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GSA’s big changes in 2020: federal supply schedules consolidation

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2020 may prove to be one of the most active years for federal contractors holding General Services Administration (“GSA”) Federal Supply Schedule (“FSS”) contracts and certain federal contractor registration requirements managed by GSA.  This post is the first of a series on GSA’s changes and addresses GSA’s most publicized action—the consolidation of its federal supply schedules into one schedule.

As promised, in October 2019, GSA released a solicitation that consolidated the solicitations for its 24 federal supply schedules into one solicitation to obtain an FSS contract.  GSA’s consolidation involves three Phases.

Phase I applies to companies that do not already hold an FSS contract.  Phase I was the release of the consolidated solicitation for use by companies seeking to obtain a new schedule contract.  On October 1, 2019, GSA released the consolidated solicitation.

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The devil’s in the details as GSA seeks to consolidate the Multiple Award Schedules

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The General Services Administration (GSA) will use the coming year to determine what its recently announced consolidated schedule will look like, according to the official leading the effort.

GSA announced in November the consolidation of 24 multiple award schedules into a single contract vehicle that federal agencies can use to purchase a range of more than 10 million products and services. Each year, agencies purchase about $30 billion worth of products — ranging from office supplies to various IT services — through GSA’s 24 schedules.

“Over this year, we’ll start the consolidation of the MAS program,” said Stephanie Shutt, director of the MAS Program Management Office, speaking at a recent GSA industry day.

Shutt said an integrated project team consisting of MAS members and officials from various acquisition centers and portfolios is doing much of the early work. This team will help make crucial decisions that could shape the single schedule.

For example, Shutt said they are reviewing all existing terms and conditions and determining where overlap exists among special item numbers, which generally categorize the kinds of good and services available. One goal, she said, would be to get rid of redundant or duplicitous conditions.

Keep reading this article at: https://www.nextgov.com/it-modernization/2018/12/devils-details-gsa-seeks-consolidate-multiple-award-schedules/153638/

Workshop helps businesses prepare a GSA Schedule proposal in as little as two days

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An innovative GSA Schedule Proposal Preparation Workshop provides businesses with the ability to complete a GSA Schedule package in as little as two days, depending on availability of business-related documentation.  Even if a business is just starting a GSA proposal, the workshop can shorten the preparation process to as little as 30 days.

The two-day workshop is conducted by The Contracting Education Academy at Georgia Tech.  Workshop dates and registration details may be found here.

Participants in the most recent workshop had this to say:

  • “I received what I came for – a completed GSA Schedule.”
  • “I received assistance with a GSA proposal submission that includes instructor-led training, sample documents, templates, and one-on-one assistance.”
  • “I got enough guidance and information … to complete my GSA application.”
  • “The class was very good; there was nothing missing.”
  • “I valued the small group and close one-on-one interaction with the instructors.”
  • “Excellent course!  Great job!”

Attendees unanimously agreed that the workshop exceeded their expectations.

Real world business scenarios are presented during this instructional workshop, tackling all the difficult and confusing aspects of the proposal process.  The Academy’s affordable course is designed to reduce the typical proposal preparation time frame.  The workshop is conducted by experienced government contracting professionals who have helped many business people successfully land GSA Schedule contracts.  The hands-on instruction provided during the workshop enables participants to actually complete their proposals during the two-day workshop.

As an added bonus, The Academy provides workshop attendees with four hours of time with our instructional personnel – after the workshop – to answer any remaining questions, review your proposal package, and provide follow-on consulting.

The next opportunity to attend this one-of-a-kind workshop is March 10 and 11, 2014.  The workshop is scheduled to be conducted in Atlanta on Georgia Tech’s midtown campus.

More details and the workshop’s outline can be found here: http://contractingacademy.gatech.edu/gsa-schedule-workshop

Registration details for the next workshop can be found here.

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