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There are important upcoming changes to the General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Professional Services Schedules.  One of the key changes is to move certain concordant Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) offerings into one Professional Services Schedule. Currently there is overlap in the scope of a number of GSA schedules that address professional services, […]

On July 24, 2014, the General Services Administration (GSA) issued a  notice of its intent to embark on an initiative to improve product number quality on Multiple Award Schedules (MAS) for contractors who offer products on their GSA contract schedule. MPNs and UPCs GSA is requesting that Manufacturers Part Numbers (MPNs) and Universal Product Codes (UPCs) […]

On Federal News Radio’s “Off the Shelf” program, earlier this month, Tiffany Hixon, the Professional Services Category Executive at the General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), shared her vision on the upcoming changes to the FAS management of it’s professional services platforms and some of the challenges faced in providing better professional services […]

Earlier this month, Maynard Crum, the Acting Director of the Office of Strategic Programs at the GSA’s Office of Integrated Technology Services, posted a Request for Information (RFI) seeking industry feedback on the creation of a new Special Item Number (or SIN) for Cloud Computing through the IT Schedule 70 program. Background The IT Schedule 70 Program already […]

On May 22, 2014 the U.S. House of Representatives took a big step to improve the Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Federal Contract Program by voting 325 to 98 to pass the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2015, which includes a provision authorizing sole-source contracts in the WOSB procurement program.  Currently, contracting officers […]

On May 8, 2014, The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) Business Center of PA (MBC-PA) held a landmark workshop at its Philadelphia, PA location to address General Services Administration (GSA) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) procurement strategies. The talks and speakers presented their insights into what businesses need to do […]

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 […]