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GSA schedules program to end year in the red
The General Services Administration projects its schedules contracts program will lose $14.1 million this year due to increased internal costs. Figures shown in a Feb. 3 GSA office of inspector
Rest in peace, MAS Express
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to acknowledge the quiet smothering of an ill-thought initiative born from the impetuous remarks of a political appointee, long already sent packing from
GSA making tens of millions per year from schedule fee
Despite an increase in costs during years of only modest sales growth, the General Services Administration schedules program continues to provide the agency tens of millions of dollars in surplus
GSA: Changing price reduction clause 'not feasible'
Changing the price reductions clause for General Service Administration schedule contracts is "not feasible," GSA told the White House in a report dated Aug. 18. Although GSA acknowledges that the
Gordon: Look to component BPAs, not interagency contracts, for inefficiencies
Federal agencies do not, in fact, spend $200 billion annually through interagency contracts--they spend more like $50 billion, and most of that through General Services Administration schedule
FAA overpaid sole-source contracts, says IG
Contracting officers at the Federal Aviation Administration may have overpaid two sole-source contracts by $670,000 because they did not perform effective cost and price analysis, says the
GSA issues cloud email solicitation
The General Services Administration issued May 9 a request for quotation for cloud-based email, office suite applications and records management services that will result in one or more blanket
Proposed OCI regs would allow government to tolerate conflict of interest
Proposed new governmentwide organizational conflict of interest regulations would allow contracting officers to make an assessment that a conflict is "acceptable" when the potential harm to
Increased competition for GSA schedule, BPA and IDIQ orders
Federal contracting officers will have more competition requirements to think about starting May 16 when placing orders under the General Services Administration schedules. Under a new interim rule
GSA must do more consulting and collaborating, says Johnson
The General Services Administration wants to be a "highly-synchronized" agent that helps the government get what it wants, when it wants it, said GSA Administrator Martha Johnson. "We have agencies
