The recent Supreme Court decision on affirmative action is creating a review into other government programs including the SBA 8(a) program. Here we review how the SBA 8(a) program works and how it could potentially change.
The SBA 8(a) Business Development program was developed to help socially and economically disadvantaged entrepreneurs gain access to the federal marketplace. The current goal for the federal government is to award 12 percent of all federal contracting dollars to those who participate in this program.
GSA has announced that Refresh 17 is going to be released with more regulatory and language changes being made to the MAS solicitation.
The VA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) is continuing to work closely with General Services Administration (GSA) to update and revise systems. One major update in 2023 will be the transition to use GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Sales Reporting Portal (SRP).
Are you familiar with GSA Global Supply? It is a US General Services Administration (GSA) program that provides federal agencies with access to a wide range of commonly purchased products through pre-negotiated contracts with suppliers.
Several times a year GSA will “refresh” or reissue the solicitation under which your GSA Schedule contract was awarded. When GSA refreshes the solicitation, many of your contract’s terms and conditions may require an additional action or change in the way your contract is managed. These new terms and conditions must be accepted in order to maintain contract compliance.
GSA is releasing a solicitation refresh #15 on January 18, 2023. These changes include description clarifications, Price Proposal Template updates, and NAICS size standards adjustments.
The Small Business Association (SBA) has reviewed economic trends and influences and released a final rule to allow for monetary size standards to be increased in line with inflation. This will benefit small businesses since it will allow them to continue to compete for government opportunities set aside for small businesses.
GSA is expanding their Commercial Platform to new offerors that have experience selling to commercial and government clients. A draft RFP is open through the end of September 2022.
SAM.gov updates entity registration roles and requires all Entity Administrators to hold positions in the registering entity, restricting third-parties to “Data Entry” roles.
New guidance states that federal contractors are not required to mandate vaccinations for employees working onsite on federal contracts.
Young companies with a drive to operate in the federal space can now pursue a GSA Schedule contract. GSA has opened the opportunity for small businesses with less than two years of experience to obtain their Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract. The GSA schedule is the most popular Government-wide contracting vehicle in the public space and Coley has over 20 years’ experience helping companies obtain and maintain their GSA Schedules.
