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GSA releases MAS Solicitation Refresh # 29, Mass Modification A905
September 2, 2025
The General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) issued Refresh # 29 and the associated Mass Modification A905 for the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Solicitation 47QSMD20R0001. Outlined below are the changes associated with Refresh # 29: A: Changes to Overall MAS Solicitation: B: Changes to Specific Large Category, Subcategory or SIN: For more […]
GSA FAS Catalog Platform (FCP) – Catalog Product Name & Description Guides
August 11, 2025
Effective July 28, 2025, GSA introduced new requirements for FAS Catalog Platform (FCP) product name and product description submissions. GSA catalogs are a critical tool for helping buyers quickly locate and purchase the products they need. When product names or descriptions are vague, incomplete, or unclear, customers may struggle to find the right items—leading to […]
Sole Source Authority for WOSB Program — Update
March 24, 2015
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 […]
Additional CAGE Code Requirements in the System for Award Management (SAM)
March 4, 2015
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 […]
GSA Category Management Initiative Going Government Wide
February 21, 2015
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 […]
GSA Planning Overhaul of Federal Acquisition Spending Landscape
February 4, 2015
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 […]
Invitation to Reverse Industry Day
January 21, 2015
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 […]
GSA Issues RFI on Proposed Agile Delivery Services BPA
January 20, 2015
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 […]
WOSB is Awarded Authority for Sole Source Contracts through NDAA
December 21, 2014
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 […]
BH Sky Hosts its 6th Annual Reception at the NJLM Conference
December 2, 2014
BH Sky Associates held its 6th Annual Cocktail Reception during the New Jersey State League of Municipalities (NJLM) Conference in Atlantic City, NJ on November 19, 2014. BH Sky would like to thank our co-hosts Henry Savelli & Associates and Foy Public Affairs Group, and sponsors ASL Interpreter Referral Services, Durand, Hill Wallack, National Cooperative […]
GSA Quarterly Industry Meeting for IT Schedule 70 Program
November 18, 2014
The General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Center for the Information Technology (IT) Schedule Program held their 2015 quarterly industry meeting on November 12, 2014. IT Schedule 70 Sales IT Schedule 70 is the largest, most widely used IT acquisition vehicle in the federal government. Sales in FY14 exceeded Schedule goals, though lower […]