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On May 5th, 2016, The General Services Administration (GSA) released a letter to all current GSA Schedule contract holders in regards to failed compliance with the Trade Agreements Act (TAA).  Under the TAA, only products manufactured in the U.S. and certain other TAA approved countries are allowed to be sold under a GSA Contract.  According […]

BH Sky Associates is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.  With a background in government sales, Michelle Hermelee founded BH Sky in January 2006. With many small companies struggling to do business with the government, Michelle saw a need to provide step-by-step guidance, consulting, information, and training to guide companies successfully through navigating the government […]

The Acquisition Gateway is an online portal created by the General Services Administration (GSA) that aids federal government buyers from various agencies find information more quickly and make the overall contracting experience simpler.  GSA started constructing and fine-tuning their site in 2014, with full support from the White House, and since then has made drastic […]

The General Services Administration has recently made several updates to their GSA Schedules program.  Among them are (i) enhancements to allow the submittal of duplicate Manufacturer Part Numbers (MPNs) and (ii) providing pre-notifications of solicitation refreshes. Duplicate MPN Enhancements The GSA’s goal is to ensure that not only are entries being submitted complete to GSA […]

Last year there was a significant change in the way the General Services Administration (GSA) Special Item Numbers (SINs) were organized when the Professional Services Schedule (PSS) was created.  Tiffany Hixson, the GSA Regional Commissioner and Professional Services Category Executive, stated that “…the new PSS contract provides access to the same professional services that GSA has […]

This September, the Small Business Administration (SBA) published its final rule implementing a law granting Sole Source Authority for the Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) Procurement Program, as authorized by Congress as part of the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act. The Sole Source Authority law has completed its entire regulatory review process and has been […]

BH Sky Associates held its 7th Annual Cocktail Reception during the New Jersey State League of Municipalities (NJLM) Conference in Atlantic City, NJ on November 18, 2015.  BH Sky would like to thank our co-hosts Henry Savelli & Associates and Foy Public Affairs Group, and sponsors Comcast Business, MBI GluckShaw, Parkmobile, SmartProcure, Smith & Solomon, […]

On October 1, 2015, the General Services Administration launched a new Schedule for Professional Services.  The new Professional Services Schedule (PSS) unifies and consolidates the former eight schedules into one contract solution.  According to Tiffany Hixon, the GSA  Regional Commissioner and Professional Services Category Executive, “the new PSS contract provides access to the same professional […]

The General Services Administration (GSA) is seeking industry feedback with a Request For Information (RFI) regarding proposed changes to IT Schedule 70 – Cloud Computing Services.  The proposed changes would revise the current requirement that companies seeking to do business under this schedule have at least 2 years of corporate experience. Because the landscape of […]