Immediately after the release of Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Solicitation Refresh #23, GSA announced Refresh #24 which is expected to come out in January. Solicitation Refresh #24 includes updates that were removed from #23 along with some other changes to the overall Solicitation as well as specific Large Categories. Let’s review what we expect to see in this Refresh and how it may impact you as a GSA Schedule contractor.

You may not love them as a federal contract holder, but regulations are an important part of federal government contracting. If you are not familiar with the Price Reductions Clause, now is the time to get educated if you want to avoid potentially costly consequences down the line. GSA Schedule holders can be divided into two categories, those who fall under Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) and those who are required to submit Commercial Sales Practice (CSP) information. If you need help figuring out which category you fall under, determine whether you report your GSA sales monthly or quarterly.

Within the last year and a half, GSA has beefed up opportunities for Joint Venture (JV) companies looking to acquire a GSA Multiple Award Schedule. In May 2023, GSA released Solicitation Refresh 16, which provided in depth MAS offer instructions applicable to Joint Venture companies that help entities be consistent and align with Small Business Administration (SBA) standards. These updates to the Solicitation also included clarifications for specific rules to Joint Venture GSA proposal submissions.

Acquiring and managing a GSA Schedule contract is full of decisions. First, you have to decide if it's right for your company, then figure out how you are going to handle submitting the GSA Schedule offer, and lastly, how you will effectively manage your contract once it's awarded. These considerations may have led you to an ever bigger decision: Will you need to hire a GSA Schedule consultant?

In April, the GSA Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) issued a Request for Information (RFI) to better understand how to align Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) pricing with commercial practices. They recently posted an article on GSA Interact outlining their takeaways from this RFI, opportunities to strengthen policies, and their next steps. In this blog, we’ll go over the RFI itself, the GSA’s response, and what this means for contractors.

General Services Administration (GSA) recently released updated guidelines for Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Contractor Teaming Arrangements (CTAs) that clarifies administrative details, expectations on agreement documents, and GSA’s limits on oversight. In light of this, we’ll cover some of the most common points of confusion we see from prospective contractors, including what CTAs are and what they aren’t.