Schedules RFP by Oct. 1

Webinars on Sept. 17, 19

      The General Services Administration expects to publish a solicitation for a new, consolidated Multiple Award Schedule on Oct. 1, the agency announced.

      According to GSA, the release on Oct. 1 will include:

• Draft Solicitation - Defines and lays out overall offer evaluation criteria, requirements, and terms and conditions.
• Available Offerings - An Excel spreadsheet containing tabs for 1) a mapping of legacy Special Item Numbers (SINs) to the new SINs; 2) a summary of the new structure of available offerings; and 3) a summary of large categories and subcategories;
• Clause Matrix - Identifies all “required” (applies to all schedules) and “required as applicable” (applies to some large categories, subcategories and/or SINs); and indicates where the clauses will appear in the RFP.
• “Required as Applicable” Clause Mapping to Available Offerings - Identifies what level the “required as applicable” clauses will apply; and
• Updated Industry FAQs

      GSA officials also have set up a new Available Offerings and Requirements page on GSA.gov for templates and attachments. See https://bit.ly/2ZtucX2.

      To help industry prepare for the new solicitation, GSA has scheduled a webinar from 3 pm to 4 pm EDT on Sept. 17 (https://bit.ly/2LenJdC).

      A second session is scheduled from 3 pm to 4 pm EDT on Sept. 19 (https://bit.ly/2Pm8i8e).

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