Vendors opposing the GSA’s new prices-paid reporting requirements

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Federal contractors and two inspectors general are pushing back against the General Services Administration’s recent proposed rule to require GSA Schedule vendors to report transactional data and to partially eliminate the Price Reduction Clause in schedule contracts.

The GSA released the proposed rule on March 4 requiring Federal Supply Schedule holders and other governmentwide contract holders to report 11 transactional data elements from orders and prices paid by ordering activity.

The Coalition for Government Procurement on May 4 submitted comments opposing the GSA’s plan, saying it would impose significant reporting burdens on contractors. The group published its comments on its website.

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