GSA Schedule Resources
Tuesday Insight – March 8, 2022: Biden Finalizes ‘Buy American’ Rule for Government Procurements
The Biden administration completed rules that would speed up federal procurement policies to require a higher level of American-made products. The new requirements, which President Biden highlighted during an event at the White House Friday, will mean that products...
The State of Government Contracting Programs – March 2nd, 2022
This week on Off the Shelf, Roger Waldron, President of the Coalition for Government Procurement (thecgp.org) interviewed Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners and discussed the state of the General Services Administration’s major governmentwide...
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Tuesday Insight – March 1st, 2022: Inflation and the Imperative of Acquisition Streamlining
At the end of last month, the “FAR & Beyond” blog focused on the impact of supply chain and inflation challenges on government contractors. The blog highlighted the urgent opportunity for GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program to address these challenges...
Updates and Actions Related to the Upcoming SAM and the New Unique Entity ID Changes
Starting Monday, April 4, 2022, the new Unique Entity ID (generated in SAM.gov) will be the official, governmentwide identifier used for federal awards. To reduce burden during the transition, there will be an automatic, 60-day extension for any existing SAM.gov...
Tuesday Insight – February 22nd, 2022: Coalition for Government Procurement Urges GSA to Address Inflation Under Federal Contracts
The Coalition for Government Procurement has asked the General Services Administration about its plans to address inflation on government contracts. “Inflation is negatively impacting GSA’s contractor and customer bases, limiting access to the commercial market and...
Tuesday Insight – February 15th, 2022: Seven States Are Challenging Biden’s $15 Minimum Wage Policy for Contractors
The White House asserted the president acted within his legal purview with the executive order. Seven states have sued the Biden administration this past week over its new requirement that contractors pay their employees a $15 per hour minimum wage. President Biden...
Texas to Begin Accepting TXMAS Offer Packets Again on May 1, 2022
The Statewide Procurement Division’s (SPD) Texas Multiple Award Schedule (TXMAS) Program establishes TXMAS contracts to supplement SPD Term Contracts. The TXMAS Program adapts existing, competitively awarded, governmental contracts to service the procurement needs of...
Tuesday Insight – February 8th, 2022: Expect GSA to More Closely Scrutinize Trade Agreements Act Compliance
On January 21, 2022, the General Services Administration (“GSA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) informed the Federal Acquisition Service (“FAS”) that ongoing monitoring by the OIG found that the FAS failed to properly monitor the sale of products for compliance...
Tuesday Insight – February 1, 2021: Addressing the Impact of Inflation on Government Contracts
Supply chain challenges and inflation are having a negative impact on businesses across the economy. The federal procurement system, a subset of that economy, is not immune to these impacts. Indeed, the same cost increases affecting the performance of businesses,...
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