Government Contracting Blog

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.

There’s a lot of Executive Orders (EOs) to keep track of in the Trump Administration so far (162 to be exact), so we don’t expect you to know every single one. But if you’re a GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contractor, or plan to be one soon, then you should be paying close attention to the EO Consolidating Procurement. This Executive Order, published in March 2025, aims to quadruple the size of GSA’s procurement responsibilities.

Good news for Professional Services contractors--GSA is looking to add new domains to their OASIS+ contracting vehicle supporting their Office of Professional Services and Human Capital Categories (PSHC). On June 17, 2025, GSA released a Request for Information (RFI) to open Phase II of the vehicle and develop evaluation criteria for five new domains. OASIS+ provides government buyers with non-IT services and includes small business set-asides. Since the RFI responses are due soon on July 8, let's review what OASIS+ is and how your business may be able to benefit from this vehicle.

We are starting to see the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Cost Efficiency Initiative take shape in the federal government—the Department of Defense (DoD) recently released a memo that limits services contracts, especially IT, management, and advisory professional services. The memo, “Implementation of Executive Order 14222 – Department of Government Efficiency Cost Efficiency Initiative” outlines four new policies that are aimed at reducing external support and relying on in-house expertise for these services. If you are a contractor within the Defense Industrial Base (DIB), this update could affect you—here’s what we know so far.

GSA recently announced their plans for Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Solicitation Refresh #27, which will be released in June 2025. This Refresh includes several changes to the MAS Program including expanding Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) and making it mandatory for some contractors and retiring 10 Special Item Numbers (SINs). GSA will also end the TDR pilot in this Refresh. Since the Solicitation Refreshes apply to all GSA Schedule contractors, it’s important you understand the changes before you accept the Mass Modification (Mod) once it’s released.

Q4 of the federal government Fiscal Year is like Christmas Eve at a mall—a spending spree full of exciting opportunities for your company and all the chaos that comes with it. While this is the most important time of year for taking advantage of government business, it can come with its own set of challenges. During Q4, government agencies are rushing to spend the remainder of their budget and releasing scores of solicitations. This means while contractors will have a great opportunity to win business during this time, they often face increased competition, tight deadlines, lack of resources, and stringent compliance requirements.