The General Services Administration received 507 industry responses to a request for information on how to better align multiple award schedule, or MAS, pricing with commercial practices.
In April, GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service, or FAS, issued the RFI to support its assessment of existing agency practices related to performing price analysis and determining “fair and reasonable” prices on MAS contracts.
The agency said Wednesday key takeaways from the RFI include minimizing barriers related to offering identical services and products across multiple special item numbers, or SINs, to improve sales opportunities, updating solicitation instructions to prioritize the use of data already available within the government and expanding the Transactional Data Reporting initiative as an alternative to legacy pricing disclosure requirements.
How GSA Will Implement Feedback
According to GSA, FAS will make changes to the MAS solicitation based on industry comments, including reaffirming that vendors can offer identical products and services across multiple SINs if the items are within scope.
FAS also plans to seek public feedback on planned modifications to MAS pricing practices and policies, including draft revisions to solicitation price proposal instructions that streamline documentation requirements and a new draft FAS policy and procedure implementing GSAR case 2020-G510, FSS Economic Price Adjustment.
