Alston and Bird's Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team breaks down the Department of Defense’s finalized Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) rule, which establishes a tiered compliance framework that will soon be mandatory for all defense contractors...
GSA and VA Schedule Policy Updates
Off the Shelf: The Revolutionary FAR Overhaul – November 2025
Ken Dodds, executive vice president, and general counsel at the Coalition for Common Sense in Government Procurement, joins Off the Shelf for a wide-ranging discussion of the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO). Dodds shares his analysis and insights on how the RFO will...
VA MAS Schedule 66 III Cost-Per-Test Mass Modification – November 2025
The 66III FSS Solicitation for Cost-Per-Test, Clinical Laboratory Analyzer, RFP-797-FSS-03-0001-R1, has been amended, and a new Mass Modification is now required. This update replaces three outdated clauses with revised ones. Key Changes: The Mass Mod is pre-signed by...
What Is Transactional Data Reporting (TDR)?
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...
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...
Ten Checkpoints - On the Way to Your GSA Schedule
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