Many contractors in the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Program are focused on selling to federal government customers. There's a lot of business within those agencies, but it's important to know the full range of buyers in the MAS Program. Did you know you can also sell to state, local, educational, and tribal entities with your GSA Schedule under certain circumstances?

If you’re reading this blog, you’ve probably started your search to get a GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS), and you’ve recognized that you’re going to need some expert help. You may need help with the whole process, or if you have your contract already, you may just be looking for comprehensive or as-needed maintenance support. Either way, we understand if you’re already overwhelmed with which firm to go with.

There’s a lot of Executive Orders (EOs) to keep track of in the Trump Administration so far (162 to be exact), so we don’t expect you to know every single one. But if you’re a GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contractor, or plan to be one soon, then you should be paying close attention to the EO Consolidating Procurement. This Executive Order, published in March 2025, aims to quadruple the size of GSA’s procurement responsibilities.

GSA recently announced their plans for Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Solicitation Refresh #27, which will be released in June 2025. This Refresh includes several changes to the MAS Program including expanding Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) and making it mandatory for some contractors and retiring 10 Special Item Numbers (SINs). GSA will also end the TDR pilot in this Refresh. Since the Solicitation Refreshes apply to all GSA Schedule contractors, it’s important you understand the changes before you accept the Mass Modification (Mod) once it’s released.

GSA Schedule contract compliance is not an easy task--there are so many requirements to abide by and keep up with, and frankly, it can be overwhelming. GSA Schedule contracts can be a great asset to your company, but they require time and dedication. One of the most important parts of maintaining contract compliance is sales reporting. This is the General Services Administration’s (GSA) way of tracking how your company is performing as a contractor, and collecting data on the solutions that are being acquired through the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Program.

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.