FAR & Beyond: A Timely Opportunity for Evergreen MAS Contracts!
Considering the Administration’s procurement streamlining efforts, now is the time to revisit the concept of evergreen contracting (evergreen) under the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program. Evergreen contracting will reduce redundant paperwork requirements and further streamline contract management. Currently, MAS contracts consist of a five-year base period followed by three five-year options. At the end of this 20-year period, MAS contractors are required to submit new offerors and negotiate new contract terms and conditions with GSA. However, in the context of the MAS program, once a firm has a MAS contract, the submission of a new offer becomes a redundant paperwork exercise that diverts GSA’s and the contractor’s time and resources from the ongoing management of existing contracts. Evergreen discards the 20-year contract term limit, allowing MAS contracts to remain in place with no time limit, subject to continuous five-year option periods. Evergreen is not restrictive on time. Rather, it creates stability and focuses on performance.
Given the unique statutory authority for, and regulatory structure of, the MAS program, evergreen is a common sense procurement measure that would reduce costs, limit paperwork, and save time for GSA and its industry partners. It is also a commercial practice. Under the MAS program, the standing MAS contracts are living documents. GSA periodically updates the MAS contracts through modifications to “refresh” the contract terms and conditions. In turn, contractors propose modifications to add or delete commercial products and/or services, refresh commercial terms, and update commercial pricing. And size and socioeconomic status recertification is already required prior to each option period.
Underpinning the living MAS contracts are the competitive ordering procedures that ensure market driven value, price, and innovation for customer agencies. Evergreen will enhance the stability of this competitive dynamic ensuring orders and Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) are not otherwise limited due to a limited contract term. Customer agencies are currently being deprived of their best value BPA selection because of the MAS temporal limitation. More importantly, evergreen makes a strong statement regarding the stability of the MAS marketplace, providing continuous, uninterrupted access to the commercial supply chain for customer agencies.
Evergreen also protects the public fisc as the MAS contract terms provide GSA with the unilateral right to exercise each five-year option period, consistent with the best interests of the government. The decision to exercise the five-year option provides GSA with the opportunity to review contractor performance to ensure it is in the best interests of the government to continue with the contract. It is a timely, standard, measuring point for both GSA and MAS contractors which can be adjusted to provide a longer option period, as appropriate. Moreover, all MAS contracts include a cancellation clause that provides both parties with the ability to cancel the contract upon 30-days’ notice. This cancellation clause, along with the other standard commercial item termination provisions adequately protect the public interest.
The ongoing efforts at GSA and the Office of Management of Budget to streamline processes and reduce regulatory burdens present a timely opportunity to implement evergreen across the MAS program. Doing so will eliminate redundant paperwork, save time, and reduce administrative costs for government and its industry partners. The opportunity is here, the time is now.
Introducing the 2025 Spring Training Conference Agendas!
We’re thrilled to announce the release of the draft agendas for our highly anticipated 2025 Spring Training Conference: The New Federal Market! This two-day event on June 25-26 at the Fairview Park Marriott in Falls Church, VA promises to be an unparalleled opportunity to explore how procurement developments under the new Administration are reshaping the Federal market and bringing new opportunities for contractors.
Check out the full draft agendas below and make sure you don’t miss out! Register for the Spring Training Conference here. Book your group rate at the Fairview Park Marriott here.
Governmentwide Day, June 25
The Governmentwide Day brings together senior officials from the General Services Administration (GSA), Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Department of Defense (DoD), and more to explore the Federal Government’s ongoing efforts to transform the acquisition system and how government and industry can partner to deliver best value. Just some of the highlights include:
- Keynote Address: The New Federal Market and Delivering Best Value with Josh Gruenbaum, FAS Commissioner
- The New FAS in the New Federal Market: Procurement Consolidation
- The FAR Rewrite and the New Federal Market
Explore the full governmentwide draft agenda here.
