What are the Significant Changes in the Recent GSA Modifications

Every year, the Federal government rolls out GSA modifications in order to safeguard the interests of the small businesses. In order to keep your contract current and compliant along with the market trends, the government introduces modifications at regular intervals.

GSA Modifications are rolled out directly by the Federal government directly to contractors via the Mass mod system. Keep in mind that the modifications should be signed within 90 days of receipt. With every GSA modification, the significant changes are made that directly impact the solicitation and your subsequent contract. Significant changes may vary depending on the offerings on your contract. Signing is extremely important because if you delay and fail to sign before the next GSA modification release, chances are the earlier modifications will also roll into the next modification release. The unsigned one will now be an inclusion into the new one. In other words, if you have not signed Refresh 2 by the time Refresh 3 is released, when you sign Refresh 3 it will include changes from Refresh 2 and 3.

Here is a breakdown of the significant changes associated with the MAS Solicitation Refresh Mass Modifications:

Contractor Initiated Modifications

Key component: Understand when you need to initiate a modification for your Schedule and when GSA will initiate modifications that may impact your Schedule.

Modifications

  • Review the following MAS solicitation clauses:
           552.238-82 MODIFICATIONS (FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE) (MAY 2018) (ALTERNATE I - MAY 2019)
          552.238-82 MODIFICATIONS (FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE) (MAY 2018) (ALTERNATE II - MAY 2019)
  • GSA introduces single MAS modification guidance, along with Price Proposal Templates.
  • Any changes made to the Schedule contract is subject to GSA modifications. Most changes are done for products and/or services, prices, or terms and conditions. However, modifications are also required for administrative changes such as authorized negotiators, address(es), phone/fax numbers, and key personnel. When initiated by the contractor, modification requests must be submitted electronically using eMod after your company’s Contracting Administrator, often referred to as the Point of Contact (POC), first obtains a digital certificate.
  • Should your firm need to modify your contract, please check your GSA Schedule Offerings page to make sure you are not missing any specific instructions related to your contract. Additionally, your company is responsible for keeping all authorized negotiators and agent delegations up-to-date in the system. For example, if you delegated pre-award responsibilities to a consultant or third-party agent and do not intend for these agents to represent your firm following contract award, you must specifically request that these agents be removed as authorized negotiators from your contract.

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