The GSA Multiple Awards Schedule Program’s Professional Services Schedule (PSS) Migration, has been somewhat of a distant mirage over the last year. Since January, multiple stories and webinars have been released discussing the upcoming collapse of eight GSA schedule contracts into one. While some components of the PSS Migration have moved forward, in large part the migration has only resulted in pushing back deadlines. It appears however, that the GSA is finally ready to move forward.

The two most common procurement platforms for small and emerging government contractors to find and compete for business are FedBizOpps and GSA eBuy. However, if you are relying solely on these two avenues you are missing the vast majority of the federal procurement picture.

In March 2015, the GSA announced that it would be launching a pilot program that would require contractors to report transactional data for all of their federal sales. The program has been proposed and marketed as an alternative to the infamous Price Reduction Clause (PRC), but when the new program is examined closely, several new issues emerge that could prove to be more burdensome and costly than the dreaded PRC.

Did you miss our presentation yesterday afternoon? You can now download a free copy of this presentation. GSA is developing its next generation Alliant 2 and Alliant SB 2 Government-Wide Acquistiion Contract vehicles for IT solutions. Download our webinar GSA's $60-Billion Alliant 2 GWAC Is About to Be Released: Are You Prepared? to learn how to prepare for these opportunities:

Contractor Assistance Visits (CAVs) are in-person or virtual meetings between GSA’s Industrial Operations Analysts (IOAs) and GSA contractors that are meant to assess processes and systems that your firm has in place. They are used to ensure your firm is aware of and in compliance with various clauses, terms, and conditions of your firm's GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract.

On Tuesday April 28th 2015, I was able to attend the NASPO ValuePoint Vendor Kickoff Meeting, hosted by NASPO ValuePoint in Bloomington, MN. This meeting was intended to educate both current and newly awarded contract holders for the Computer Equipment, Peripherals & Related Services Contract under NASPO ValuePoint.