The Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) of the General Services Administration (GSA) revealed on October 17, 2025, that it will issue a Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Solicitation 47QSMD20R0001 “refresh” sometime in November 2025. While GSA allowed the contracting community 10 business days to submit comments—until October 31, 2025—as MAS contract holders know, GSA issues refreshes from time to time so that changes are made uniformly in recognition of shifts in policy, regulations, or statutes. Administering MAS contracts in this way allows GSA to curate terms in a consistent manner for contractual vehicles at all stages of performance, as contractors perform orders at different times.Continue Reading Total GSA Schedule Makeover: Incoming Mass Mod Not Merely a Refresh
Executive Order Aims to Consolidate Procurement of Broadly Defined ‘Common Goods and Services’, All IT GWACs, under GSA
By Maria Panichelli on
Posted in Executive Orders, GSA
Another day, another executive order (EO) that will transform federal procurement as we know it. A March 20, 2025 EO entitled “Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement” and its accompanying fact sheet call for “[c]onsolidating domestic Federal procurement in the General Services Administration” (GSA), at least with regard to “common goods and services.” Continue Reading Executive Order Aims to Consolidate Procurement of Broadly Defined ‘Common Goods and Services’, All IT GWACs, under GSA