Healthcare Day, June 26
The Healthcare Day features a robust lineup of speakers and sessions that will provide attendees with a comprehensive view of the Federal healthcare procurement landscape, including legislative and emerging priority updates from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Defense Health Agency (DHA), Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), and more. The availability of the VA Medical/Surgical Supply BPA meetings on day one (June 25) is still pending. Some of the highlights of the Healthcare Day agenda include:
- Keynote Address: Federal Budget and Legislative Developments with Moshe Schwartz, President of Etherton and Associates
- The New VA Office of Acquisition, Logistics, & Construction (OALC)
- Breakout Sessions on VA MSPV, DHA Pharmaceuticals, DLA MSPV and ECAT, and more
Explore the full healthcare draft agenda here. Please not that all government speakers are invited and the Coalition is awaiting formal confirmation.
With two full days of timely updates, insightful discussions, and networking opportunities, this year’s Spring Training Conference promises to be a valuable and engaging experience for all attendees. We can’t wait to see you there!
FY26 Budget Request Prioritizes Defense, Cuts Non-Defense Spending
Nextgov reports that the White House has released the outline of its fiscal year (FY) 2026 budget request. The President’s “skinny budget” calls for a $163 billion, or 23 percent, decrease in non-defense discretionary funding and a 13 percent increase in defense funding, which would bring the Department of Defense (DoD) budget to over $1 trillion for the first time.
While most agencies face funding reductions, the Departments of Veterans Affairs (VA), Homeland Security, and Transportation are slated for increases. The FY26 budget request includes a $2.2 billion funding boost for the VA’s Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) Program, however, the VA’s general IT system funding would be cut by $493 million and procurement of IT systems would be paused while the Department of Government Efficiency conducts a “full review,” specifically targeting duplicative legacy systems.
Additional proposed cuts include a $491 million reduction to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and a $325 million cut to the National Institutes of Standards and Technology. The budget request focuses on preserving investments in advanced technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing. Agencies that would see at least a 30 percent reduction in funding under the FY26 budget request include the Departments of Interior, Labor, Housing and Urban Development, and State, as well as the Small Business Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, and National Science Foundation.
View a summary of the budget request here.
“Revolutionary FAR Overhaul” Webpage Now Available
On May 6, the General Services Administration (GSA) announced the launch of the “Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) Page” on Acquisition.gov.
The RFO website tracks the White House’s comprehensive overhaul of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), as directed by the Executive Order (EO), “Restoring Common Sense in Government Procurement.” The RFO initiative marks the first major step toward modernizing the FAR in over 40 years and aims to eliminate outdated and duplicative regulations, accelerate acquisition timelines, and promote competition and innovation.
The initiative plans to remove most non-statutory rules from the FAR and also rewrite it in plain language. In addition to updating the FAR, the FAR Council will release non-regulatory buying guides to provide “practical strategies grounded in common sense while remaining outside the FAR.” Thus far, updates to FAR Parts 1, 34, and 52 have been published on the RFO page. Each section contains line-out documents identifying the high-level changes made to each part. The FAR deviations are in effect immediately and represent current GSA policy.
GSA is accepting comments on these deviations. To submit comments, go to the link for each separate FAR subpart. GSA is accepting comments through September 30, 2025. Please send any questions or comments you would like the Coalition to submit regarding these FAR deviations to Greg Waldron gwaldron@thecgp.org.
Join the FAR Rewrite Working Group
The Coalition is establishing a FAR Rewrite Working Group to provide written comments on the changes to the FAR made by the FAR Council and the Office of Management and Budget (as described in the above article). We are seeking volunteers who will work with the Coalition staff to review the FAR Parts posted on the new Revolutionary FAR Overhaul website and draft comments to submit to the government. Our comments will be submitted on a rolling basis through September 30, 2025. To join the FAR Rewrite Working Group, please contact Greg Waldron at gwaldron@thecgp.org.
