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Executive Order 14275 is a Game changer for small business. Make the time to become familiar with it. Sec. 2. states “Policy. It is the policy of the United States to create the most agile, effective, and efficient procurement system possible. Removing undue barriers, such as unnecessary regulations, while simultaneously allowing for the expansion of the national and defense industrial …

Why GSA Contracts are the future of Federal Business especially for small business. Executive Orders are shaking up the way the federal government does business. This means the federal market is changing.  Are you Aligned? A particular Executive Order is pushing agencies to buy more commercial off-the-shelf products and solutions through a variety of GSA programs including GSA MAS Schedule. …

GSA’s Startup Springboard Program Speeds Access for Small Businesses to Federal Government The GSA Startup Springboard opens up the GSA Schedule MAS program to firms with less than the two-year professional experience normally required for a company to get approved on a GSA MAS Schedule category. GSA introduced the Startup Springboard program in 2016. In general, the Startup Springboard potential GSA partner …

Your company may be missing a big growth opportunity if you sell and/or have business relationships with any of the entities listed below and If you are not listed on the GSA MAS SCHEDULE programs or partner with an approved GSA MAS Schedule contract holder. Here’s why: The Cooperative Purchasing Program allows state, local, and tribal governments to purchase IT, security, and …

Good afternoon. In the past, if you sold Office Supplies and wanted to sell IT Products to the Government, you would have needed to obtain an entirely new schedule to do so. This was not only very expensive but also very time-consuming. Under the new GSA MAS Consolidated Schedule, SIN Additions offer contractors the opportunity for cross-selling along with the …

IS A JOINT VENTURE FOR YOU? GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Program …Source GSA Frequently Asked Questions for Joint Venture (JV) Offerors & Contractors  MAS solicitation refresh 16 was issued on May 19, 2023 to clarify how the MAS offeror instructions apply to JVs. The updated instructions are intended to promote consistency across the MAS program and increase small business …

Here is a great example of having a GSA/MAS Contract. If you are a GSA Schedule MAS IT Consulting Services contract holder you may be eligible to bid on the pending New York City procurement below under GSA/MAS Cooperative Purchasing Program: Subject: BID#DSS-ITS-C-20230810-1 for IT Consulting Services Dear Contractor: The New York City Department of Social Services (DSS) Agency Chief Contracting Office (ACCO) – Office of Contracts would like to initiate a solicitation for Information Technology (IT) Consulting Services. The solicitation is for one hundred and sixty …

U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, together with U.S. General Services Administration Administrator Robin Carnahan, recently announced a joint effort, an initiative that will help small, disadvantaged businesses participating in the Business Development Program gain access to more federal contract. Known as the 8(a) MAS Pool Initiative, the agreement will establish a pool of 8(a) firms — firms …

New platform will make it easier for contractors to manage GSA Advantage! catalogs WASHINGTON — The U.S. General Services Administration is piloting a modern web-based platform to give federal contractors quick and easy access to update their catalogs on GSA’s central purchasing website, GSA Advantage!. The new FAS Catalog Platform (FCP) is designed to make it significantly simpler for Multiple Award Schedule …