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Welcome to Services Ordering Solutions: Avoiding MAS Confusion - Table of Contents - Read This First
Terminations for Convenience and What Costs Are Allowable For GSA Schedule Task and Delivery Orders?
We have recently received multiple requests for the proper way to handle Termination for the Government’s convenience, as well as what costs are allowable. Well, here I go without further ado!
The termination will be IAW FAR Part 8.406-5, terminations for convenience.
8.406-5 -- Termination for the Government’s Convenience.
Do All Team Members of a CTA Have To Be Small Businesses When Using a Small Business Set Aside?
Why do all members of the CTA have to be small businesses if an agency uses a small business set aside for their requirement?
It seems that Brad and I are receiving quite a few calls on this subject lately. I guess that is to be expected with the inception of discretionary set asides for the GSA schedules program as of November 2011. Currently, the Small Business Administration (SBA) is working on developing policies in reference to set asides.
Is it true, “Once an 8(a), always an 8(a)”?
Have you ever heard the saying, “Once an 8(a), always an 8(a)”, or even, “once a set-aside, always a set- aside? I have, on multiple occasions! Do you have a burning desire to know if this is true?
Well, before going any further, let me make it very clear that GSA and I are pro small business, and that a majority of GSA Schedule Contractors are small businesses.
Can I award a cost type contract and require that a contractor provide “cost and pricing data” when using GSA schedule's?
Can I award a cost type contract and can I require that a contractor provide “cost and pricing data” when using the GSA schedule program?
Well, obviously for those of us in the schedule program, we know the answer is NO! But COs and CSs for the most part are extremely skeptical and we want to see it in writing. We want the black and white from the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). So, here you go!
Can a cost-type contract be awarded using the GSA schedule program? No, and here is why:
BPA Sample Cancellation Terminology
Brad and I often talk about cancelling BPAs in the, “Using GSA Multiple Award Schedules for Professional Services”, seminar. I just wanted to provide you with sample terminology for this purpose.
VA Must Follow Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Statutory Prerequisites
List of BPAs Established by GSA for Federal Agencies to Use
Office Supply BPAs. The Second Generation Office Supplies BPA's provide additional discounts to the negotiated prices already available on GSA's Schedule 75 for office supplies and provide the federal government with a fast and effective way to order while ensuring prompt, cost-effective delivery and quality customer service. Additional benefits include:
Fire Protection Engineering Services Now On The Professional Engineering Services (PES) Schedule 871
The Professional Engineering Services (PES) Schedule 871 now includes fire protection engineering services.
Fire protection engineering (also known as fire engineering or fire safety engineering) is
the application of science and engineering principles to protect people and their
environments from the destructive effects of fire and smoke.
The discipline of Fire Protection Engineering includes, but is not exclusive to:
Revised Schedule to Support Military Returning Home From Deployment
The Northeast and Caribbean Region’s National Administrative Services and Office Support Center recently revised a section of the Multiple Award Schedule Program to help our troops returning home from Afghanistan and Iraq. Approved by FAS Acquisition Management, the revamped special item number enhances current services in traditional employee assistance while focusing on specific support services such as mental health and comprehensive wellness coaching for the war fighter, veterans, and their families.
