Government Contracting Blog

As the federal government’s primary procurement vehicle, the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) has an extremely wide variety of products and services available for purchase. Government agencies can purchase everything from binders to bounce houses, and contract almost any service. One service that some contractors may not realize can be offered on the GSA is air charter services. Both owner operated and broker air charter companies can offer their charter services to government customers through the GSA MAS. In this blog, we’ll review the special requirements for air charter services on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule.

As many contractors with GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) experience know, GSA is constantly working to streamline the offer process and make things easier for both offerors and contracting officers. One area that has recently seen quite a few updates is the FAS Catalog Platform (FCP). GSA has been slowly rolling out updates to FCP since 2023, and recent months have seen major updates to the platform and transition timeline. Several of these updates are critical for contract compliance, so in this blog we’ll review the most important updates that contractors need to be familiar with.

Any new presidential administration brings changes to the world of federal contracting, and the Trump Administration is no exception. It has been clear from the outset that one of the major priorities of this administration is eliminating government waste, leading to a slew of contracting-related Executive Orders and policy memoranda. With so many changes occurring, it can be hard to keep up. As important as it is to pay attention to new regulations and policies, it is also important to take note of regulations and policies that haven’t changed in the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Program and are still applicable to contractors.

In a recent blog, we discussed the many changes introduced by the Trump Administration and what their effect was on current GSA Schedule contractors. If you don’t have a GSA Schedule yet, but are looking to get one, you may be wondering how these changes have impacted the process of acquiring a GSA Schedule contract. That’s why in this blog, we’ll discuss the impact that the new administration’s policies have on potential GSA Schedule contractors.

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.

Recently awarded contractors know that one of the first steps to take after contract award is to upload your product catalog to GSA Advantage!, GSA’s online shopping platform for products. But now you may be wondering what actually happens when governments customers place orders through GSA Advantage? Orders placed on GSA Advantage! are sent to contractors through the Purchase Order (PO) Portal. The PO Portal is a critical part success for GSA Schedule contractors, so in this blog we’ll go over navigating and using the PO Portal.