Government Contracting Blog

The news we’ve all been waiting for—since GSA announced they were eventually expanding the Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) pilot to all Special Item Numbers (SINs), prospective and current contractors alike were asking us when they could join the program. Now, we finally have some answers. In Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Solicitation Refresh #22, which will be released in early August, GSA plans to expand TDR to 67 new SINs. In this blog, we’ll cover the newest TDR news and what other changes GSA plans to implement in MAS Refresh #22.

Once they have their GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS), a lot of our clients ask us how to start gaining government customers. Whether it’s through GSA eBuy, GSA Advantage!, or SAM.gov, new contractors are understandably eager to make sales through their contract. Some opportunities will be single orders if you sell through Advantage, and others will be short-lived contracts, but Best-In-Class (BIC) vehicles are also another opportunity to keep on your radar. These contracts offer pre-vetted and negotiated solutions to a variety of agencies, and there are a few offering new opportunities in the coming months. In this blog, we’ll talk about some of the most popular BICs and their status for contractors looking to join.

As a GSA Schedule contractor, you have several codes that signify your industry, business size, unique identification, and location. One of these essential codes is the CAGE Code. The Commercial And Government Entity Code, or CAGE Code, is a unique five-character ID used in the government as an identifier for suppliers to the federal government. You may be wondering, how is this code different from your Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) or perhaps your old DUNS Number? In this blog, we'll talk about the importance of CAGE Codes to GSA Schedule contractors and how you can get one.

GSA is expected to release awards soon for the highly anticipated OASIS+ contract. OASIS+ is a professional services Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) replacing GSA’s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS) contract vehicle. OASIS+ will support GSA’s Federal Acquisition (FAS) Office of Professional Services and Human Capital Categories (PSHC). In early July, GSA announced on Interact the general awards timeline along with updated buyer and seller information. In this blog, we’ll talk about the recent updates and everything you need to know about this contract.

The General Services Administration (GSA) recently published a new emerging technology framework for the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) prioritizing generative Artificial Intelligence, or AI. This means that contractors who offer generative AI capabilities will be given priority to be expedited through the FedRAMP authorization process. Since AI has grown exponentially over the past few years, there has been a race between the need to rapidly acquire emerging AI technologies in the federal government, and the assurance that AI will be developed and used safely as well as securely. This is the first time FedRAMP will have a framework prioritizing one technology over another. In this blog, we’ll dig into FedRAMP and what the new emerging technology framework will look like for contractors.

Requests for Proposals (RFPs) are a crucial part of your business development as a contractor, but they are not an easy task. There’s a lot that goes into an RFP response, from the early market research stages, to reading over the sections, and leading an in-depth review so your team can submit a successful response. Not only do you have to read, draft, and submit a winning response, but learn all the terminology that goes along with it.