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In response to the question “Where do General Services Administration (GSA) contract articles originate?”, Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) released a Notice of Final Determination on March 10, 2015 resolving ambiguity concerning whether or not a notebook style computer that is manufactured in a non-designated country has been “substantially transformed” by the installation of software or […]

On Wednesday, March 4, 2015, the General Services Administration (GSA) released a long anticipated, proposed rule change to the Price Reduction Clause for vendor acquisitions.  If the proposed rule is finalized, GSA will begin collecting transactional data on all GSA government-wide non-Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) vehicles where transaction data is not already being captured.  For […]

On December 19, 2014, the 113th Congress signed a new law granting Sole Source Authority for the Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) Procurement Program as part of the National Defense Authorization Act.  This law allows for sole source contracts to be awarded of up to 4 million dollars for most industries and up to 6.5 […]

As of November 1, 2014, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 4.18 – Commercial and Government Entity Code (CAGE) requires offerors to answer questions about their entity’s ownership in order to maintain an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM).  Offerors, if owned or controlled by another entity, must provide the CAGE Code and […]

The Strategic Sourcing Leadership Council (SSLC), a conglomeration of the seven largest and highest spending agencies, has approved the implementation of a government-wide category management approach to managing, developing, supplying, identifying and communicating best practices, and spending on all current acquisition categories. This approach has been employed by the government of the United Kingdom and […]

The General Services Administration (GSA) and the other six largest and highest-spending agencies, known as the Strategic Sourcing Leadership Council, met last month to decide on an overhaul to the current federal acquisition spending landscape.  As part of the Obama administration’s initiative to simplify the federal acquisition process, agency purchases have been sorted and categorized […]

On January 20, 2015 the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) distributed an invitation to join OFPP and the United States Digital Service in a “Reverse Industry Day”.  The event is intended to get industry feedback on the development of a Challenge, to be launched on challenge.gov, for the purpose of creating training programs for digital IT acquisition […]

The General Services Administration (GSA) is seeking comments and input from industry professionals regarding the proposed Agile Delivery Services Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA).  The goal of this BPA is to create a faster, more efficient delivery vehicle featuring vendors who specialize in Agile development and design in order to keep pace with and remain competitive […]

The Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) procurement program has been awarded the authority for sole source contracts through the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2015.  This change heralds a significant improvement to the WOSB procurement program, by correcting the inequality of the original law; and represents a milestone for women entrepreneurs and small […]