ARCA Act Bill Aims to Overhaul VA Acquisition
Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs Chairman Jerry Moran (R-KS) recently introduced a bill, “The Acquisition Reform and Cost Assessment (ARCA) Act of 2025.” The ARCA Act would “reorganize the acquisition structure of the VA” and establish an Office of Acquisition and Innovation to centralize oversight of acquisition functions. The press release from Chairman Moran states that if the bill is passed, the VA will be able to “better define major acquisition programs at VA, streamline oversight and contracting processes, enhance accountability through independent evaluations and reporting and improve training for VA staff.” The bill would also establish a Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation who would be responsible for providing independent advice to the VA Secretary.
The full text of the legislation can be read here.
DLA Requesting Member Feedback on CMMC
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) would like feedback from the Coalition’s members on the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certificate (CMMC) program. DLA has asked that we share 5 questions on industry’s readiness for CMMC. The responses will help DLA position itself to best support the defense industrial base as CMMC rolls out.
The CMMC Survey provided by the Coalition is available here.
Please note that the Coalition will share the consolidated survey results with DLA. Company names will remain confidential and will not be disclosed to the government. If you have any questions, please contact Greg Waldron at gwaldron@thecgp.org.
Executive Order to Increase Domestic Production of Medicines
On Tuesday, the White House issued an EO entitled “Regulatory Relief to Promote Domestic Production of Critical Medicines.” This EO directs agencies to take steps to further incentivize the reshoring of medicine production by reducing regulations and other Federal requirements that have delayed development of US based pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities in the past. The EO specifically directs leadership of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to review existing regulations and guidance to:
- Eliminate any duplicative or unnecessary requirements in such regulations and guidance;
- Maximize the timeliness and predictability of agency review; and
- Streamline and accelerate the development of domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing.
The FDA is also directed to improve the risk-based inspection regime for reviewing overseas medicine manufacturing facilities. The FDA is specifically directed to fund this enhanced inspection regime through increased fees on the overseas manufacturing facilities being inspected.
Finally, the Environmental Protection Agency and US Army Corps of Engineers are directed to review the environmental permitting process for “new and expanded manufacturing capacity of pharmaceutical products, active pharmaceutical ingredients, key starting materials, and associated raw materials.”
GSA RFI on Requiring Global Trade Item Number for COTS Products
The GSA Catalog Management Office (CMO) announced that it is seeking industry input through a Request for Information (RFI) on a potential requirement to use Global Trade Item Number (GTINs) for all commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) products in the FAS Catalog Platform (FCP). This RFI is part of GSA’s ongoing market research to evaluate how GTIN adoption could enhance product traceability, de-duplication, configurability, and automation across the Federal marketplace.
The announcement notes that GSA is particularly interested in how these requirements may impact vendors that offer configurable products, or that do not currently assign GTINs at the individual product level.
Feedback is due by May 30, 2025. Access the RFI here.
The Coalition is considering submitting feedback. If you have any comments or questions on the RFI, please submit it to Joseph Snyderwine at JSnyderwine@thecgp.org by COB May 20.
Defense Secretary Orders Army Acquisition Reform
On April 30, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a memo ordering the Secretary of the Army to carry out a “comprehensive transformation” focused on streamlining the force, cutting waste, reforming acquisitions, and modernizing contracts to rebuild the U.S. Army.
The memo calls for a major overhaul to the Army’s contracting and budgeting processes, with a focus on performance-based contracts, cost-effective multi-year agreements, and a shift from program-centric to capability-based funding in areas like unmanned systems and electronic warfare.
The memo also encourages the use of Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreements to speed up software development and prototyping. These efforts follow a recent EO aimed at streamlining DoD’s acquisitions.
To fund these changes without additional resources, the Army plans to eliminate wasteful programs and outdated systems, with investments now required to align with priority defense capabilities. This also includes organizational restructuring by potentially downsizing and consolidating redundant headquarters, merging major commands, and realigning the Army Materiel Command. Additionally, the Army will review and possibly consolidate depots and installations, while also exploring partnerships with industry to expand the defense industrial base.
