According to an email sent Monday by Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner Josh Gruenbaum, the changes were introduced through an initiative to “rightsize” the program. Changes include: Allowing MAS contracts that do not meet sales thresholds to expire; addressing contractor non-compliance and performance concerns; simplifying processes, eliminating efficiencies and ensuring proper alignment of management and oversight; eliminating items with insufficient market demand or where administrative costs outweigh benefits; and reducing redundancies with other government procurement channels.
The changes impact thousands of government contractors that sell their vetted offerings to federal agencies at pre-negotiated prices, with competition among vendors at the order level to generate additional government savings.
“FAS takes seriously its responsibility to the American taxpayer, and rightsizing the MAS Program is a significant opportunity for us to prioritize value and fiscal responsibility in contracting," Gruenbaum said in an email. “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.”
The MAS initiative comes on the same day the agency will announce significant changes to its FedRAMP program and follows several weeks of major changes across GSA that will directly impact the agency and contractors.
On Friday, the agency named Michael Lynch as its new deputy administrator. In late February, GSA announced a review of consultancies that has large ramifications across the government c ..
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