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GSA’s FAS streamlining federal procurement by updating GSA Advantage, improving UX, reducing PALT

Federal News Network

Federal Insights - GSA's FAS streamlining - 9/19/24 [link] Download audio In the battle to modernize and streamline federal procurement, the General Services Administration is on the front lines and in the trenches. And that’s not the only recent update to GSA Advantage that will make things easier for agencies.

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Evaluate the Options: Vendor Networks

Procureware

As a procurement manager, you know how important suppliers are to your organization. Long before you make a purchase decision, you must create the right structure for vendor relationships with your procurement organization. Two leading models are private and cooperative vendor networks.

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OMB gives agencies new considerations when buying AI

Federal News Network

We are making sure that we are sharing those key learnings and people are sharing non-sensitive procurement and acquisition information … so that we can all learn from each other. The post OMB gives agencies new considerations when buying AI first appeared on Federal News Network.

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Friday Flash 04/04/2025

The Coalition for Government Procurement

GSA to Rightsize MAS Program Through Vendor and SIN Removals Federal News Network reports that as part of the General Services Administrations (GSA) efforts to right size the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Program , it is removing vendors that have not met their sales quota within the last year or had performance and compliance issues.

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GSA to cut 577 schedule vendors, 31 SINs

Federal News Network

In all, Federal News Network has learned that GSA expects to save more than $15 million a year through these and other consolidation efforts, which are part of several ongoing initiatives GSA is pursuing to consolidate and make the schedules program more efficient. It moves the needle a little bit.