We thought the answers to what a company has to disclose in terms of commercial sales when obtaining a GSA Schedule contract, modification, or extension were well understood. Judging by recent questions, however, perhaps we should not have so assumed. To be clear, when submitting a new offer or extension package to GSA, ALL commercial sales practices need to be disclosed. That means “All”. Read more
Federal programs promoting innovative technology and acquisition methods are getting a lot of ink, and even some traction, these days as the government looks for ways to keep its technological edge on everything from cyber to national defense applications. These are generally good things and we don’t want to dismiss them. Neither, however, should we blithely dismiss people with experience. Sometimes there is, truly, no substitute for it.
As GSA winds down the consolidation of its professional service schedules and launches the new consolidated PSS, it’s important to keep in mind another critical service issue: making sure you use the right labor categories, inside the scope of your contract, for each task order. The Read more
What do Sword Parts LLC, Defense Solutions, and Digital Depot have in common? All were once federal contractors with small, but decent, federal contracts. Each, though, is now on the Excluded Parties List because they failed to comply with some aspect of those government Read more
Government agencies continue to operate mostly at FY’15 dollar levels under the Continuing Resolution passed by Congress last week. That means any agency scheduled for an increase in the President’s budget hasn’t yet gotten one and that no new starts are allowed unless Read more