MAS

NOTICE: Due to the potential impact of Hurricane Sandy, the CSP webinar scheduled for Wednesday, October 31 at 10am, has been cancelled.  The event will be rescheduled for Wednesday, December 12 10am – 12pm CT.

Our second webinar in our Contractor Training series will focus on the fine points of the Commercial Sales Practices Format (CSP-1), including:

Ordering activities often ask why they should use GSA Schedules to meet their procurement needs, and what are the benefits of doing so?  In this article we will outline some key benefits of using GSA Schedules. 

VA FSS Service is proud to announce a new training program for our prospective vendors and current contractors.  Designed to teach on the various aspects of the VA Schedule solicitation proposal submission and review process, this training program will increase our organizational transparency and provide participants with an open forum for discussions with VA Schedule subject matter experts.

To reach the widest audience possible, this training program will feature live webinars, podcasts, blogs, and enhanced training articles in our monthly newsletter.

Federal Acquisition Services (FAS) Senior Procurement Analyst Tommy Benton continues his Schedules vs. Open Markets video series from the 2012 GSA Expo. This video continues from last week's clip (3 of 11) topic of an overview of what FAR Subpart 8.4, FAR Part 13, and FAR Part 15 covers. Tommy dives down into SINs and Schedules authority. Click here to watch this video on YouTube.

Join us next Wednesday for the next clip of Schedules vs. Open Markets!

This month’s newsletter offers great information about GSA’s interactive online community, GSA Interact.  Read the In the News section to learn how you can use this community to keep up-to-date on Schedule issues and become a part of the conversation.

The GSA Multiple Award Schedules (MAS) program provides agencies with great flexibility to meet and exceed Federal small business spending goals.

This month’s newsletter offers great information about the upcoming National Veteran Small Business Conference, scheduled for June 26—29, 2012 in Detroit, MI.  Read the In the News section to learn more about these system changes and how they impact you.

These clauses will be in the MAS Soliciations - if they are not already - 52.204-4; 52.223-5; 52.223-10.  See document section for complete list.  

Join us for this Multiple Award Schedules (MAS) training online and receive a training certificate with credit towards your warrant requirements. The target audience for this training is contracting professionals at all levels who seek to gain understanding or strengthen their knowledge of Schedules contracting and ordering procedures. This course will cover the procedures for placing  orders against Multiple Award Schedules as outlined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)  Subpart 8.4.

This requirement only applies to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) ordering activities placing a delivery order or establishing a BPA under the FSC 65/66 mandatory use Schedules.