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Changes to the MOBIS Schedule
The article you see below was drafted by our MOBIS team to explain recent changes to MOBIS. Special thanks to our guest blogger Kris Montague (also the MOBIS Champion within the Management Services Center) and Jessica Havens (on a rotation through my team) for editing assistance, some great ideas and general awesomeness!
-Brad
Which Clauses in the Basic Schedules Contract flow down to Task Orders Issued Against Those Contracts?
This is a frequently asked question we cover to some extent in our standard Using GSA Schedules for Professional Services seminar but our friends at the Department of Interior recently pointed out during one of our seminar sessions that there exists no discussion on this topic online (or at least nothing they could find). Well, I can’t find it either!
Is contract bundling an issue under Schedules?
GAO Decision – Cyberdata Technologies, Inc. (B-406692, Aug 8, 2012)
Link to the case: http://www.gao.gov/products/B-406692 - mt=e-report
DIGEST (from GAO)
How do I add travel costs to a services task order?
This is a common question. Here’s the version of this question from an actual Department of Defense Contract Specialist that inspired me to write this blog post:
GAO Decision - The Concept of an Acceptance Period does not Apply to Quotations
New Offering on the AIMS Schedule (541) - Challenges and Competitions
Schedule 541, Advertising and Integrated Marketing Solutions (AIMS), has just added a new SIN (541 4G) for Challenges and Competitions Services. The purpose of this new SIN is to facilitate agencies obtaining support for the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science (COMPETES) Reauthorization Act to manage "prize competitions" and obtain new technologies and other innovations
Proposed Rule on Organizational Conflicts of Interest (from the Federal Register April 26, 2011)
Link to the notice: Click Here.
GAO Decision – U S Information Technologies Corporation (B-404357; B-404357.2, February 2, 2011)
Link to the case: http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/4043572.htm
DIGEST (from GAO)
1. In a procurement conducted pursuant to Federal Supply Schedule procedures, an agency, when ordering services priced at hourly rates and when a statement of work is included, is required to consider the level of effort and the mix of labor offered to perform a specific task being ordered and determine that the total price is reasonable.
GAO Decision – CWTSatoTravel (B-404479.2, April 22, 2011)
Link to the case: http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/4044792.htm
DIGEST (from GAO)
1. Protest that solicitation seeking fixed prices for electronic travel management service imposes excessive risk on offerors is denied where solicitation does not have an unlimited scope of work and provides sufficient information on which offerors can base their prices.
