by Julio Cardenas | Industry News
Starting October 3, 2022, GSA will suspend contractors from GSA Advantage! that are not compliant with providing orders status before the order delivery due date has passed. GSA sends out bi-weekly emails to non-compliant contractors that have scores of 50% or below with at least 11 items on the report. This does not cancel contract, but removes them from GSA Advantage.
by Julio Cardenas | GSA Audit Defense, Industry News
GSA Schedule contract holders will have another solicitation refresh applied to all MAS contracts at the end of this month. Effective 30 June 2022, refresh #13 is another unilateral update to the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) solicitation.
by Julio Cardenas | Industry News
For all GSA Schedule holders, you may have noticed an increase of activity from GSA pushing multiple refreshes. Only a few months after Refresh 10 and Refresh 11, GSA Schedule Consultants at Coley are gearing up for the upcoming Refresh 12 and 13. GSA noted in a live... 
by Julio Cardenas | B2G Marketing Tips, Resource
Expand Your Customer Base with State and Local Customers GSA Schedule contractors are familiar with the large list of agencies that can purchase from their Schedule and know the benefits of having a GSA Contract — streamlined federal acquisition; but did you... 
by Julio Cardenas | B2G Marketing Tips
NASA is hosting a free Small Business Virtual Expo Thursday October 7, 2021. The expo is hosted by NASA’s Office of Small Business, and will focus on small business opportunities and will provide industry-specific networking opportunities in breakout rooms. Industries... 
by Julio Cardenas | Industry News
Update Your GSA Schedule One of GSA’s COVID initiatives from last year, at the beginning of the pandemic, allowed certain products from Non-TAA countries (Trade Agreement Act) to be temporarily added to contractor’s GSA Schedule. Now, GSA Schedule contractors received... 
by Julio Cardenas | Industry News
GSA eBuy Rolls Out August 2020 Update On August 1st, 2020, the General Services Administration had rolled out an eBuy update that allows contractors to select subgroups to some popular SINs awarded on contract. Customers are still able to release opportunities by... 
by Julio Cardenas | B2G Marketing Tips, Industry News
GSA ADDS EXCEPTION TO TRADE AGREEMENTS UPDATE: An addendum was released that extends the applicability date of SPE Memorandum SPE-2020-11. Originally 7/1/2020, the applicability date was extended to 8/1/2020. Learn more about TAA compliance here. GSA has once again... 
by Julio Cardenas | GSA Audit Defense
It is time for GSA Schedule holders to report sales again. This month/quarter, you will notice that there has been a change to the sales reporting options. If you have accepted the MAS conversion A812 mass modification, you will notice that the SRP lists both legacy... 
by Julio Cardenas | GSA Audit Defense, Resource
What is TAA Compliance? (Updated: November 2022 ) How do you know if you are TAA Compliant? TAA refers to the Trade Agreement Act. Under 19 USC 2501 Trade Agreements Act government agencies may only purchase US-made or designated country end products or US or... 
by Julio Cardenas | Industry News
GSA’s Sales Reporting System Open to All As reported last month and in emails that you may have already received from GSA; GSA’s legacy sales reporting system is being terminated and existing users are being transitioned over to the FAS Sales Reporting System (SRP).... 
by Julio Cardenas | GSA Audit Defense, Industry News
72A to be Terminated This Year (May 20, 2019 Update: Register For the New FAS Sales Reporting System) As many GSA Schedule contractors are aware by now, GSA will be retiring the 72a Sales Reporting System and will require current users to make a switch to the new FAS... 
by Julio Cardenas | Industry News
GSA Discontinues its Formatted Product Tool (FPT) Pilot Program GSA has distributed its announcement about the agency’s decision to discontinue its Formatted Product Tool pilot program. Just as I was, contractors falling under the 58 I, 72, and 66 GSA schedule program... 
by Julio Cardenas | B2G Marketing Tips
Become a Supplier on DLA’s eCommerce Platform. FedMall is the redesigned successor of the DLA eMall program; a successful 20-year purchasing program. FedMall is an eCommerce platform which hosts millions of products that are available for purchase by authorized... 
by Julio Cardenas | Industry News
On May 18, House Armed Services Committee Chairman, Congressman Thornberry introduced the Defense Acquisition Streamlining and Transparency Act (HR 2511), which aims to modernize how the Department of Defense (DoD) procures goods and services. The draft legislation...