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 | 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... 
by Dan Coley | Industry News
The White House recently posted a memorandum outlining Biden’s Advancement in Equity within the Federal Procurement describing upcoming action plans to maximize opportunities for Small Disadvantaged Businesses. Historically, Small Businesses, such as small... 
by John Cardenas | B2G Marketing Tips, Industry News
GSA published a new Request for Information (RFI) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) under Special Item Numbers (SINs) 518210C “Cloud and Cloud-Related IT Professional Services”, 54151S “IT Professional Services”, Ancillary, and... 
by Roman Morales | Industry News
The recently released Executive Order (EO) on Cybersecurity, addresses the continuous threat of malicious cyber campaigns that have caused harm to the security and privacy of the American people, both in the private and public sectors.
by Roman Morales | Industry News
(Update) Vaccine update Refresh 9 When GSA announced the modification, the summary did not include the updates to the Executive Order 14042 regarding vaccine mandates and safety protocols. We provided a detailed overview of the Executive Order 14042 and how it affects... 
by Ramiro Delgado | B2G Marketing Tips, Resource
The Polaris Government-wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) is part of the efforts to support small businesses as well as historically marginalized and underserved small businesses. Polaris will now include a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)... 
by Jack Coley | Industry News
The Safer Federal Workforce Task Force Issued a COVID-19 Workplace Safety: Guidance for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors on September 24, 2021, addressing who is covered, timelines, and other questions. Whom does this guidance apply to? The Task...
