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Important Update for 8(a) MAS Contractors on Upcoming Changes
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the General Services Administration (GSA) have signed a revised 8(a) Program
Partnership Agreement (PA). The new PA aims to increase contracting opportunities for 8(a) firms and make it easier for GSA
customers to use the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program to access solutions from 8(a) contractors. Once fully implemented, the
PA will provide for increased ordering flexibility under the MAS Program, including authority for sole source awards to 8(a)
firms.
To implement this enhanced 8(a) authority under MAS, GSA is working with SBA to establish a MAS 8(a) pool. This pool will include
new and existing MAS 8(a) contractors who are current, active 8(a) Program participants and 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 rerepresentation in accordance with FAR 19.301-2(b)
(whichever is first), even after the contractor has exited the 8(a) Program.
As part of the implementation process, GSA has identified existing MAS 8(a) contractors who are currently active 8(a) Program
participants, and has offered those contracts to SBA for acceptance into the 8(a) pool. As a result, contractors may receive a
communication 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, we ask that you please provide the requested information so that we
can ensure that all eligible MAS 8(a) contractors will be included in the 8(a) pool.
GSA will provide additional information via GSA Interact’s MAS Community as we continue with implementation. GSA anticipates full
MAS implementation of the PA in 2023.
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