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 […]
Do I Need a Small Business Subcontracting Plan for My GSA Offer, and What Happens If I Get It Wrong?
A small business subcontracting plan for a GSA offer is generally required when an other-than-small business pursues a contract expected to exceed the applicable FAR threshold and subcontracting possibilities exist. For large-business and enterprise offerors, this is one of the most misunderstood parts of the Multiple Award Schedule process because it looks like a compliance […]
Is Getting a GSA Contract Enough to Start Winning Federal Work in 2026?
Securing a GSA Schedule is a milestone, but it does not generate sales on its own. In 2026, federal buying is more centralized and strategic, which means contractors must actively position, market, and manage their contract to win work. Does a GSA Schedule Guarantee Government Sales? A GSA Schedule provides access to federal buyers, not […]