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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The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense released an update to the justification and approval threshold for 8(a) contracts. According to this memorandum “for procurements valued at $100 million or less, contracting officers are not required to execute a justification and obtain approval for award of a sole source contract under the Small Business […]
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The Professional Services Council (PSC) has requested guidance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in regards to government contractor teleworking. Their request comes in the midst of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) response as many government contractors have been sent home without the ability to telework and their job stability threatened. Currently, contractors are […]
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