In August, the General Service Administration (GSA) released two pieces of information regarding Section 876. On August 14th the “GSA issued the ASTRO solicitation for manned, unmanned, and robotic platforms. ASTRO marks the first use of the Section 876 authority by the agency.” In addition to ASTRO “GSA issued a Federal Acquisition Regulation deviation implementing Section 876 […]
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The General Service Administration (GSA) has released the 8(a) STARS III Governementwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC). The STARS program is known “governmentwide as a best-in-class, easy-to-use, and streamlined procurement solution to purchase information technology services from 8(a) prime contractors.” This GWAC focuses more on emerging technologies and performance located outside of the Continental US. Many praise […]
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Jeffrey Koses, a senior procurement executive for The General Services Administration (GSA), announced in a recent memo that GSA’s contracting personnel would be able to accelerate payments to its contractors. Contractors include small business prime contractors and prime contractors’ small business subcontractors. The payment times deviate from the federal rules of 30 days down to […]
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House Democrats, Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), have made several proposed additions to the Coronavirus Rescue Package for Federal employees and contractors. An article by Federal News Network discusses priorities laid out by Democrats and their reasoning behind it each proposed item. Proposed additions included childcare reimbursements, flexibility with health insurance plan enrollment, […]
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The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act was signed into law by President Trump on March 27, 2020, in order to ease some of the burden facing individuals and businesses from the swift economic fallout from COVID-19. Included in this law is the ability for federal agencies to use their funds to provide contractors […]
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