Government Contracting Blog

Upon award of your Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract, you’re likely to be greeted with many tasks and terms you’ll need to get familiar with quickly. Sales reporting, Minimum sales requirement, Order Level Materials Special Item Number (SIN), Mass Modification—these are all terms that might get thrown around by your Contract Specialist during the award process. But what do they actually mean for you? What action items need to get done following the award of a General Services Administration (GSA) MAS contract? As a proposal writer that manages the post award process on a regular basis, I’ll let you know the best way I’ve found to get started on managing your GSA MAS contract.

The age-old question when researching services is: does paying more for a high-end service make it worth the investment? When companies decide to pursue a GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS), it doesn’t take long to see there’s no shortage of firms offering GSA Schedule consulting. But if you haven’t noticed already, the pricing ranges wildly. This leaves many companies wondering if they can get just as good of a service if they select a cheaper option. It really depends on what kind of support you’re looking for and what kind of long-term investment you’re trying to make.

In the recently released Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Solicitation Refresh #28, GSA restructured the requirements for new offerors or existing contractors proposing products that they do not manufacture, and instead, resell. Prior to this Solicitation Refresh, new offerors or current contractors adding products they did not manufacture to their GSA Schedule contract or proposal were required to submit a Letter of Supply to demonstrate they have the authority to distribute these products. However, GSA has now restricted the Letter of Supply requirement to only resellers under Large Category F (Information Technology) and the Printing and Photographic Equipment Subcategory within Large Category A (Office Management).

As a GSA Schedule contractor, keeping up with Mass Modifications is one of the many contract compliance responsibilities you’ll have during the life of your contract. Mass Modifications can be a common source of confusion for contractors, especially when they receive one in their inbox without much context. Since these modifications are initiated by GSA, it can be unclear what their purpose or impact on your contract is, compared to traditional contractor-initiated modifications.

GSA is gearing up to open Phase II of the OASIS+ Professional Services contract, and they are considering feedback from industry before they release the final solicitation. In July 2025, GSA’s Office of Professional Services and Human Capital Categories (PSHC) closed the Request for Information (RFI) for Phase II of OASIS+. GSA received over 1200 responses and over 240 questions in this RFI, so let’s review the Q&A and what we know about the upcoming OASIS+ Phase II so far.

In his first six months in office, President Trump has made it clear that a major priority of his second term is to eliminate waste in government spending. The Trump Administration has enacted a plethora of new policies aimed at streamlining government contracting, many of which have a direct impact on GSA. With so many changes in such a short period of time, it can be hard for contractors to keep up. That’s why in this blog, we’ll go over the most important new policies and their impact on current GSA Schedule contractors.