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MAS Consolidation Updates
As GSA moves from 24 separate schedules to one Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) they are beginning to release some concrete dates. The MAS transition has always been defined as a three-phase process beginning October 01, 2019 and stretching through July 2020, but the...
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 MAS...
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 to help 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...
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...
Small Business Gets A Competitive Bump
SBA Proposed Rule to Size Standards extends calculations from average of three year of receipts to five years. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) posted a proposed rule to modify its method for calculating annual average receipts used to determine size...
Supreme Court Upholds Protection For Government Contractors In FOIA Requests
Good news for companies receiving FOIA requests for release of information. The Supreme Court carefully and narrowly defined what information can be deemed “confidential” and thus withheld or redacted from release. On June 24, in a 6-2-1 decision, the U.S....
A List of TAA Designated Countries
What is TAA Compliance? (Updated: June 2019 ) How do you know if you are TAA Compliant? TAA refers to the Trade Agreement Act. Under 19 USC 2501 Trade Agreements Act government agencies may only purchase US-made or designated country end products or US or designated...
New Beta SAM.gov Will Merge 10 Existing GSA Websites
The GSA’s System for Award Management website (SAM.gov) is looking to make some massive updates in the future. SAM is the searchable federal database where vendors register in order to carry out any business with the government. The new vision for SAM is to eventually...
New Consolidated Multiple Award Schedule Coming Soon & GSA wants Your Feedback
MAS Consolidation is happening as previously advised. Plans to consolidate all 24 GSA Federal Supply Schedules into one mega schedule beginning October 1, 2019. GSA has released an industry Request for Information on changes and formatting to the...
Register For the New FAS Sales Reporting System
GSA’s Sales Reporting System Open to All As reported last month and in emails that you may have already received from GSA; GSA’s legacy sales reporting system is being terminated and existing users are being transitioned over to the FAS Sales Reporting System (SRP)....
What is Best Value Source Selection
FAR 15.1 covers Source Selection Process and Techniques. FAR 15.101 covers the Best Value Continuum which provide guidance on when agencies should consider the Tradeoff process (Best Value) or Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable (LPTA) Source Selection. Best Value...
What is Lowest-Priced Technically Acceptable Source Selection
The scourge of many professional service providers is the lowest priced technically acceptable (LPTA) source selection process. FAR 15.101-2 address LPTA source selection. Product vendors, especially those acted as resellers of widely available products, should...
Can You Decline GSA Schedule Orders?
A new email pops into your Inbox. It’s an order off through your GSA schedule directly through GSAAdvantage. Your first thought is elation - the schedule program is working! You click the link to the POPortal and open the order. Something is wrong, the minimum order...