32 SINS Retired in MAS Refresh 26
On April 25, GSA published Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Refresh 26. In total, 32 SINS will be retired. Following feedback from industry, the following four (4) Professional Services Special Item Numbers (SINs) will NOT be retired:
- 562910RMI Environmental Remediation Services – Multiple Industries;
- 541715APM Engineering Research and Development for: Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment, Guided Missiles and Space Vehicles, Their Propulsion Units;
- 541715AIR Engineering Research and Development for Aircraft, Aircraft Engines and Engine Parts; and
- 541330EMI Engineering Services Related to Military, Aerospace Equipment, Military Weapons, National Energy Policy Act of 1992, Marine Engineering or Naval Arc.
However, five (5) additional SINs will be retired:
- 81111 Automotive Maintenance, Repair and Body Services
- 336211V Vocational Bodies and Attachments
- 336350 Remanufactured Automotive Components
- 3363 Upfitting of Government-owned Emergency Response Vehicles to Provide Turn-key Solutions
- 326212 Tires – Retreaded
Additional changes include:
A: Changes to Overall MAS Solicitation:
- Implement minor revision to SCP-FSS-001 Instructions Applicable to All Offerors
- Update the link for Smart Bulletin No. 039 – SCP paragraph (j)(3)(ii)(F)
- Implement revisions to all Offer and Modification Products/Services and Training Price Proposal Templates (PPT)
- Revise Commercial MFC Price column to MFC Price and Discount offered to Commercial MFC to Discount offered to MFC under all tabs.
- Modification Products Price Proposal Templates (PPT) i. Update Tab A instructions on the Read Me First to clarify Options are excluded from Tab A as the columns in this section differ from those in Tab A.
- Incorporate clause and provision updates, as necessary, through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2025-03 and GSAR Change 196, excluding GSAR Change 187.
- The Class Deviation (CD-2025-04 and CD-2025-05), as incorporated in Refresh 25, apply to all existing active orders/calls as well as all future task orders, delivery orders and BPA calls.
- Changes incorporated in this Refresh apply to future task orders, delivery orders and BPA calls issued after the modification effective date.
TMF to Prioritize Repayment in Enhanced Model
This week, GSA announced that the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) will start to prioritize full repayment for future investments to extend its ability to support high-impact Federal information technology (IT) modernization projects. GSA Acting Administrator Stephen Ehikian emphasized that full repayment signals a commitment to high-return investments. According to Administrator Ehikian, “These investments not only replace outdated systems but also streamline critical operations, ultimately improving services for government employees and delivering greater value to taxpayers.”
TMF Acting Executive Director Jessie Posilkin explained that the strengthened repayment structure will help expand the TMF’s reach while maintaining accountability. “This strategic adjustment allows us to maintain the TMF’s crucial role in governmentwide modernization for years to come,” she added.
The move is also seen as an effort to institutionalize the TMF as a permanent solution to the Federal Government’s technology debt. Federal CIO and TMF Board Chair Gregory Barbaccia noted that “This shift transforms a finite appropriation to an enduring fixture of our modernization strategy.”
While agencies will continue to utilize the TMF’s flexible repayment schedules, they will also be expected to prioritize full repayment wherever feasible.
Legal Corner: Early Signs of Progress in the “Revolutionary FAR Overhaul”
The Legal Corner provides the procurement community with an opportunity to share insights and comments on relevant legal issues of the day. The comments herein do not necessarily reflect the views of The Coalition for Common Sense in Government Procurement.
Authored by Scott A. Freling, Michael Wagner, Sarah Schuler, & Victoria Skiera; Covington & Burling
On Friday, May 2, the U.S. government announced further steps in its much-discussed plan to re-write the FAR by establishing a “Revolutionary FAR Overhaul” (“RFO”) website on Acquisition.gov, issuing written guidance to federal agencies, and releasing proposed revisions to FAR Part 1 – Federal Acquisition Regulation System and Part 34 – Major System Acquisition. This activity comes on the heels of recent presidential directives requiring agencies to examine and reform their approach to procurement of goods and services, including Executive Order (“E.O.”) 14275, “Restoring Common Sense To Federal Procurement,” and E.O. 14271, “Ensuring Commercial, Cost-Effective Solutions in Federal Contracts.”
