Government Contracting Blog

GSA has long envisioned the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) as the one-stop-shop for all your federal procurement needs to make, receive, and manage federal awards. This vision is hopefully soon to become a reality as GSA’s Integrated Award Environment (IAE) continues to modernize and consolidate their federal awards systems. The goal is for GSA Schedule contractors to use one modernized site for most of their contracting needs rather than to navigate several archaic sites. In this blog, we’ll review what recent changes GSA has made to SAM.gov and what the upcoming forecast looks like for system consolidation.

As a new or seasoned federal government contractor, you’re probably no stranger to adapting to frequent changes in policy and requirements. There have been a lot of changes to the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Program recently, especially through the Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul (RFO). One of these updates is to Order Level Materials, or OLMs. Read on to learn more about what an OLM is, how the RFO impacts OLMs, and how you can utilize the OLM Special Item Number (SIN) with these changes.

Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) is becoming an increasingly important acronym to remember in the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Program. Now that the TDR Program will be mandatory soon for all GSA MAS contractors, many prospective and current contractors are shifting gears from the legacy Commercial Sales Practices to learn how to navigate TDR. With that information, you may be asking: what is TDR? How do I transition over? What are the requirements for TDR? These are all valid questions, and we get them a lot when it comes to reporting GSA sales. Let's cover everything you need to know about Transactional Data Reporting.

Now that OASIS+ Phase II is out, professional services contractors are getting ready to hit the ground running with their proposals. But what many companies may not take the time to do before they get too far in the process, is to make sure they meet the proposal requirements. Unlike the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Program, OASIS+ has a definitive proposal scoring method using credits. Any qualifying proposal will receive an award with their respective contract, but they must meet the credit minimum and match all the requirements. In this blog, we’ll outline the basics of the OASIS+ Phase II scorecard, and what requirements you need to meet before you begin your proposal.

Prospective GSA contractors undergo many levels of evaluation before they are awarded a GSA Schedule contract, with GSA examining everything from financial statements to past performance. However, once you’ve successfully acquired a GSA Schedule contract, the evaluations don’t necessarily stop.

If you’re a GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) holder who has reached your third and final option period, you may be wondering when it’s time to start thinking about applying for a new contract. The answer is likely sooner than you think. In order to avoid a lapse between the end of your old contract and the start of your new contract, it’s critical not to wait until the last minute. In this blog, we’ll discuss when the best time is to start your streamlined offer, by working backwards from award to submission to start date.