Oct 16, 2020 | FAR & Beyond
GSA’s Schedules Consolidation initiative continues apace, with the agency and its contractors implementing Phase 3, the consolidation of multiple schedule contracts into a single contract for those impacted contractors. Phase 3 comes after GSA created a single...
Oct 9, 2020 | FAR & Beyond
Temperatures are dropping, leaves are changing colors, and registration is officially open for The Coalition’s 2020 All Member Fall Training Conference: Focusing On The Business Of Government. This virtual training event will take place on November 17 -18, where we...
Oct 2, 2020 | FAR & Beyond
We are excited to announce that registration is officially open for The Coalition’s 2020 Virtual All Member Fall Training Conference: Focusing On The Business Of Government. This two day event will take place on November 17 -18, where we will combine our traditional...
Sep 25, 2020 | FAR & Beyond
This week marked the Autumnal Equinox, and change is in the air. The leaves are beginning to fall to the ground; the morning air is turning crisp; the days are getting shorter, all signaling that we are approaching the end of the government fiscal year. The beginning...
Sep 18, 2020 | FAR & Beyond
The Coalition was invited to testify before the House Committee on Veterans Affairs’ Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations this week with leadership from the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The subject of the...
Sep 11, 2020 | FAR & Beyond
This August, GSA took two significant, interconnected steps towards increasing competition and access to the commercial market through its government-wide contract vehicles. First, as noted in our August 28 blog, GSA issued an “Advance Notice of Proposed...
Sep 4, 2020 | FAR & Beyond
The labor movement in the U.S. is filled with figures of great consequence to the history of the U.S. One such individual was George Meany, who unified labor in the mid-twentieth century and, in so doing, created the largest amalgamation of union workers at the time,...
Aug 28, 2020 | FAR & Beyond
While the summer days are starting to be numbered, at the Coalition we are not letting off the gas pedal in terms of bringing you the most up to date and relevant contracting and market information for your Federal business. We will continue with our Lunch and...
Aug 21, 2020 | FAR & Beyond
This month marked a major milestone for the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) program as GSA and FSS contractors entered the third and final phase of Schedules Consolidation. Phase 1 saw the creation of a single schedule solicitation; reconciliation of clauses, terms and...
Aug 14, 2020 | FAR & Beyond
Yesterday marked a critical date for all government contractors. It is the day that the Interim Rule (IR) implementing Subsection 889(a)(1)(B) of the FY2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) became effective. Last month, the Coalition alerted you to the...
