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New 8(a) MAS Contractor Pool

September 27, 2023 • Elevate GSA • Season 1 • Episode 38

GSA has created a new pool for 8(a) program participants who also hold MAS contracts. These contractors will be highlighted and given special preference with federal opportunities. Find out how to get in on the ground floor in the episode!

As always if you have any questions, or if you’d like direct support from a GSA consultant to help with a specific project please feel free to reach out to us at podcast@elevategsa.com

Links:

GSA Interact: https://buy.gsa.gov/interact/community/6/activity-feed?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govDelivery

8a MAS Pool

Hannah Intro:

Welcome to GSA 101 brought to you by Elevate GSA: where we turn GOVSPEAK into a language YOU speak. My name is Hannah Struss and I have Collin Hartsell here with me and we are going to be talking about the addition of the 8a MAS Pool for GSA contractors who qualify.

The SBA and GSA have signed a revised 8(a) Program Partnership Agreement to increase contracting opportunities for 8(a) firms and make it easier for GSA customers to purchase from 8(a) firms. This will provide for increased ordering flexibility under the MAS Program, including authority for sole source awards to 8(a) firms.

GSA is working with the SBA to establish a MAS 8(a) pool. This pool will include:

· New MAS 8(a) contractors who are current, active 8(a) Program participants

· Existing MAS 8(a) contractors who are current, active 8(a) Program participants

· whose contracts have been accepted into the pool by SBA.

Once accepted into the pool, these contractors will be eligible for both competitive and sole source 8(a) set aside awards made against their MAS contracts. MAS 8(a) pool contractors will be eligible for sole source awards for as long as they remain active in the 8(a) Program, and continue to qualify as small for the size standard corresponding to the NAICS code assigned to the sole source order, at the time of award.

8(a) pool contractors will continue to remain eligible for competitive set aside awards for up to five (5) years from the date of award, or until re-representation in accordance with FAR 19.301-2(b) (whichever is first), even after the contractor has exited the 8(a) Program.

GSA has identified existing MAS 8(a) contractors who are currently active 8(a) Program participants, and has conveyed those contracts to SBA for acceptance into the 8(a) pool. 8(a) GSA vendors may receive an email from SBA requesting financial statements and/or other documentation needed to determine contractor eligibility for participation in the pool. If you receive a request from SBA, please provide the requested information so that that all eligible MAS 8(a) contractors will be included in the 8(a) pool.

Additional information will be relayed via GSA Interact’s MAS Community as this process is carried out. GSA anticipates full MAS implementation in 2023.

As always if you have any questions, or requests for a future episode please feel free to reach out to us at podcast@elevategsa.com

Or if you’d like direct support from Hannah or myself to help with a specific project, reach out to us at info@elevategsa.com

Thanks for listening!