GSA’s Refresh 9 MASS Modification

(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 contractors, in a previous post. 

The updated Solicitation includes wording from the Safer Federal Workforce website about how the executive order will be followed. Due to the pending lawsuits against the mandate, the Government will take no action to enforce FAR 52.223-99 or the Executive Order 14042 without written notice from the agency. Currently all fifty states and its’ outlying areas are included; however, the Safer Federal Workforce is updating their list frequently. Please check their website for the most up to date list.

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The General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) issued a December 2021 MASS Modification 9 (Solicitation 47QSMD20R0001) implements that amended and updated procedures for all offerors. The GSA Federal Acquisition Service has outlined instructions for the SCP-FSS-001, Vendor Education Center, MAS Solicitation table of contents, Price Proposal Template (PPT), clause/provision updates, and SINs to clarify information submitted regarding topics ranging from identical items to Information technology categorizations.

Changes to the Overall MAS Solicitation in Refresh 9 include:

1. 1. SCP-FSS-001
      1. There will be an expansion of paragraph (j) (3) (ii) part C to include services and labor categories pertaining to items that are identical.
      2. There will be a change to instructions on removing all references in Vendor Education Center while informing of the Pathway to Success and Readiness Assessment trainings availability through the MAS Roadmap under the “Train” link.
   2. Price Proposal Template (PPT)
      1. The MFC columns will be removed from the OS4 tabs due to OS4 SINs being not applicable for TDR and MFC.
      2. The language for all tabs will become more consistent to maintain clarity.
      3. The Updated MFC Price Offered to GSA (Excluding IFF) and Discount Price Offered to GSA (including IFF) columns will now have a round function to enable the calculated pricing to round to two decimal places.
      4. The pricing terms tab will have added instructions for customer/customer group and % of Gross Sales requirement that is a part of paragraph (4) (a) of the CSP-1 Form while being more consistent with the Refresh 7 that removes Reference to clause I-FSS-969 for economic price adjustments.
      5. The commercial End Users field name will be changed to Commercial Customers.
      6. The references to SIN 54151CDM will be removed from the PPT for products offered.
      7. The “Read Me” tab will include additional TDR information that pertain to Services and Training.
      8. The “Dealer Part Number” field name in the Products for Discount/Markup tab will be changed to Vendor Part Number.
      9. A Glossary Terms tab will be added
   3. The Clauses to be updated in agreement with FAC 2021-07 are 52.212-1, 52.212-5, 52.210-1, 52.210-3, 52.219-9, 52.219-14, 52.219-16, 52.219-27, 52.219-28, 52.219-29, 52.219-30, 52.219-33, and 52.245-1.
   4. The Clauses to be updated in agreement with GSAR Change 140 are 552.211-75, 552.211-77, 552.211-89, 552.212-71, 552.212-72, 552.229-70, 552.229-71, 552.238-77, 552.238-81, 552.238-82, 552.246-78, 552.252-5, and 552.252-6.
   5. Specific Large Category, Subcategory, or SIN
      1. Office Management (A) – Document Services (A03) – SIN 541611LIT- Litigation Support Services
         1. The title will be changed from “Litigation Support Services” to “Litigation Support Solutions.
         2. The description will have additions that include eDiscovery, FOIA Request, and Legal Hold Solutions.
         3. The Commodity Code will change from “S” for Services to “B” for both products and services.
      2. Office Supplies (A09) – SIN 333318SBSA – Office Security Equipment and IT Products
         1. A note for Small Business Set Aside will be added.
      3. Furniture and Furnishings (F) – Fitness Solutions (C09) – SIN 339920S – Sporting Goods Equipment and Supplies
         1. The title will be changed from “Sporting Goods Equipment and Supplies” to “Sporting Goods, Fitness Equipment, and Supplies.”
         2. The description will be modified to include fitness equipment
      4. Fitness Solutions (C09) – SIN 713940 – Fitness Center Management Services
         1. The description will be changed to limit to services.
      5. Information Technology (F) – IT Solutions (F05) – SIN 518210C – Cloud and Cloud-Related IT Professional Services
         1. The title will be changed from “Cloud and Cloud-Related IT Professional Services” to “Cloud Computing and Cloud-Related IT Professional Services.”
         2. The description will be changed to differentiate between Cloud Computing and Cloud Related IT professional Services.

Information on Refresh 9 can be found on the GSA Interact website.  A webinar was held on Monday, November 29, 2021, to introduce and discuss Refresh 9.  The refresh is scheduled to be released on December 17, 2021. Offerors have 90 days from the release of the final version MASS Modification to accept the Refresh 9 and make the appropriate changes to their existing contracts and future offers for solicitation 47QSMD20R0001.

Coley GCS provides companies looking to get on GSA Schedule with assistance navigating through the entire process of creating an offer, updates to your contracting vehicle, as well as contract compliance and management services.  If you have any questions on this GSA MAS refresh, or anything else regarding the GSA MAS Solicitation, feel free to contact us directly at 210-402-6766, by email at [email protected] or schedule a call to speak to our specialist on how we can support your government contracting needs.