Thank You to This Week’s Training Participants!

FAR & Beyond Blog - Thank You to This Week’s Training Participants!

This week, the Coalition for Government Procurement held two important training courses for our members – MAS Basic Training: The Nuts & Bolts and GSA and VA Schedule Contracting Training for In-House Counsel.  I want to personally say “thank you” to all our members who participated, the instructors who spent countless hours preparing and teaching the material, and

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FAR & Beyond Blog - What Would Best Value Mean for the Schedule?

As discussed two weeks ago in this FAR and Beyond blog, the General Services Administration (GSA) has proposed to amend the Competition in Contracting Act (CICA) of 1984 to adjust the statutory authority for the Federal Supply Schedule (Schedule) program by clarifying what constitutes “competitive procedures” under the law. Currently, the Schedule program is deemed a competitive

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FAR & Beyond Blog -  Join our 2024 MAS Basic Training and GSA and VA Schedule Contract Training for In-House Counsel Courses!

The Coalition has hit the ground running in 2024 with a multitude of webinars, trainings, and committee meetings, but perhaps none excite us more than bringing back our MAS Basic Training: The Nuts & Bolts and our GSA and VA Schedule Contracting Training for In-House Counsel courses. We are proud to refresh and relaunch these courses at the end of

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FAR & Beyond Blog - Providing Best Value Through the Multiple Award Schedule

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the codification of the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program in the Competition in Contracting Act (CICA) (it’s a ruby anniversary in case you were wondering). The MAS is the Federal Government’s primary contract vehicle to acquire commercial products and services, with streamlined ordering procedures saving