by Roman Morales | Industry News
The General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Acquisition Services (FAS) is releasing a Refresh #14 to Solicitation 47QSMD20R0001. This refresh temporarily closes the Core Financial Management Solutions (Core FS) Subgroup of SIN 518210FM to new offers and modifications, however contractors will have alternative to continue to submit. After the review, the Subgroup will reopen.
by John Cardenas | Resource
Financial Management Quality Service Management Office (FM QSMO) is an initiative created to help achieve the US Treasury modernize the financial systems in various agencies. They have teamed with GSA to establish a new Special Item Number 518218FM on the GSA Schedule.
by Roman Morales | Industry News, Resource
The Common Catalog Platform, or CCP, is a new web-based application developed by GSA to improve vendors’ experience, improve efficiency and address accessibility issues. GSA will release CCP as a pilot to Office Supplies 4th generation (OS4) contractors in 2023. With the updates to the modification process, GSA hopes the catalog becomes an integrated part of the modification process.
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 John Cardenas | Resource
It is important for GSA Schedule holders to understand the Industrial Funding Fee (IFF). As a self-funding agency, the IFF allows GSA to collect revenue with every product/service sold through a GSA contract. It is imperative that contractors fulfill their obligations and remain compliant by reporting sales and paying this IFF.
by JF Bierlein | Industry News
General Services Administration (GSA) is going to simplify cloud acquisitions through the new Ascend Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA). This BPA is in addition to GSA cloud offerings in the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) and the Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts... 
by Dan Coley | Industry News
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.
by John Cardenas | Industry News
TXMAS stands for Texas Multiple Award Schedule and is a program that is used to supplement the Statewide Procurement Division (SPD) term contracts. The TXMAS program uses existing competitively awarded government contracts, primarily the GSA schedule, to service the... 
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 Dan Coley | Industry News
A revised Polaris release, a week before solicitation release, was met with great uproar when GSA revised the SBA Mentor-protégé Joint Ventures (JV) requirements. Many small businesses were concerned that the release provided SBA Mentor-protégé Joint Ventures too much... 
by Roman Morales | GSA Audit Defense, Industry News
What is a Robomod? A Robomod is the process where GSA leverages software to automatically find inconsistencies on products listed in their Verified Products Portal (VPP) and produce an email to a vendor with a list of flagged items scheduled to be removed unless... 
by Dan Coley | Industry News
With refresh 10 sent April 1st, it seems GSA has forgotten something, a scheduled refresh 11 is set to be released April 11th. GSA Solicitation refresh 11 will be created to revise the COVID-19 vaccine mandate…again. The vaccine was mandated by... 
by Ramiro Delgado | Industry News
On March 17, GSA released a Memorandum outlining new, relaxed parameters for reviewing, negotiating, and awarding Economic Price Adjustments (EPAs) requested by GSA Vendors in response to extraordinarily high inflation. Per GSA’s solicitation and Modification... 
by JF Bierlein | Industry News
The General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) is releasing an update to the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Solicitation 47QSMD20R0001 – Refresh #10 on March 31, 2022. There are several significant changes coming for vendors on the... 
by JF Bierlein | Resource
The SBA Mentor-Protégé Program (MPP) is designed to cultivate strong protégé firms through mentor-provided business development assistance, and to help protégés successfully compete for government contracts. As of November 16, 2020, the 8(a) Mentor-Protégé program and... 
by Dan Coley | Resource
The Micro Purchase Threshold (MPT) is the maximum dollar amount that an authorized buyer can purchase without having to go through acquisition bidding processes and they preferred method of payment is the Government Purchase Card. What this simply means, is that the... 
by Dan Coley | Industry News
The Polaris Government-wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) provides the opportunity for access to highly qualified small business information technology (IT) service providers. The purpose of GSA’s Polaris GWAC continues to be to achieve partner base expansions, provide... 
by Dan Coley | Industry News
From DUNS to UEI Beginning April 4, 2022, All federal agencies will cease referencing the Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) and begin using a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI). All potential vendors will be provided a UEI through System for Award... 
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 Roman Morales | GSA Audit Defense, Industry News
Effective December 17, 2021, existing and prospective contractors pursing GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule must be aware document requirement changes in MAS Solicitation 47QSMD20R0001 refresh 9. Updates to Pathways to Success and Readiness Assessment Under Refresh 9 All... 
