Affordable Government Adventures: GSA City Pairs Made Easy
In recent years, the General Services Administration (GSA) has been on a mission to improve its reputation in managing travel budgets, especially following incidents like the extravagant spending on events such as the Hawaii conference. Positive changes have been taking place, reflecting the agency’s commitment to responsible fiscal practices. A notable initiative is the implementation […]
Sustainability is discussed in Executive Order 13514
The new Executive Order sets new goals for the coming decade. The order requires that 95% of all new products and services be sustainable. The Office of Small Business Utilization compiled a video to assist with determining what exactly that means, click here to view. The General Services Administration (GSA), has their own big push […]
FY 2016 GSA Supplier Relationship Management Survey!
The 2016 Supplier survey is out and all contractors on schedules should have received emails in the last couple days explaining the importance of giving the GSA feedback and completing the survey. The survey takes measure of whether the program is beneficial to you, whether you are looking to renew your contract, and if you […]
Economic Price Adjustment: 552.216-70
In June of this year, Clause 552.216-70 was changed, which may cause some headaches for GSA contractors. All economic price adjustments (EPAs) in Schedule contracts are made in accordance with clause I-FSS-969 or clause 552.216-70, depending on which clause you chose when you applied for your contract. In the past, the percentage of Economic Price […]
Data Center Optimization Initiative
GSA has recently announced that they will serve as a managing partner for The Office of Management and Budget’s Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI). This particular initiative requires federal agencies to “develop and report on data center strategies to consolidate infrastructure, improve existing facilities, achieve cost savings, and transition to more efficient infrastructure, such as […]
Mentor-Protege Program will be open for all small business
Prior to the Small Business Administration’s ruling on July 25th, the Mentor-Protege Program was only open to those businesses that were certified as an 8(a) company. While the Program will remain separate for 8(a) companies, the program itself will be almost identical. The Program is designed to assist the Protege with developing their business. Protege’s […]
“Making it easier” – rebranding GSA
The “Making it Easier” initiative was launched by GSA in April of this year but we’ve been wondering how effective it’s been so far. Do all the changes and new tools help contractors or just create more confusion because of all the changes? Although the program is very new, breaking down what its accomplished so […]
Consulting Firm Debarred by GSA
If you have done business with the Government long enough you have heard about companies getting debarred, or black listed, from doing business with the government. A Florida-based consulting firm, Federal Verification Co,, Inc., was the latest to get this exclusion from the General Services Administration (GSA). In the past they have done business under […]
Schedule 70 is growing, growing, growing!
Since the introduction of the Cloud IT SIN (132 40) has proven to be a successful experiment in subdividing IT purchasing, the next step in that progression is to continue that particular mission. Health IT, which is just about anything IT related, especially related to Electronic Health Records, used in hospitals, by doctors, nurses and […]
What is this Formatted Product Tool and what does it mean for your company?
First of all, this new tool only apply’s to product companies so if you are a service only company look away. If you sell strictly products or products and services then this will eventually apply to how you manage your GSA Contract. The Formatted Product Tool was built to make managing your contract easier and […]