As anticipated, the FAR re-write is spearheaded by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (“OFPP”) within the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) and the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (“FAR Council”). The RFO website proclaims that the re-write is “the first-ever comprehensive overhaul of the FAR” and aims to “return the FAR to its statutory roots, rewritten in plain language, and remove most non-statutory rules.” It also will result in “non-regulatory buying guides [to] provide practical strategies grounded in common sense while remaining outside the FAR.” In short, the goal is characterized as “faster acquisitions, greater competition, and better results.”
To begin its process of “streamlining and deregulation,” the FAR Council will be issuing revised FAR Parts and Agency Deviations on a “rolling basis.” As of May 2, the RFO website posted “streamlined” versions of FAR Part 1 and Part 34, with a corresponding GSA Class Deviation and Line Out Document reflecting text proposed for removal for each Part. The RFO website expressly does not provide a crosswalk or other comprehensive document reflecting the changes between the existing FAR and the newly proposed FAR Parts. The RFO website welcomes “informal input” on the revised versions of these FAR Parts by September 30, 2025 at noon ET. Specifically, the FAR Council seeks input on (1) areas that need refinement and (2) any potential unintended consequences. Although the FAR Council will not respond to the submitted feedback, such feedback may be considered in the forthcoming rulemaking process.
Separately, aspects of the current FAR that OFPP deems “helpful non-regulatory content” are expected to be migrated to so-called “buying guides,” which are intended to capture best practices for acquisition streamlining and innovation. Together, the revised FAR and new “buying guides” are defined as the Strategic Acquisition Guidance (“SAG”).
Aside from E.O. 14275 and its corresponding Fact Sheet, the RFO website cites two guidance documents that the Administration simultaneously issued on May 2, 2025:
- a memorandum from OMB Director Russell Vought to executive departments and agencies (the “OMB Memo”); and
- a memorandum entitled “Deviation Guidance to Support the Overhaul of the Federal Acquisition Regulation” (the “Deviation Guidance Memo”).
OMB Memo
The OMB Memo reiterates the goal of “refocusing” the FAR “on its statutory roots” and contains an Appendix detailing a “roadmap of actions to implement [E.O. 14275].” These actions include publishing “a dedicated site” on Acquisition.gov – presumably the new RFO website – to keep contractors and the public apprised of SAG development and “plain language versions of individual FAR parts,” as well as “buying guides with innovative procurement techniques for different phases of the acquisition lifecycle and strategies for specific categories of spend prior to formal rulemaking.”
Further, the OMB Memo explains that the FAR will be “streamlined” to remove “unnecessary regulation and policy,” through a phased approach moving from the issuance of deviation guidance to a formal notice-and-comment rulemaking process. Agencies are similarly directed to “streamline their FAR supplements to minimize regulations that are not based in statute or executive order,”[1] to identify federal buying best practices, and to test new deviations or buying guide strategy initiatives. Although the legal effect of such “buying guides” is not specifically addressed in the OMB Memo or on the RFO website, such subregulatory guidance presumably will reflect the government’s priorities and interpretations of regulations and therefore may well be highly influential, even if not formally binding.
Finally, the Federal Acquisition Institute and Defense Acquisition University – two federal acquisition training entities – are directed to collaborate with the FAR Council “to develop modernized training based upon the FAR Council’s deviation guidance and the buying guides as they become available.”
