Ilene Giles

Ilene has dedicated over twenty years to federal contracts and is the author of, "Road to Business Growth in the GSA Program" Ilene is known for working with vendors who struggle with GSA contracts and its processes. She is a former GSA contract specialist who has helped over five hundred vendors worldwide in winning federal business with a GSA schedule, contact Ilene for a free consultation

Big Changes To GSA MAS Schedules

GSA recently announced big changes coming to the Multiple Award Schedules (MAS) Program.  As an attempt to modernize the program GSA will be consolidating twenty-four MAS schedules into on single schedule for products and services.  On set of terms and conditions will apply to the single schedule. GSA has described this goal as a strategy […]

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Changes In GSA Advantage, It’s Easy If You Do It Smart

Due to the recent changes in Minimum Order Quantities (MOQ) GSA has also updated GSA Advantage MOQ notifications as well.  When a customer places an order and does not meet MOQ requirements an immediate notification will be alerted to the customer informing them of not meeting the requirement guidelines and then providing them three options

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Federal Marketplace Initiative Industry Day

GSA recently announced that they will be hosting a Federal Marketplace Initiative (FMP) Industry Day in December.  The FMP Industry Day is created to assist the agency in achieving streamlined mission drive acquisitions, and connecting with industry in determining a more effective way of producing that. GSA’s Administrator, Emily Murphy, Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) Commissioner,

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Upcoming GSA Quarterly Vendor Outreach

To foster a better relationship and understanding with industry GSA will conduct a their first webinar for Schedule 48 (Transportation, Delivery and Relocation Services), along with Schedule 599 (Travel Solutions) on Tuesday December 18, 2018 at 10 am. The webinar will be conducted in a Q&A format.  All questions must be presented to [email protected] prior

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GSA Bids Farewell To 72A Sales Reporting System

GSA recently announced a more modern system will be replacing the current 72A Reporting System.  The upcoming replacement known as, “FAS Sales Reporting Portal” will become effective in 2019.  GSA has explained the goal of the transition is to provide a single reporting system to report sales as well as process industrial funding fee (IFF).

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