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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) established the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative (FSSI) on May 20, 2005 by issuing a memorandum on the subject “Implementing Strategic Sourcing”.  FSSI is a structured and collaborative process to critically analyze the spending patterns of an organization within the government to better leverage their purchasing power, reduce costs, […]

Community Hope, with a mission to help individuals, including veterans, and their families, overcome mental illness, addiction, homelessness and poverty, expands its footprint in the federal marketplace. BH Sky Associates, a leading government contracts consultancy, is pleased to announce that Community Hope, among the largest providers of transitional and supportive housing for individuals in recovery […]

National government consulting company, BH Sky Associates, has recently moved to a more spacious location at 782 Alexander Road, Princeton, NJ 08540.  “BH Sky has had very strong growth over the past year and, as a result, we have chosen to move to a new, larger location in Princeton that will better allow us to […]

GSA issued FAS Instructional Letter IL 2013-06 to reiterate their interpretation of cancelled clause I-FSS-125 dated September 1999 and delete any remaining I-FSS-125 clauses and similar language, from existing Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts.

BH Sky Associates held its 5th Annual Cocktail Reception at the New Jersey State League of Municipalities (NJLM) Conference in Atlantic City, NJ on November 20, 2013.

  The Government Services Administration (GSA) has recently began enforcing a number of changes to their procurement process.  Three of the key changes to this process are highlighted in this article. Full Products and Broad Services Offerings The offeror must provide a full and broad offering on services and/or products.  GSA will not accept offers […]

The government shutdown has forced the General Services Administration (GSA) to furlough most of its workforce and provide limited levels of service to agency clients.  GSA has about 11,821 employees, and according to GSA’s shutdown plan, only about 4,094 will continue working during a lapse in appropriations. Impact on the Federal Acquisition Service The GSA […]

Join us at the 23rd Annual Government Procurement Conference to be held at the Washington, DC Convention Center. We hope you can join BH Sky Associates on Thursday April 25, 2013 at the 23rd Annual Government Procurement Conference to be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.  We will be exhibiting; […]

The General Service Administration (GSA) now sends out notifications to GSA Schedule Contract holders that have not met their minimum sales criteria warning them that their contract may be cancelled.  This blog makes some recommendations on how you can remedy the problem.  Background GSA actively recruits small businesses to apply for GSA contracts because the government […]