Deviation Guidance Memo
Deviations are used to implement new and time-sensitive acquisition policy changes on a temporary basis pending formal notice-and-comment rulemaking, and in this regard the Deviation Guidance Memo appears to be aligned. The main difference here is scope: whereas deviations traditionally have been used relatively sparingly and in a targeted manner, the Deviation Guidance Memo contemplates deploying deviations broadly to match the ambition of the RFO announcement. In giving effect to this approach, the Deviation Guidance Memo provides the following four pieces of guidance, with the aim of supporting agencies to develop their own class deviations to implement the FAR Council’s rolling class deviations for each revised FAR Part:
- Agencies should generally issue their specific class deviations within 30 days from the release of the FAR Council’s class deviation on Acquisition.gov and should ensure these deviations are communicated throughout their workforce “to enable consistent implementation.”
- The agency’s required level of coordination with the FAR Council will vary depending on the extent to which the agency’s proposed deviation varies from the FAR Council’s text. For instance, a wholesale adoption of the FAR Council’s class deviation text need not involve FAR Council coordination. Conversely, where an agency issues a deviation that differs from the FAR Council’s text for a reason other than “to address agency-specific statutory direction,” the agency must request FAR Council approval by providing the proposed language and a corresponding explanation to a FAR Council contact. Moreover, during the pendency of the overhaul agencies should “limit the issuance of class deviations that are unrelated to the [overhaul], except where required to implement executive, statutory, or new Council direction.”
- Agencies should transmit their class deviations to the FAR Secretariat to be posted on the RFO website.
- Finally, agencies should “make their class deviations effective until implemented in the FAR,” to account for the anticipated notice-and-comment rulemaking process to be conducted by the FAR Council once all streamlined FAR Parts have been released.
Although E.O. 14275 reflects that the FAR should be reformed to “support simplicity and usability,” in the short- and medium-term there remains significant uncertainty about the scope and timeline of this overhaul. Although E.O. 14275 directs that “appropriate actions to amend the FAR” be taken within 180 days of the order (by October 12, 2025), the timeline on which the FAR Council is collecting informal input for the first two streamlined Parts (by September 30, 2025) indicates that this process may extend well beyond that date to complete notice-and-comment rulemaking addressing all 53 Parts of the FAR. In the meantime, the FAR re-write appears certain to have concrete impacts on federal contractors as they navigate an evolving terrain of deviations and revised regulations at all stages of the procurement process.
[1] The OMB Memo’s reference to “statute or executive order” (emphasis added) is broader than EO 14275’s exclusive focus on the statutory basis for FAR regulations. This appears to reflect a view by OMB that the Executive Orders issued by the President should be accorded equal weight as statutes for purposes of the FAR re-write.
Healthcare Spotlight: VA Hearing Focuses on Workforce Reduction Plans
Military.com reports that on May 6, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins testified before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee for the first time since his confirmation hearing in January. During the hearing, Secretary Collins discussed the VA’s plans for workforce reduction, as well as its efforts to significantly restructure support contracts across the department.
While Secretary Collins emphasized the need to curtail a “bloated” bureaucracy at the VA, Senate Democrats argued that the planned dismissals will impact veteran care. However, Secretary Collins stated that workers necessary for veteran care will not be dismissed. The VA has identified 300,000 positions that it deems critical, including doctors, nurses, physical therapists and other employees who provide direct care to veterans. Secretary Collins cited a 15 percent workforce reduction, impacting about 80,000 employees, as a goal. However, he emphasized that the number may change as the agency moves forward. When asked about the 538 cancelled contracts, Secretary Collins stated that he would provide the Committee with information when negotiations are completed.
The hearing followed the release of the White House’s fiscal year 2026 budget request, which includes a four percent increase in funding for the VA. Secretary Collins stated that the increased funding would go towards research, clinical care, community care, and infrastructure.
Watch the full hearing here.
Off the Shelf: The Imperative for Procurement Reform
Bill Greenwalt, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and Moshe Schwartz, president of Etherton and Associates, joined Off the Shelf to discuss the urgent need for procurement reform. During the interview, they emphasized a growing consensus that comprehensive reform is necessary to ensure that government procurement delivers innovative, cost-effective, and timely solutions that meet mission needs.
