandatory as Part of FAR Overhaul: August 2025
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is developing new criteria in the coming weeks for what qualifies as a best-in-class contract. As part of its overhaul the Federal Acquisition Regulation, the Trump administration is trying to put an end to most of the...
The FAR Revolution has Arrived: August 2025
Jeff Koses, Senior Procurement Executive of GSA just issued a 6-pack of FAR deviations, plus one to the GSAR, addressing commercial item buying; and boy there’s a lot to say. So much, in fact, that in the next few days, GSA will announce its next industry webinar to...
FAR Council Releases Changes to 6 Sections of Acquisition Regulation – August 2025
The White House celebrated the changes as a milestone in its effort to overhaul and simplify the rules surrounding federal buying. The Trump administration is pushing forward in its deregulatory effort to overhaul the primary rules for how the government purchases...
Tuesday Insight – August 12, 2025: The Imperative of Best Value through the Multiple Award Schedules
On July 16, the General Services Administration published via its website 16 legislative proposals that the Office of Management and Budget transmitted to the 119th Congress. Legislative proposal No. 11, “Providing Best Value Through the Multiple Award Schedule...
Off the Shelf: The Implementation of the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul August 2025
This week’s guest on Roger Waldron's (President of the Coalition for Government Procurement) Off the Shelf, is Ken Dodds, executive vice president, and general counsel for the Coalition for Common Sense in Government Procurement. During the show, Dodds shares his...
VA Federal Supply Schedule Service Joins the GSA Interact Community – August 2025
The VA FSS program has launched a new online resource to communicate with industry about new requirements, initiatives and other developments related to VA FSS contracts. To visit the site and register to receive email alerts when content is posted, go to the VA FSS...
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!