Does the Fair Labor Standards Act Apply to Your Team?
The Fair Labor Standards Act has been revised by the Department of Labor to help distinguish between employees and independent contractors.
GSA Advanced Notice of Solicitation Refresh 6
GSA is set to release MAS Solicitation 47QSMD20R0001 – Refresh #6 to all existing GSA Schedules in May 2021. It is critical to review the refreshed solicitation in its entirety to understand the planned updates prior to accepting/competing the Mass Mod.
What Are The Service Contract Labor Standards?
The Service Contract Labor Standards (SCLS), formerly known as the Service Contract Act (SCA), covers contracts entered into by Federal and District of Columbia agencies wherein the contract’s principal purpose is to furnish services in the U.S. through the use of...
GSA Schedule Consolidation Impact on Quarterly Sales Reporting
It is time for GSA Schedule holders to report sales again. This month/quarter, you will notice that there has been a change to the sales reporting options. If you have accepted the MAS conversion A812 mass modification, you will notice that the SRP lists both legacy...
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 topics to what to consider before, during,...
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...
A List of TAA Designated Countries
What is TAA Compliance? (Updated: May 2021 ) 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 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...
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...
2019 NDAA Restricts Government Use of LPTA
Federal professional services firms should all breath a sign of relief— one of the many changes of the FY2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is the government-wide restriction on the application of Lowest-Priced Technically Acceptable (LPTA) as the basis of...
Prepare For the New FAS Sales Reporting System
72A to be Terminated This Year (May 20, 2019 Update: Register For the New FAS Sales Reporting System) As many GSA Schedule contractors are aware by now, GSA will be retiring the 72a Sales Reporting System and will require current users to make a switch to the new FAS...
GSA Mass Modification for Order Level Materials is Coming
Beginning June 11-13, 2018; vendors should begin seeing mass modification invitations addressing Commercial Supplier Agreements (CSA)/End User License Agreements (EULA). Following the acceptance of the first modification, vendors will see a second mass modification to...
GSA Commercial Supplier Agreement Final Rule
The terms & conditions of standard Commercial Supplier Agreements (CSA) have been a point of frustrated negotiations in federal procurement for years. GSA has tried numerous times to create “fail charts” of terms that are at odds with the requirements set by...
New Sick Leave Requirement for Federal Contractors
Executive Order 13706 – Paid Sick Leave for Workers on Federal Contracts The Department of Labor released the latest Wage Determinations covering the Service Contract Act (SCA, now known as the Service Contract Labor Standards) July 25, 2017. The wage determinations...
The Coalition for Government Procurement Blog
- New Administration, New GSA Administrator, and Acquisition Opportunities: Making Cost-Reimbursement Task Orders Part of the MAS Program
- From the President: Wishing the Best to a Procurement Innovator and a Dedicated Public Servant
- Eliminating the Price Reduction Clause is an Opportunity to Increase Competition