Government Contracting Blog

The government fiscal year (FY) 2026 may have just concluded last month; however, changes to the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) are not slowing down as FY2027 begins. In early October, GSA released MAS Solicitation Refresh #33 which included eligibility requirement updates for contractors and new offerors to participate in GSA’s FASt Lane program. Additionally, as of Refresh #33, GSA’s Startup Springboard program, which allows entities with less than two years of corporate experience to get on Schedule, is no longer limited to just offerors under the Information Technology (IT) Large Category.

There is a lot of research and paperwork involved with preparing an offer for the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Program. A company’s MAS offer consists of an Administrative, Technical, and Pricing section. Our recent blog series broke down the requirements for each section of the proposal, but a frequent question we receive from our clients when developing the pricing section is how does GSA negotiate pricing?

In April 2026, GSA released Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Solicitation Refresh #31, making the pilot Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) program mandatory for all new offerors and existing contractors. This update significantly changes how GSA MAS offerors prepare their price proposal, as the TDR program removes the requirement for offerors to submit pricing support to justify their commercial rates for their service and/or product offerings.

The Information Technology Vendor Management Office (ITVMO) in collaboration with the American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) held the Second Annual ITVMO Summit in May 2026, to discuss the current and future state for federal IT acquisition approaches. Established in 2020, ITVMO supports agencies in driving efficiencies when purchasing IT products and services and ensuring a unified and streamlined governmentwide IT acquisition strategy.

As we are now halfway through the government fiscal year, it’s important to review changes to the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS). One of the key updates is that GSA made Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) mandatory for all contractors with the release of MAS Solicitation Refresh #31 in April. Before Refresh #31, contractors without TDR-eligible Special Item Numbers (SINs) fell under the Commercial Sales Practices (CSP) reporting structure and were required to monitor their compliance with the Price Reductions Clause.

While often thought of as out of date in terms of its technology, the federal government spends billions on new information technology (IT) solutions and services each year in support of various legacy system modernization efforts, cybersecurity initiatives, and other technology-focused programs. The GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Program allows contractors to sell various commercial IT products and services to the federal government through its Information Technology Category, or Category F. For the 2025 government fiscal year (FY), the IT Category experienced over $26 billion in sales, demonstrating a highly competitive marketplace for IT services and products under GSA MAS.