Government Contracting Blog

Keeping up with your GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) is important now more than ever. GSA is looking for ways to cut costs and increase efficiency, and contractors who are not maintaining contract compliance or meeting their minimum sales requirement are at risk of contract cancellation. While this has always been a risk, GSA is really enforcing the rules for contractors who are not succeeding in the MAS Program.

The General Services Administration (GSA) has moved its catalog management system from the legacy Schedule Input Platform (SIP) to the FAS Catalog Platform (FCP). For vendors that are transitioning from SIP to the FCP, this blog will cover frequently asked questions for accessing and using the FCP. This blog will also cover initial catalog set up through the FCP for newly awarded vendors.

GSA recently began the final stage of transitioning from the legacy Schedule Input Platform (SIP) to the new FAS Catalog Platform (FCP) for catalog management. The FCP allows for a more accessible, streamlined approach to catalog management, removing many of the inconveniences involved with using SIP. One of the biggest improvements over SIP that the FCP introduces is that the FCP integrates directly with eMod. In this blog, we’ll cover how this integration works and how it benefits contractors.

GSA Schedule contract compliance is not an easy task--there are so many requirements to abide by and keep up with, and frankly, it can be overwhelming. GSA Schedule contracts can be a great asset to your company, but they require time and dedication. One of the most important parts of maintaining contract compliance is sales reporting. This is the General Services Administration’s (GSA) way of tracking how your company is performing as a contractor, and collecting data on the products and services that are being acquired through the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Program.

Becoming a Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract holder gives your business access to contracting opportunities from federal agencies and other entities that are only available to Schedule holders. It also provides the chance to pursue federal opportunities exceeding $51 billion annually. However, the process of obtaining a contract is not an easy one. There are several steps to complete before preparing and submitting your offer.

The General Services Administration (GSA) is working on consolidating the certification framework for cloud service providers who are new to the FedRAMP Program. Right now, a full traditional security assessment and review is expensive and cumbersome for the government and creates barriers for cloud service providers looking to get FedRAMP certified. The goal is to reduce the initial review burden with consolidated rules that are anticipated to be published by the end of June 2026, and retire the FedRAMP Ready designation program. If you offer cloud services and are currently doing business with the federal government, or plan to in the future, read on to learn more about these changes.