Oct 18, 2018 | Federal Supply Schedule
With the cold, rainy weather last weekend, it gave me the opportunity to turn on the fireplace (this is not Maine) and watch some good movies. I picked one of my favorite trilogies, the Back to the Future movies. As those of you of a certain age may recall, in Back...
Jan 26, 2017 | FAR & Beyond, Federal Supply Schedule, MAS Pricing Policy
Over the years, the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program has been the leading federal market facilitator, bringing together commercial firms (small, medium, and large) and customer agencies. The MAS Program has provided agencies with cost-effective, streamlined...
Jun 24, 2016 | Category Management, FAR & Beyond, Federal Supply Schedule, MAS Pricing Policy, Rules and Regulations
Yesterday the General Services Administration (GSA) published the final rule implementing Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) for GSA’s Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) program, Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) and other Governmentwide Indefinite-Delivery,...
May 26, 2016 | FAR & Beyond, Federal Supply Schedule
In 1960, the General Services Administration (GSA) delegated the management and operation of the Federal Supply Schedules (FSS) for medical supplies, pharmaceuticals, and services to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The VA FSS program and its...
Apr 21, 2016 | FAR & Beyond, Federal Supply Schedule, MAS Pricing Policy
The General Services Administration’s (GSA’s) Multiple Awards Schedule (MAS) program is positioned uniquely to provide streamlined government access to the commercial marketplace on behalf of customer agencies. By doing so, it enhances value for taxpayers and...
Apr 14, 2016 | FAR & Beyond, Federal Supply Schedule, MAS Pricing Policy, Other Direct Costs (ODC)
On April 6th, GSA Administrator Denise Turner Roth launched the ”Making it Easier” (MIE) campaign, a series of new contracting initiatives designed to streamline and simply the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) proposal submission and evaluation process. In...
