If the pandemic has shown us anything, it’s the importance of supporting the disadvantaged groups in our society. It has been well documented that small businesses owned by women or minorities were disproportionately affected during COVID-19, despite being at the heart of our communities, essential to job creation and economic vitality. Ensuring that these businesses survive involves fundamental support at the government level.
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What is CPARS?
Winning a 5-year GSA contract as a supplier to the U.S. Government is a big responsibility. The GSA Schedule acquisition process involves a stringent application, but the evaluation of your company doesn’t end once your contract has been awarded. To ensure that contractors are fulfilling their obligations year after year, the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) was established.
MAS Consolidation plan by September 30, 2021
As part of the MAS Schedule Consolidation process, GSA has reached out to contractors requesting that a plan be submitted by September 30, 2021, outlining which of their schedules will be maintained as the primary and which ones will be merged. Since then, the deadline has been pushed up to December 31st, 2021.
High Value Asset (HVA) Assessment Requirement for the HACS SIN
The pandemic has fast-tracked our world’s transition into the digital space. Although greater connectivity has solved many problems, it opens up others – primarily cybersecurity. Cybersecurity is of paramount importance for the U.S. Government and to help protect its information network GSA created the Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services Special Item Number (HACS SIN).
The Federal Government is Transitioning from the DUNS Number to a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI). What You Need to Know – in Plain English
The DUNS number will be dead by April 2022. Businesses will no longer be required to get a DUNS number, and UEI is coming to replace it. What exactly is changing, and what do you need to do about these changes? Learn the answers in plain English in this article.
TAA (Trade Agreements Act) Compliance Explained
- What is TAA
- What is TAA compliance
- What does it mean “substantially transformed”
- What are designated countries
- What does “TAA compliant product” mean
- Why TAA compliance is important
- How to keep your products TAA compliant
This article explains what is Trade Agreements Act, what it means for a product to be TAA compliant, and why TAA compliance is important for any company seeking cooperation with the government via GSA Schedules.
Integrating Price Reporter with Intuit’s QuickBooks Online
Price Reporter is proud to announce that we have successfully completed integration with Intuit’s QuickBooks Online. This integration connects QuickBooks users to GSA Advantage and to DOD FedMall while automating the order management process for GSA and VA contract holders.
Price Reporter partnered with Overstock
Recently, GSA partnered with Overstock, to offer a wide assortment of products from established partners, allowing government personnel to easily find, research, and order necessary goods, including many items from small businesses.
How to fully automate business with GSA
You’re finally a GSA Schedule holder, orders are flourishing, and business is booming. However, hand in hand with these opportunities comes the downside of administration. Countless hours of manpower are expended on printing, calling, emailing, billing, accounting… The slightest disruption in your order processing can mean delays and unhappy clients.
EDI for GSA: Overview Services
What is EDI?
In the early days of the Cold War, it became clear that the postal service was not adequate enough to supply the Allied armies in the midst of Soviet blockades. There was no standardised system to track shipments, their contents, who was delivering the cargo, or even a way to decipher the various languages. So, in the 1960s Ed Guilbert designed EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) as a standardised system of communication to facilitate the U.S. Army supply chain.
