by Ramiro Delgado | Industry News
Update: The deadline for submissions is October 16, 2015. Important links: HCaTS Industry Group on GSA Interact view the RFPs, please visit FedBizOpps at HCaTS Final RFP HCaTS SB Final RFP. The deadline for submissions is October 16, 2015. GSA, working with OPM, has... 
by Ramiro Delgado | GSA Audit Defense, Industry News
How Do You Handle Bpas And Task Orders With The Professional Service Schedule Transition? On October 1, 2015, GSA is migrating all vendors under the following schedules to the new Professional Services Schedule (PSS): Schedule 520 Financial and Business Solutions... by Ramiro Delgado | B2G Marketing Tips
Financial experts and analysts recognized a slowing trend in the growth of State, Local, and Educational (SLED) contracting opportunities in 2014. The 2015 forecast calls for mixed results, with the improvement of larger-growth drivers and growing technology niches... by Ramiro Delgado | GSA Audit Defense, Industry News
On March 10, 2015, the procurement world felt a groundswell beneath its feet. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in CGI Federal, Inc. V. United States 2014-5143 ruled that FAR 12 takes precedence when there is inconsistency in other FAR parts,... by Ramiro Delgado | B2G Marketing Tips
If you are a Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) or Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), there are many strategic ways to position yourself to win Government contracts. Your status as a VOSB or SDVOSB alone is a start in increasing your chances of... by Ramiro Delgado | Industry News
By the end of this month, the U.S. General Services Administration’s (GSA’s) 18F will release a request for quote (RFQ) for a new blanket purchasing agreement (BPA) for vendors specializing in agile Information Technology (IT) delivery services. The new agile BPA... by Ramiro Delgado | B2G Marketing Tips
DOD eMall Returns! UPDATE: The eMall solicitation has been released. Last year, Defense Logistics Agency temporarily suspended awards to their eCommerce site, DoD eMall, while they worked out a structure and system that could handle the product listings and market... by Ramiro Delgado | GSA Audit Defense
Terminations and Mergers Select Contractors falling under GSA’s Schedule 56 program and select SINs received a notification (updated 12/18/14) this month in regards to the termination of: SIN 641-1: Water Purification Units SIN 641-2: Water Filtration Systems SIN... by Ramiro Delgado | B2G Marketing Tips
Does your proposal have an advantage over others? Some clients that I have advised have benefited from utilizing the FAR 51.1, Contractor Use of Government Supply Sources during the proposal development process. FAR Part 51.1 includes a deviation which grants Federal... 
by Ramiro Delgado | B2G Marketing Tips
Have a customer that wants your products or services? Is their contracts office is backlogged and they can’t support your customer’s timeframe? Consider Using GSA’s Assisted Acquisition Services (AAS) Office. Have you ever run into this situation: a military customer... 
by Ramiro Delgado | Industry News
FAR 51 deviation has received an expansive class deviation allowing all federal contracting officers to provide GSA vendors performing time-and-material or labor-hour basis, to purchase ancillary supplies and services from other GSA contractors. Senior Procurement... 
by Ramiro Delgado | GSA Audit Defense
FAR Service Contracts Reporting (SCR) Requirements due October 30. IMPORTANT REMINDER FOR GSA SCHEDULE HOLDERS PROVIDING SERVICES! The SCR requirements under FAR clauses 52.204-14 and 52.204-15 were added during the latest GSA solicitation refreshes and you are now... 
by Ramiro Delgado | GSA Audit Defense
In a recent protest decision by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) it was determined that a 1099 Contractor was not considered an employee of the firm and work performed by the contractor did not count toward a Small Businesses prime contractors performance.... 
by Ramiro Delgado | GSA Audit Defense
One potential way to boost your GSA Schedule sales is to add additional product lines to your GSA Schedule. If you are a reseller or dealer and decide to become a GSA vendor, you will be required to provide a Letter of Supply (LOS) from your suppliers/manufacturers... 
by Ramiro Delgado | Industry News
GSA’s multibillion dollar OASIS (One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services) contract released on July 31st, (OASIS SB RFP and OASIS (Unrestricted) RFP), has already received two formal protests. The first protest is at the agency level, asserting that the...