They traced the historical cycle of procurement reform followed by re-regulation, arguing that past efforts have often been undermined. They also discussed several procurement reform topics, including the role of non-traditional firms in driving innovation, the FoRGED Act, the Defense Production Act, and other recent EOs on acquisition reform.
Listen to the full interview here.
DoD Seeking Feedback on SWFT Initiative
On April 24, DoD Acting Chief Information Officer (CIO) Katie Arrington signed a memo, “Accelerating Secure Software,” which established the Department’s Software Fast Track (SWFT) initiative. SWFT, which aligns with the Defense Secretary’s March 6 software acquisition guidance, aims to transform how DoD acquires, tests, and authorizes secure software. The memo directs DoD’s Office of the CIO to “undertake a 90-day sprint” to develop a framework and implementation plan to define clear and specific:
- Cybersecurity and supply chain risk management (SCRM) requirements;
- Rigorous software security verification processes;
- Secure information sharing mechanisms; and
- Federal Government-led risk determinations to expedite the cybersecurity authorizations for secure, rapid software adoption.
On May 5, DoD announced three Requests for Information (RFIs) for the SWFT initiative to “gather market information and capabilities in accelerating secure software delivery to the Federal Government.” View them below:
Feedback for all three RFIs is due May 20 at 12:00 PM (ET).
View the Coalition’s Government Procurement Efficiency Recommendations
The Coalition invites you to explore our new Government Procurement Efficiency List (GPEL) webpage. The GPEL provides industry’s recommendations to the Federal Government to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the procurement system. The page includes:
- A white paper on exempting commercial acquisitions from unnecessary FAR and DFARS clauses;
- Detailed GPEL reform tables highlighting issues like contract duplication and MAS inefficiencies; and
- Draft analyses of several FAR parts in light of the Government’s Revolutionary FAR Overhaul initiative.
View the GPEL page here.
We sincerely appreciate our members for their contributions to the GPEL resources. The Coalition will continue to update the page as with additional recommendations to improve the efficiency of the Federal procurement system.
Small Business Committee Meeting with SBA, May 20
Larry Stubblefield, Deputy Associate Administrator of the Small Business Administration’s Office of Government Contracting and Business Development, will meet with the Coalition’s Small Business Committee on Tuesday, May 20 at 12:00 PM (ET). The meeting will be held in-person at Holland & Knight’s lower-level conference space, located at 800 17th Street NW, Washington, D.C. Virtual attendance will also be available. If you have any questions, please contact Joseph Snyderwine at JSnyderwine@thecgp.org.
To register, click here. For any assistance with registration, please contact Mady Whiting at Mady.Whiting@thecgp.org.
Introducing the “Proud Member” Logo
The Coalition for Common Sense in Government Procurement is excited to introduce our new “Proud Member” logo, designed exclusively for our member companies. This logo serves as a symbol of your organization’s commitment to promoting common sense in government procurement.
The logo is available for members to use on websites, marketing materials, and social media to visibly demonstrate your support for the Coalition’s mission and proudly display your membership!
To download the logo, or if you have any questions about usage guidance or need assistance, please contact Michael Hanafin at mhanafin@thecgp.org.
Thank you for being a valued member of The Coalition for Common Sense in Government Procurement!
FY24 VA Data for Healthcare Members
To increase the number of valuable tools available for members, the Coalition has compiled several data sets pertaining to VA Medical Centers’ procedures, diagnoses, and product spend. Below is a description of the different VA data reports that the Coalition can provide to healthcare members based on areas of interest to their business:
- Diagnosis data by each VA Medical Center: Members can request a report by providing the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 codes of interest to their business.
- Procedure data by each VA Medical Center: Members can request a report by providing the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes of interest to their business.
- Prosthetic (medical implants, DME) product spend by VA Medical Center: Members can request a report by providing the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes of interest to their business for items managed by VHA Prosthetics.
Diagnosis and procedure data for fiscal year (FY) 2024 is now available. For any data requests or related questions, please contact Michael Hanafin at mhanafin@thecgp.org.