Government Contracting Blog

Keeping up to date with federal contracting news can be overwhelming for contract holders nowadays. Whether or not your company has personally been affected by cuts or contract terminations, there is an understandable sense of unease. While GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program is not going anywhere, GSA does plan to “rightsize” the MAS program, one of the largest impacts of which will be cancelling non-compliant Schedules, or allowing them to expire.

Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) is becoming an increasingly important acronym to remember in the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Program. Now that GSA is ending the TDR pilot program and expanding it to several contractors, you may be subject to or required to opt into the program soon. With that information, you may be asking: what is TDR? Is my contract subject to TDR? What are the requirements for TDR? These are all valid questions, and we get them a lot when it comes to reporting GSA sales. Let's cover everything you need to know about Transactional Data Reporting.

As a government contractor, there are many websites and resources to keep track of and monitor for compliance. If you are interested in becoming a GSA Schedule contractor, you are required to maintain an accurate and up to date account in the System for Award Management (SAM), or SAM.gov. This site not only allows you to search government contract opportunities and award notices but also houses a lot of core data relating to federal contractors’ businesses, including addresses, corporate representations and certifications, banking information, service classifications, and more.

Many contractors in the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Program are focused on selling to federal government customers. There's a lot of business within those agencies, but it's important to know the full range of buyers in the MAS Program. Did you know you can also sell to state, local, educational, and tribal entities with your GSA Schedule under certain circumstances?

If you’re reading this blog, you’ve probably started your search to get a GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS), and you’ve recognized that you’re going to need some expert help. You may need help with the whole process, or if you have your contract already, you may just be looking for comprehensive or as-needed maintenance support. Either way, we understand if you’re already overwhelmed with which firm to go with.

GSA’s rollout of its new catalog management system, the FAS Catalog Platform (FCP), is well underway, with more and more Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contracts being moved to the new platform. While FCP is more user-friendly than its predecessor, the Schedule Input Program (SIP), it still takes some getting used to.