When a government agency has a need for a product or service, the dollar amount determines how they go about procuring it. One of the most important of these benchmarks is the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) — the dollar amount under which agencies can use streamlined acquisition procedures to buy goods and services. These simplified methods are designed to reduce administrative burden and speed up procurement, which benefits contractors and agencies alike. Recently, a final rule was issued to raise the Simplified Acquisition Threshold from $250,000 to $350,000 to account for inflation. This is good news for contractors, especially small businesses. This blog post defines the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT), its purpose, its impact on small businesses, and what you should do when searching for opportunities within the set threshold.

Today marks the first day of the Fiscal Year 2026, and the first day of the government shutdown. When this happens, agencies must rely on contingency or “shutdown” plans to determine which operations continue and which must pause. Shutdowns create delays and uncertainty for government contractors, but not all agencies close their doors completely during this time. For example, the General Services Administration (GSA) is a self-funded agency and largely remains open. In this article, we’ll explore how agencies decide what remains open, which major departments continue operating, and what this means for government contractors.

The government Fiscal Year is coming to a close on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, which means time is not only running out to use up annual federal budgets, but the clock is ticking for Congress to pass a stopgap bill. Right now, both parties are at an impasse, and a shutdown is becoming more possible as the deadline looms.

The last nine months have been a flurry of Executive Orders (EOs), updates, and overall policy changes to the world of federal procurement. Many of these have impacted the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Program and will continue to leave an impact on how contractors can do business with the government. We know it’s busy enough juggling your commercial business alongside holding a GSA Schedule, and you can’t always keep up with every change, especially if they are happening in rapid fire.

The GSA Schedule acquisition process is difficult enough as it is—you don’t want to worry about whether you’re doing all this work just to get rejected by GSA. While the process involves a lot of documentation, preparation, and negotiation, it’s not an impossible feat to get your GSA Schedule awarded. However, rejection happens. It usually happens to companies with a lack of knowledge or preparation on the process. Some of our clients have come to us after trying to get a GSA Schedule on their own, or working with a scammy firm and they were rejected and had to start over. So, we put together 5 reasons your GSA Schedule offer could be rejected and how to avoid them.

Some of us might just see it as the start of fall, but October also means the beginning of a new federal government Fiscal Year. The transition from FY 2025 to 2026 is a crucial period for contractors with new opportunities, shifts in budget allocations, and renewed procurement priorities. Especially now that we changed administrations, we can expect to continue to see a significant amount of change in federal procurement over the next year. How you prepare for this change as a GSA Schedule contractor can significantly impact your success in the coming year. So, let’s talk about 10 strategies to ensure your contract is ready for the upcoming Fiscal Year.