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In response to increasing demand for cloud based services and offerings, a new cloud Special Item Number (SIN) was included as part of the General Services Administration (GSA) IT Schedule 70 refresh this month.  The cloud SIN makes it easier for agency customers to locate and purchase internet-based cloud service items, such as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), […]

Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy (DPAP) has issued its updated yearly list of product categories where Federal Prison Industries’ (FPI) portion of the DOD market exceeds five percent. This listing is based on a detailed analysis of FY2014 market and purchase data from the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS). Office Furniture Added to List Office […]

The General Services Administration (GSA) is continuing to work with vendors to migrate them into the newly formed Professional Services Schedule (PSS) formerly referred to as the Consolidated Schedule (00CORP) with the goal of having the project completed by October 1, 2015. Offers that have been submitted on existing stand- alone schedules are still being […]

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 […]