Updates
What’s New in Federal Contracting?
March 28, 2025
GSA to cut 577 schedule vendors, 31 SINs
As part of efforts to right-size the schedules program, GSA is reviewing vendors who don’t meet the sales quota or are having performance and compliance issues. As part of efforts to right-size the schedules program, GSA is reviewing vendors who don’t meet the sales quota or are having performance and compliance issues.
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March 24, 2025
GSA MAS Overhaul
Sealing GSA’s dominance on the tech news front today was its announcement of action to tighten the Multiple Awards Schedule (MAS) program to prioritize “value and fiscal responsibility” in Federal contracting. MAS is a government-wide procurement program that streamlines purchasing from pre-approved vendors and exceeded $51.5 billion in sales during fiscal year (FY) 2024. Changes to the program announced Monday by Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Commissioner Josh Gruenbaum include: allowing contracts to expire that fail to meet sales thresholds; addressing contractor non-compliance and performance concerns; reducing redundancies with other Federal procurement channels; simplifying processes, eliminating inefficiencies, and ensuring proper alignment of program management and oversight; and eliminating items with insufficient market demand or high administrative costs. “With these actions, we can put our agency resources where they get the most impactful return on investment – and that means the goods and services that are most in demand by federal customers,” Gruenbaum said.
March 21, 2025
Small Business Administration Announces Agency-Wide Reorganization – SBA will restructure to eliminate wasteful spending, restore mission of empowering small businesses
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, pursuant to EO 14210, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced its plans for an agency-wide reorganization. To return to its founding mission of empowering small businesses, and to restore accountability to taxpayers, the agency will reduce its workforce by 43% – ending the expansive social policy agenda of the prior Administration, eliminating non-essential roles, and returning to pre-pandemic staffing levels.
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