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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,...
GSA Advantage Order Status eMail Notices and Reporting Requirements – February 2, 2022
GSA has begun sending out emails titled “Take Advantage of Order Status - 2/2/22 Update” along with the GSA Schedule contract number of the vendor. The emails are being sent out by the GSA Advantage Order Status Team. The email will include the most recent performance...
GSA Releases RFQ for Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) and Ancillary Services BPAs – January 28th, 2022
In support of the electrification of the Government’s fleet of vehicles, the General Services Administration’s Office of Fleet Management (GSA Fleet) is seeking quotations to establish multiple Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA) for Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment...
Tuesday Insight – January 25th, 2022: Buy American: A New Vision for New Realities
January 25th marks the one-year anniversary of the President’s issuance of Executive Order (EO) 14005, “Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of America’s Workers,” which, among other things, seeks to maximize the use of goods produced and services...
Is Your GSA Contract Subject to EO 14026 Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors?
You may have heard that the new mandatory minimum wage for employees who work on government contracts has increased to $15.00, but when is your GSA Contract subject to this new regulation? If the GSA Contract is awarded on or after January 30, 2022, or if the GSA...
Tuesday Insight – January 18th, 2022: US Supreme Court Blocks OSHA’s Vaccine-or-Test Mandate
On January 13, 2022, the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) granted the consolidated applications for stays of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration emergency temporary standard (ETS), including the vaccine-or-test mandate, on the grounds that OSHA had...
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