GSA schedule modifications

GSA Contract Modification Process & Support

Price Reporter offers GSA Contract Modification support to help you make the necessary updates to your existing GSA Schedule contract with virtually no effort, and in the shortest possible time spans. With minimum involvement from you, we will streamline the entire contract modification process and make sure the GSA approves your modification request. Here is how we do this:

Initial assessment and goal setting

Our cooperation starts with reviewing your company, your GSA contract, and modifications you would like to make to it. We would discuss what exact changes you need to make and why, examine the necessary documents and requirements, and explain every single detail of the process to you and your staff.

Development of modification

At Price Reporter, we have a team of experts who will thoroughly analyze your solicitation documents and develop the most optimal way to make modifications to your GSA contract. We also help you prepare the necessary documentation for modifications, making sure everything the GSA requires is included in the mod. Whether you need to extend your SIN range, merge two contracts together, submit a new pricelist, or simply arrange an Economic Price Adjustment, Price Reporter is here at your disposal.

Post eMod submission support

After you prepare and submit the mod via the eMod system, we continue tracking your GSA contract modification and assist you in your cooperation with the assigned GSA Contracting Officer, for faster and effortless approval. You’ll learn exactly what every official request from the CO means, and how to correctly respond to it, in order to expedite approval. With Price Reporter you can rest assured that your modification procedure will run as you expect and without issues.

Useful links:

GSA MAS Modification Guide. This is a comprehensive guide that covers everything you need to know about contract modification and mass modification.
eOffer / eMod User Guide. Explains how to create and submit a modification to your GSA contract through the GSA eMod system, step by step.
eOffer / eMod Help Center. A home of vital information about the eMod system and MAS modifications.
Contract Modification and Mass modification templates and links. Here you can find a number of templates, such as price proposal template, mod cover template etc., as well as links to helpful pages and resources on mass modifications.

If you still experience difficulties with your contract modification, or simply want to delegate this task to professionals, please don’t hesitate to contact Price Reporter.

GSA Contract Modification Types

There are a number of typical situations when you are required to submit a modification to your GSA contract. The main contract modifications are:

1. Administrative revisions

Whenever your company goes through some kind of organizational changes, you are required to submit an administrative modification. Common causes are:

Changes in postal address or email address
Company name change
Industrial Funding Fee change
Fax change
Points of Contact for dealers, manufacturers, agents change

2. New product or services addition

A real-world company rarely sticks to the same products and/or services for years. If you need to add a new commercially available model of your product, or include a new SIN to your contract, this type of GSA contract modification would be warranted.

3. Deletion of products

Products eventually get outdated, discontinued or simply give way for newer products. To remove outdated products that you do not offer on the commercial market anymore from your GSA Schedule contract, you need to submit a deletion modification.

4. Price reductions

You are required to submit a price reduction modification if your commercial prices have decreased. Therefore, your GSA prices must also be reduced accordingly. The Economic Price Adjustment Clause I-FSS-969 requires GSA contractors to offer their best possible prices to the GSA.

5. Economic Price Adjustment

Contractors can legitimately increase prices at which they sell their products and services to the GSA. This is called Economic Price Adjustment. The common reason for this modification is when GSA prices no longer adequately reflect your prices on the commercial market. Surely, the modification submission must include enough evidence for such an adjustment.

6. Technical changes

This type of modification governs changes in a product’s part number, description, and changes in description of services. Note that submitting a technical change mod is required even if you just need to fix a typo in the description of a product.

7. Terms and conditions modification

This is to reflect changes in ways your business interacts with the GSA, within scope of the GSA contract. For instance, you may decide to participate in Cooperative Purchasing or Disaster Purchasing, or be compelled to adjust your subcontracting conditions.

8. Company name change

If your company changes its name, or structure, for instance, by merging with another company, you should submit a Contract Novation modification. Our lawyers will guide you through all the obstacles and pitfalls of novation while keeping your GSA Schedule contract active.

9. Mass modification

MassMod is a government-initiated mass modification of Schedule to reflect some global changes in the way the government deals with GSA contracts. One of the latest examples of Mass Modification is the recent GSA MAS Consolidation in 2020.

10. Cancellation

Premature cancellation of a GSA contract also requires submitting a corresponding GSA Contract Modification, called Cancellation Mod.

GSA Modification Services

With over 12 years of experience in GSA Schedule contracts, Price Reporter can deal with any kind of task related to GSA Contracting, including GSA contract modification. Our experience goes beyond theoretical comprehension of Federal Acquisition Regulations and GSA terms and conditions. We know the ins and outs of the GSA contracting in practice. Hence, we have a vast experience in communicating with GSA specialists, that we would be glad to share with you. And our practical skills and knowledge ensure quick and effortless accomplishment of the GSA contract modification process, with regard to your specific geography, socio-economic status, budget, as well as conditions and limitations.

GSA Modification Particular Challenges

While submitting GSA contract modifications can in theory be done without third-party assistance, practice shows that businesses struggle to do this on their own, due to a number of challenges, such as:

Each type of modification has its own schedule you should take into account when submitting the mod. Also, individual contracting officers often have varying approaches to how vendors should work with modifications.
Submitting GSA contract modification requires a digital certificate. Also, all submissions must be made through the eMod system which has its own peculiarities.
Modifying a contract is different from submitting your proposal for the first time. Even if you had experience in obtaining a GSA Schedule in the past, modifying your contract is another story.
Without deep understanding of the GSA inner processes, modifications can take a lot longer than they should vs. when done with assistance of Price Reporter specialists. Our experience will save you a lot of hours and save you the frustration.

GSA Modifications Methodology

100% of modifications submitted by Price Reporter were accepted with or without further clarifications by a Contracting Officer. Such results wouldn’t be possible without our thorough insight into ways the GSA reviews and accepts modifications.

The methodology we use to deliver GSA Contract modifications are as follows:

We isolate requirements the GSA has for the specific type of modification you have, and give a well-thought-out expertise on how to prepare the necessary documents.
We make sure the modification complies with the GSA rules regulations and, and submit the modification through the eMod system.
Thanks to our regular work with many Contracting Officers, we can deliver a friendly and non-intrusive follow-up during the processing of your modification.
We also help you negotiate prices in case of new products or services, or when a Price Reduction is submitted.