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Don’t forget about the GSA Schedule program

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With so much attention on a series of forthcoming GSA GWAC contracts, it might be easy for companies to forget about the old, reliable, GSA Schedule.  However, GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule program did record business last year.  Larry Allen is president of Allen Federal Business Partners.  He talked with Federal Drive with Tom Temin about why the schedule contracts might not be getting the attention they deserve right now.

If you need help or guidance on the GSA Schedule process, feel free to reach out to a GTPAC Procurement Counselor.

Listen to the Podcast at:  The Federal News Network

GSA streamlines MAS program requirements for COVID-19 related vendors

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To support GSA’s continued posture of supporting our country’s COVID-19 efforts, and in bolstering the American Rescue Plan, GSA has issued a letter to expand the availability of COVID-19 related products, services, and solutions under GSA’s multiple award schedule program by waiving certain vendor requirements.

Continue reading at:  GSA Blog

GSA hosting MAS program webinar March 19th

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The GSA Schedules Program: What You Need to Know!

General Services Administration (GSA), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) is hosting a Webinar – “The GSA Schedules Program: What You Need to Know!”

The webinar is open to all small businesses looking for additional information and guidance on GSA Schedules (MAS) Program.

Webinar will be hosted by GSA Region 8 Small Business Technical Advisor Eric Rettig on Friday, March 19, 2021 from 11:30 am – 1:30 pm ET.

Please register on the following Google Form: https://forms.gle/ULWKXY6nVyfvnnqQ6

Virtual Conference login information:

Google Hangout:

Meeting ID:  meet.google.com/vya-bvvm-bht

Phone Numbers 617-675-4444; PIN: ‪150 872 505 4284#

Note: Webinar will be hosted using Google “Meet”. Recommend using either the “Google Meet” App or Google Chrome when accessing the above link.

There is no cost to attend this webinar.

For more information visit:  https://beta.sam.gov/opp/98f7543fde62413a8dee0b178b09ac47/view

GSA temporarily waives some MAS solicitation requirements

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On 2/24/2021, GSA published a memorandum to temporarily waive the minimum corporate experience, relevant project experience, and annual financial statement requirements as prescribed by Multiple Award Schedule (“MAS”) solicitation provision SCP-FSS-001, Instructions Applicable to All Offerors, to facilitate America’s response to the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

You can read the full memo on GSA’s website here:  https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/MV-21-03_0.pdf

Contractor to pay $2.2 million to settle False Claims Act allegations

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Deputy United States Attorney Louis D. Lappen announced that SAP Public Services, Inc. has agreed to pay the United States more than $2.2 Million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by failing to pay required fees on contracts it signed pursuant to agreements with the United States General Services Administration (GSA).

SAP Public Services is a subsidiary of SAP SE, a multinational software engineering and support company, and its U.S. subsidiary, SAP America, Inc., headquartered in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.

In 1998 and 2009, GSA awarded SAP Public Services contracts under the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program.  The MAS program provides an efficient, streamlined process for federal, state, and local government buyers to purchase goods and services from commercial firms at discounted prices.  SAP Public Services sold software engineering and support to government customers under specified conditions.  SAP Public Services canceled these contracts in 2014.  Under the terms of their MAS contracts, SAP Public Services was required to pay an Industrial Funding Fee (IFF) to GSA.  This fee covers the cost of GSA’s administration of its contracting and purchasing programs, which save federal, state, and local government agencies the time and expense of awarding individual procurements and provide volume purchase prices, greater purchasing flexibility, and other benefits to those agencies.

Continue reading at:  U.S. Department of Justice

 

GSA keeping ‘on track’ with schedule consolidation

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The General Services Administration has begun the process of updating pre-existing contracts to meet the terms and conditions of its recently consolidated acquisition schedule.

GSA consolidated 24 schedules for finding and purchasing solutions into one Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) on Oct. 1 to modernize acquisition for federal, state and local agencies.

New contracts are placed on the consolidated schedule, while pre-existing contracts must be modified to be placed on the consolidated schedule — the second phase of the process known as Mass Modification.  Schedule holders have until July 31 to accept the Mass Mod that GSA started issuing Friday, or else their offerings will no longer be accessible on GSA’s eTools platform.

Continue reading at:  fedscoop

With GSA’s schedule consolidation, what is changing and what is not

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This is the third in a series of posts regarding the General Services Administration’s (“GSA”) consolidation of its federal supply schedules into one schedule contract.  Our prior posts addressed GSA’s consolidation process in general and its use of Category Management in constructing the consolidated schedule.  Here, we answer common industry questions regarding what is and is not changing as a result of schedule consolidation.

Continue reading at:  Government Contracts Navigator

GSA’s big changes in 2020, Part 2

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This is the second in a series of blogs regarding the General Services Administration’s (“GSA”) Multiple Award Schedule consolidation.  Previously, we addressed GSA’s three phases of consolidation.  In this post, we focus on certain fundamental, structural changes to the consolidated schedule made during Phase I.

Category Management Comes to the GSA Federal Supply Schedule Program

Generally speaking, GSA’s restructuring can be labeled Category Management.  Over the last year, the GSA Category Management Leadership Council and the Office of Management and Budget developed a government-wide category structure to support category management implementation across the federal government.

Continue reading at:  Blank Rome’s Government Contracts Navigator

Podcast: 2020 will be a busy year for federal procurement

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Fiscal year 2020, which coincides with calendar year 2020, started off busy on the federal contracting front.  Dan Snyder, the director of government contracts at Bloomberg Government, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for a look ahead.

Listen to the podcast at:  Federal News Network

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