by Julio Cardenas | GSA Audit Defense
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...
by Dan Coley | GSA Audit Defense, Industry News
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,...
by Dan Coley | GSA Audit Defense, Industry News
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...
by Julio Cardenas | GSA Audit Defense, Resource
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...
by Dan Coley | GSA Audit Defense, Industry News
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...
by Dan Coley | B2G Marketing Tips, GSA Audit Defense
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...
by Dan Coley | GSA Audit Defense, Industry News
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...
by Julio Cardenas | GSA Audit Defense, Industry News
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...
by Dan Coley | GSA Audit Defense, Industry News
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...
by Dan Coley | GSA Audit Defense, Industry News
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...
by Dan Coley | GSA Audit Defense, Industry News
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...
by Dan Coley | GSA Audit Defense
Effective January 24, 2018; DoD, GSA, and NASA issued a final rule amending the Trade Agreement Act Thresholds. The threshold establish trigger points as which each trade agreement becomes effective for federal acquisitions. However, Federal Supply Schedules (GSA),...
by Ramiro Delgado | GSA Audit Defense, Industry News
If you were mandated to accept the Transactional Data Reporting provisions there is now a path to reverse to legacy clauses.As stated by Mary Davie, Acting Deputy Commissioner of FAS, GSA has decided to make the Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) Pilot Program...
by Dan Coley | GSA Audit Defense, Resource
If your GSA contract was awarded using the debarred Federal Verification Co., Inc or one of their 40 plus aliases, your contract may be at risk of non-compliance. Names used include GSA Applications, GSA 1000, GSA Processors, GSA Alliance, Federal Suppliers Guide,...
by Dan Coley | GSA Audit Defense
Failure to comply with the False Claims Act has resulted in another large IT company, CA, Inc. paying $45 million in claims. The Department of Justice found that CA, Inc. neither disclosed all key commercial discounting practices nor offered them to GSA customers...
