Friday Flash - Friday Flash 09.24.21
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GSA’s E-Commerce Portal Pilot Strategy and the Opportunity to Enhance Competition
FAR & Beyond Blog - GSA’s E-Commerce Portal Pilot Strategy and the Opportunity to Enhance Competition
In June 2020, GSA launched an initial e-commerce portal proof-of-concept with the award of three contracts to e-marketplace platform providers for purchases below the micro-purchase threshold of $10,000. As GSA noted in announcing the proof-of-concept, the contract awards were “part of implementation efforts for the Commercial Platforms program and Section 846 of the 2018 National
FAR & Beyond Blog - GSA’s Transactional Data Reporting Pilot: A Thoughtful Way Forward
On April 27th, GSA announced that the Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) Pilot was eligible for expansion in the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program. As part of the announcement, GSA provided the latest performance results for the pilot. The FY20 results showed steady progress, with data completeness, contract-level pricing, and small business metrics all exceeding targets. GSA
Friday Flash - Friday Flash 09.17.21
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FAR & Beyond Blog - A Time to Remember
History provides us with many “where-were-you-when” moments. Some of them represent joyous events, like the fall of the Berlin Wall, followed by the collapse of the Soviet Union. Other moments strike at our hearts and represent seminal points in our personal history or in the history of our nation, like the bombing of Pearl Harbor,
Friday Flash - Friday Flash 09.10.21
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FAR & Beyond Blog - Labor Day: A Time for Honor and Hope
On Monday, September 6, our nation will celebrate Labor Day, a federal holiday since the turn of the last century. Unofficially, Labor Day represents the end of summer (when we return our aloha shirts to storage), and a time for parades, barbeques, and gathering with family and friends. Officially, however, Labor Day recognizes the contributions
Friday Flash - Friday Flash 09.03.21
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FAR & Beyond Blog - Federal Market Makers: GSA’s ASTRO, Schedules Consolidation, and the GSA-VA Partnership!
This week’s blog highlights three notable, positive developments in the Federal market. First, with the protest period passing, GSA’s ASTRO procurement moves forward, with the GSA team on point to support Department of Defense customers through this ground-breaking, best value procurement vehicle. Second, Schedules Consolidation continues apace, with GSA and its industry partners well into
Friday Flash - Friday Flash 08.27.21
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