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<description>Avoiding MAS Confusion</description>
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<title>References (Training Handouts)</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:42:34 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>NAICS Codes and Size Issues</category>
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<title>Can Order Prices Be Escalated by the Task Order? </title>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:46:06 -0700</pubDate>
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Question: For multiyear task orders, can order prices be escalated even though there is just one column of prices shown on the contractor&#8217;s GSA Advantage!®-posted pricelist, as long as the future (but ...
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<title>Guide to Considering Small Businesses When Using Schedules (by Acquisition Solutions, Inc., August 2009) YOUR COMMENTS?</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:34:31 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>For GSA PBS: Service Schedule Ordering Webinar on November 18, 2009</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 4 Sep 2009 08:27:44 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Performance Incentives on Schedule Task Orders</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:16:36 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>Clauses and Provisions</category>
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<title>Links to Audio on Ordering Schedule Services (Podcasts &amp; Webinars)</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:31:34 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>External (Non-Government) Links</category>
<dc:creator>David W. Clemens</dc:creator>
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<title>A Better Way for Ordering Activities to Search GSA Advantage</title>
<pubDate>Sat, 8 Aug 2009 13:52:51 -0700</pubDate>
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<link>http://contacts.gsa.gov/blogs/servicesordering.nsf/dx/r10-advanced-search</link>
<category>Market Research</category>
<dc:creator>David W. Clemens</dc:creator>
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<title>NAICS Codes, Business Size and Schedule Orders</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:12:30 -0700</pubDate>
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This blog post discusses the NAICS Codes on the Schedule contracts and their impact on your order in addition to the impact of that NAICS Code on contractor size determination both at the Schedules co ...
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<category>NAICS Codes and Size Issues</category>
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<title>Can a Schedule Contractor Be of One Business Size on the Order and a Different Business Size on the Schedule Contract? </title>
<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:55:43 -0700</pubDate>
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<category>NAICS Codes and Size Issues</category>
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<title>Can Ordering Agencies Get 8(a) Credit on Schedule Orders?</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:29:23 -0700</pubDate>
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SBA's rules say the answer is "no." http://www.sba.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/sba_homepage/recert_fr_html.html" title="http://www.sba.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/sba_homepage/recert_fr_html.h ...
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<title>FAR Part 15 Doesn&#8217;t Apply - - So Don&#8217;t Use It</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:57:12 -0700</pubDate>
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Using FAR Part 15 for Schedule orders not only creates unneeded work, it can also be dangerous on protest! ...
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<category>Part 15</category>
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<title>Adding Provisions/Clauses to RFQs</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:29:40 -0700</pubDate>
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This blog post describes the reasons Ordering Officers sometimes need to include clauses from the FAR or from their agency's FAR Supplement in Schedule task orders. When we say that ordering agencies may add "non-conflicting" clauses to their orders, what do we mean? ...
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<category>Clauses and Provisions</category>
<dc:creator>David W. Clemens</dc:creator>
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<title>Options on Schedule Orders</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:51:51 -0700</pubDate>
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This blog post addresses some frequently asked questions on task order options, including their timing, duration, and relationship to the Schedule contract's period of performance (which itself has option periods). ...
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<category>Options</category>
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<title>Is a Schedule BPA a &quot;Contract?&quot;</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:19:24 -0700</pubDate>
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A Schedule BPA is an agreement that can become a contract.   ...
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<category>Blanket Purchase Agreements</category>
<dc:creator>David W. Clemens</dc:creator>
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<title>Are Schedule Orders &quot;Protest-Proof?&quot;</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:42:49 -0700</pubDate>
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There is nothing in the FAR or in any of the Schedule contracts that provides a blanket prohibition (or even a broad general limitation) on protests against Schedule orders. It is possible to mitigate Schedule order protest risk by looking to GAO and court decisions described in this blog article. ...
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<title>Can Schedule Orders (and Schedule BPAs) Be Set-Aside for Small Business?</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 9 Jun 2009 08:21:46 -0700</pubDate>
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<link>http://contacts.gsa.gov/blogs/servicesordering.nsf/dx/No-Set-Aside-for-Schedule-Orders</link>
<category>Set-Aside</category>
<dc:creator>David W. Clemens</dc:creator>
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<title>Blog Instructions and GSA Blog Policy</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 8 Jun 2009 06:44:19 -0700</pubDate>
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External Links Click on the external link you wish to access from the "Links" section of the right hand navigator. The link will open in a new window. RSS Feeds There are two RSS Feeds, one for th ...
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<category>About This Blog - Blog Instructions &amp; Policy</category>
<dc:creator>David W. Clemens</dc:creator>
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<title>Welcome to the &quot;Services Ordering Solutions&quot; Blog</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 8 Jun 2009 06:44:16 -0700</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[ 
"Services Ordering Solutions: Avoiding MAS Confusion" The purpose of this blog is to help Government activities (federal, state, and local ordering officers) use the GSA Multiple Award Schedules to ...
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<category>About This Blog - Blog Instructions &amp; Policy</category>
<dc:creator>David W. Clemens</dc:creator>
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