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CARES Act Allows Payments to Contractors When They Can’t Work
Coley has received several inquiries from our Federal contracting community as to how to recoup revenue lost as a result of being unable to fulfil contractual obligations due to the work interruption caused by the COVID-19 national emergency. Section 3610 of the...
COVID 19 Impacting Commercial Markets But Government Contracts Still Being Awarded
COVID 19 is wreaking havoc in the commercial marketplace and negatively affecting everything from airlines to local restaurants, and everything in between. As a government contractor, I’ve been watching the government acquisition flow over the past couple of months...
GSA Provides 60-Day SAM.gov Extension
You probably have many things on your mind right now other than renewing your SAM.gov registration. Given that business and government alike are focused on responding to the Coronavirus/COVID-19 national emergency, the General Services Administration (GSA) has...
Families First Coronavirus Response Act- What does it Mean for Your Business?
As part of the national response to the COVID 19 virus pandemic, President Trump signed “The Families First Coronavirus Response Act” (HR 6201), a new law that expands the “Family and Medical Leave Act” (FMLA) to include provisions for employees and their...
Disaster Assistance for Small Businesses
Last week we notified you about the Small Business Administration (SBA) would be providing loan support during this time. They have provided Coley with some additional information to support you and any questions you may have regarding SBA’s Disaster Assistance for...
Is COVID-19 Causing You Government Contract Delays?
With COVID-19 spreading to more people daily and with the emergency declarations that have been enacted, it’s likely that your business will be impacted as well. As a government contractor, your business has contractual obligations that could become difficult to...
GSA Issues Guide to MAS Modification Transition
GSA Schedule holders have been profoundly affected by the transition to one, unified Multiple Award Schedule (MAS), which has occurred in three phases. Phase One: On October 1, 2019, GSA released the single, unified GSA MAS Schedule solicitation, consolidating 24 GSA...
MAS Consolidation – AMA with Coley GCS
MAS Consolidation is officially here. Coley GCS will be will providing some insights on what this change means for you in a 30 minute Q&A session to address your concerns during this transition. Coley GCS has provided GSA Schedule contract acquisition and...
Guide to Prepare for Mass Modifications
GSA Interact has released a helpful guide to prepare for the upcoming mass modification being released this Friday: https://interact.gsa.gov/document/prepare-upcoming-mass-mod-13120-mass-mod-checklist GSA covers three central...
MAS Consolidation Updates
As GSA moves from 24 separate schedules to one Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) they are beginning to release some concrete dates. For an updated timeline, visit our "Guide to Prepare for MASS Modifications." The MAS transition has always been defined as a three-phase...
GSA MAS Consolidation Mass Modifications Scheduled for January 31, 2020
GSA combined 24 separate GSA schedules into one large schedule titled the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) October 01, 2019. All new offers submitted after that date were submitted against the MAS solicitation. For legacy contractors, GSA is planning on releasing the...
DUNS Is Leaving
GSA announced earlier this year they would be moving away from the proprietary Dun & Bradstreet’s Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) in favor of an internally developed and managed Unique Entity Identifier (UEI). GSA has been extracting itself from commercial...
D&B No Longer Accepting Orders for Open Ratings Past Performance Reports – Now What?
When submitting a GSA Schedule Offer, GSA requires that you provide evidence of successful past performance. Typically, this requirement has been satisfied by ordering an Open Ratings Past Performance Report through D&B. However, as of Dec 6, 2019, D&B is no...
Changes in eBuy During the GSA Consolidation Initiative.
Everything You Thought You Knew About GSA Schedules is Changing. GSA is rolling 24 GSA Schedules into one Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) that will include 12 large categories, 83 subcategories, and 316 Special Item Numbers SINS. To add to the complexity of this...
GSA’s MAS Consolidation is Here.
The time has come for GSA’s much anticipated MAS Consolidation. Vendors will no longer be identified under their respective schedule numbers (i.e. 00CORP, 70, 84…) but rather be grouped under a single consolidated solicitation. GSA’s first of many phases kicked off...
New Online Training Accelerates Small Businesses success in Government Contracting
Online training series helps small business gain a competitive edge in Federal Government contracting. San Antonio, TX, September 13, 2019 - Coley GCS, a Government Contracts training and consulting firm, launched a live webinar on how to ”Uncover End-of-year Contract...
GSA Schedule Holders Provide Needed Support During Disaster Recovery
As Florida begins to prepare for the swiftly approaching hurricane Dorian, disaster preparation and recovery by local and state government has become an increasingly relevant topic. The result of natural disasters can be devastating, and government officials are...
$5 Billion in New Opportunities with the VA for SDVOSBs
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of General Counsel overturned the VA’s previous determination that VETS First and Rule of Two did not apply to purchases under the $10,000 micropurchase threshold. The Office of the General Counsel in fact...
