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...
GSA and VA Schedule Policy Updates
Off the Shelf – June 8th, 2023: A GSA Acquisition Policy Update
Jeff Koses, senior procurement executive at the General Services Administration, joined host Roger Waldron on this week’s Off the Shelf to give an update on GSA’s key acquisition policy priorities, including the latest on transactional data reporting (TDR), economic...
Removal of Highly Competitive Pricing Language from GSA Solicitation
The GSA MAS solicitation had until recently included the following price evaluation statement for determining pricing under GSA Schedule and that was followed by contracting officers in negotiations: GSA seeks to obtain the offer’s best price based on its evaluation...
‘Pathways’ to the GSA Federal Acquisition Service’s North Star Goals
‘Pathways’ to the Federal Acquisition Service’s North Star Goals In leading the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), Commissioner Sonny Hashmi has established “North Star goals” for the organization in its efforts to support customer...
Tuesday Insight – September 20th, 2022: GSA Extends and Updates the Memorandum on Inflation
GSA released additional guidance to address delays processing Economic Price Adjustments (EPAs) in response to inflation on September 12, 2022, Background On March 17, 2022, Acquisition Letter MV-22-02 was issued by GSA to provide a temporary moratorium on the...
Tuesday Insight – September 13th, 2022: Procurement & the Acquisition Workforce
This week on Off the Shelf, Jeff Koses, senior procurement executive at the General Services Administration provides an update on the acquisition workforce, transactional data reporting (TDR), sustainability in procurement and the U.S. AbilityOne Commission. Koses...
Tuesday Insight – September 6th, 2022: GSA MAS Offer Submission Process Request for Information (RFI) Findings Now Available
SA thanks industry stakeholders who responded to the RFI on the MAS Offer Submission Process which closed on June 30, 2022. GSA received a total of 89 completed responses from current Schedule holders, most of which were small businesses. Your thoughts and ideas...
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 – 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...
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