Does CMMC Phase 2 Apply to DoD Orders on Your GSA Schedule?
November 10, 2026 is the date DoD starts writing third-party CMMC certification into contracts. CMMC Phase 2 begins November 10, 2026. From that date, the Department of War (still called DoD in most regulations) starts adding CMMC Level 2 certification requirements, assessed by an authorized C3PAO, to applicable contracts. That includes orders placed on a […]
What Does MAS Refresh 33 Change, and What Should You Check Before Signing the Mass Mod?
Refresh 33 was supposed to land in September. GSA pushed it to October, which buys you a few weeks to read it properly. MAS Refresh 33 is GSA’s next update to the Multiple Award Schedule solicitation. Based on GSA’s advance notice, it adds supply chain security terms under the Revolutionary GSAR Overhaul, bars product substitution […]
Will the New Canadian-Origin Procurement Memo Pull Products From Your GSA Catalog?
No deadline, no implementing rule, and still a reason to open your catalog this week. On September 16, 2026, the President signed a memorandum titled “Restoring Reciprocity in Government Procurement.” It directs the Director of OMB and the U.S. Trade Representative to identify and take steps toward removing, or otherwise making unavailable for purchase, Canadian-origin […]
What Happens to GSA Schedule Rules When FAR Part 38 Is Deleted?
Two proposed rules landed four days apart in September 2026. Together, they move the rulebook agencies use to buy from your Schedule. The Revolutionary FAR Overhaul proposes deleting FAR Part 38 and moving Federal Supply Schedule ordering procedures out of FAR subpart 8.4 into a new GSAR Subpart 538.71. Your GSA Schedule does not change […]
Can I Decline a GSA Schedule Order? The 24-Hour and Five-Day Rules
A purchase order arrives on Friday afternoon. The pricing is awkward, the customer is outside your normal market, and nobody is sure whether saying no is allowed. Whether a GSA Schedule contractor can decline an order depends on the buyer, the order amount, and the payment method. Contractors must accept executive-branch orders that fall within […]
What Happens to My GSA Catalog, eMod, and Temporary Price Reductions During an FCP Transition?
The customer needs a new labor category. Your sales team wants a temporary discount. Then the FCP transition notice lands. During a FAS Catalog Platform transition, non-catalog GSA modifications can continue through eMod, but new catalog-related modifications cannot be submitted until the contractor completes the FCP First Steps process and its baseline is approved. Existing […]
Has FAR 8.405 Changed? What GSA’s New FSS Ordering Rules Mean for Schedule Contractors
The citation in the RFQ looks familiar. The buying process behind it may not be. GSA’s Federal Supply Schedule ordering procedures have been established in GSAR Subpart 538.71 through a class deviation supporting the FAR Overhaul. For Schedule contractors, that means the familiar FAR 8.405 framework is no longer the only place to understand how agencies solicit, evaluate, […]
How Do I Move My GSA Schedule From SIP to the FAS Catalog Platform?
The notice does not give your team time to invent a catalog-management process. It gives you time to complete one. A FAS Catalog Platform transition moves an eligible Multiple Award Schedule contractor from legacy SIP or EDI catalog publishing to GSA’s web-based FAS Catalog Platform, also called FCP. The transition requires the contractor to verify […]
What Is a GSA Schedule Modification, and When Do You Actually Need One?
A contractor sat on a mass modification for two months because they were not sure it applied to them. It did. By the time they realized, their contract was flagged non-compliant and a pending order stalled. Modifications are the routine maintenance of a GSA Schedule, and the contractors who treat them as optional are the ones […]
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 […]