by Julio Cardenas | Resource
CAGE Code stands for Commercial and Government Entity code. The Department of Defense’s Defense Logistics Agency, (DLA) assigns the five-character ID and uses alpha numeric identifier is assigned to entities located in the United States and its’ territories. How is a...
by Julio Cardenas | B2G Marketing Tips, Industry News
The annual GSA Supply Acquisition Center Industry Days will be held in just a few months. The couple of days will be geared towards those who have a schedule 73, 56, or 66 contract. The event will take place on: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at 8:00 AM to Thursday,...
by Julio Cardenas | GSA Audit Defense, Industry News
As of November 23, 2015, contractors will now be able to upload duplicate Manufacturer Part Numbers (MPNs) to GSA Advantage. With this change, it will be unnecessary to manipulate MPNs when a contractor has multiple manufacturers that happen to have the same MPN. As a...
by Julio Cardenas | GSA Audit Defense
On Labor Day, President Obama passed an Executive Order requiring Federal Contractors to provide all employees to paid sick leave. The order establishes a ratio of 1 hour of accumulated sick leave for every 30 hours worked on a Federal contract or seven days a year....
by Julio Cardenas | Industry News
New Mass Modifications to accommodate the new Professional Services Schedule GSA Interact has recently announced an important update regarding necessary actions to contractors who are migrating over to the Professional Services Schedule (PSS). As you know, the PSS is...
by Julio Cardenas | Industry News
Professional Services Schedule Updates To recap, the new Professional Services Schedule (PSS) is a new single Multiple Award Schedule (MAS). It was created to help provide total solutions for complex professional services requirements, as well as eliminating...
by Julio Cardenas | Industry News
With 2015’s new Congress having settled in, new bills have been proposed, that could have an impact on contracting, programs in VA, and national healthcare. This article will break down the first wave of new bills recently introduced. Security Clearances The...
by Julio Cardenas | B2G Marketing Tips
Emphasizing your company’s capability to accept government purchase cards can draw in more business. Purchase card transactions accounted for $26.4 billion of government purchases in fiscal year 2014. The Air Force used the card for nearly 1.5 million transactions and...
by Julio Cardenas | Industry News
During the week of March 2, 2015, it is anticipated that the National Information Technology Commodity Program (NITCP) will release its Second Generation Multiple Award Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) draft solicitation. Vendors can expect to compete among five...
by Julio Cardenas | B2G Marketing Tips
As the Federal government continues to focus on cutting acquisition costs by establishing a centralized purchasing platform, the term “Category Management” is gaining increasing traction in the Industry. The General Services Administration (GSA) is leading the...
by Julio Cardenas | B2G Marketing Tips
How can losing a bid help you win? One characteristic of a winner is the ability to use a setback to gain humility, strength, and experience out of a defeat. No one in the business wishes to lose a bid, but in a competitive environment everyone experiences this, no...
by Julio Cardenas | B2G Marketing Tips
In November of 2014, GSA Administrator Dan Tangherlini caused many in the industry to sit up and take notice with a provocative suggestion that the future of the GSA Multiple Award Schedules (MAS) Program could come under increasing scrutiny. In his words, he stated...
by Julio Cardenas | Uncategorized
GSA Makes an Official Announcement: Changes in Services Schedule by the New Year (updated December 11, 2014) With the first step to improve their professional services Schedule offerings GSA has announced they will be combining eight of the current professional...
by Julio Cardenas | Uncategorized
The Schedule 51 V hardware superstore schedule includes several categories of products/services, or SINs, for just about anything you can find at your local hardware store. In the latest schedule refresh, the 51 V office released an important update relating to the...
by Julio Cardenas | Industry News
Disregard Recent Email From GSA If you are a GSA Schedule holder, you mostly likely recently received an email from [email protected] with the subject line: “An eMod is required to complete the CCR information update with GSA contract.” You can ignore...
