Is the FAS Catalog Platform Now Mandatory, and How Do You Get Your Catalog Found?
A new MAS awardee in 2026 went looking for the Schedule Input Program everyone told them to use, and it was not the tool anymore. GSA had moved catalog management to a new system, and the old guides they were following described a workflow that no longer applied. If your catalog is how buyers find you, you cannot […]
What Does the FAR Overhaul Moving to Formal Rulemaking Mean for Small Business Contractors?
For most of 2026 the FAR Overhaul has lived in a strange place: real enough to follow, but technically temporary. In June 2026 that changed. The FAR Council began converting the overhaul into permanent rules, and for small business contractors the part that matters most, Part 19, is still under review. The Revolutionary FAR Overhaul […]
Why Is My GSA Offer or Modification Taking So Long in 2026?
A contractor submitted a clean modification in spring 2026 and heard nothing for weeks. Nothing was wrong with the package. The reviewer was covering three times the normal workload while GSA restructured around them. If your offer, mod, or renewal feels stuck this year, the bottleneck is often on GSA’s side, and that changes how you should submit. GSA’s 2026 reorganization, […]
Where Do GSA Contractors File Subcontracting Reports Now That eSRS Is Gone?
A contracts manager logged in to file a routine Individual Subcontract Report in spring 2026 and found eSRS.gov no longer existed. No grace, no redirect they recognized, just a system that was there last cycle and gone this one. If your company files ISRs or SSRs, this is the change you cannot afford to learn about at […]
Is TDR Now Mandatory for Every GSA Schedule Holder Under Refresh 31?
GSA released Solicitation Refresh 31 on April 2, 2026, and buried inside it is the biggest reporting change MAS contractors have faced in a decade. A contractor who clicks “accept” on the coming mass modification without reading it will switch their entire pricing-compliance model, and most will not notice until the first report is due. Transactional Data […]
Does Having an SBA Certification Make My GSA Schedule More Valuable, or Are They Two Separate Things?
You are 8(a) certified, or SDVOSB, or WOSB. You also just landed your GSA Schedule. Somewhere in the back of your head is a quiet question nobody answered cleanly during either process: do these two things actually work together, or did you just spend a year stacking up paperwork that lives in separate drawers? Here […]
How Do I Actually Win Work on My GSA Schedule?
You spent nine months and real money getting the Schedule. The award letter came. Then nothing. No calls, no orders, no agency knocking. Six months later your contract has done zero dollars and you are starting to wonder if the whole thing was a scam. It was not a scam. You just bought the wrong […]
What Happens to My GSA Contract If I Get a Termination Notice for Cause?
The letter arrives on a Tuesday. Your contracting officer is moving to terminate your GSA Schedule for cause, and you have a deadline measured in days, not weeks. Before you panic or fire off a defensive email, understand this: a termination for cause on a GSA Schedule is the government ending your Multiple Award Schedule […]
My GSA Contract Is Coming Up For Renewal. What Does The Option Process Actually Look Like?
A GSA contract renewal, also called an option exercise, is the process GSA uses to decide whether to extend a Multiple Award Schedule contract for another five-year period. MAS contracts are generally awarded with a five-year base period and three five-year option periods, for a potential total of 20 years. GSA describes MAS as a […]
Can Service Contractors In Facilities, Maintenance, Or Field Work Really Succeed On GSA?
A GSA Schedule can work for service contractors in facilities, maintenance, repair, field operations, and related work, but only when the company has the right category fit, relevant experience, pricing discipline, and federal sales plan. MAS is not only for IT or product-heavy vendors. The challenge is that operational service companies usually need a more […]