DOGE GSA Procurement Center for Government Contracting

Stan Soloway, longtime acquisition observer, explains how making changes in government procurement happen requires learning from lessons of the past.

In support of the Presidential Executive Order, Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement, we [GSA] are consolidating domestic procurement for common goods and services. This effort will streamline governmentwide procurement and regulations, reducing duplication and enabling agencies to focus on their core missions.

This supplement corrects Class Deviation (CD) CD-2025-05. The initial CD inadvertently removed all of FAR clause 52.223-10 rather than replacing it with a revised version.

This guidance standardizes GSA practices for reporting terminations for convenience (T4Cs) in the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS). This AL does not address how to process terminations. Contracting officers should refer to the FAR and GSAR guidance and contact assigned general counsel as needed.

This memorandum approves a class deviation to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 22.8, Equal Employment Opportunity and associated provisions and clauses to stop the enforcement of FAR policies related to the now revoked Executive Order 11246, Equal Employment Opportunity. Executive Order Executive Order (E.O.) 14173, Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity, revoked E.O. 11246.

The purpose of this memorandum is to notify the Public Buildings Service (PBS) of the Senior Procurement Executive’s (SPE) decision to grant a “class exception” from the Federal Acquisition Regulation 22.503(b) requirements to mandate the use of project labor agreements (PLAs) for all Land Port of Entry (LPOE) construction projects.

Temporary suspension of all new GSA obligations, including new awards, orders, modifications and options.

Intent to suspend enforcement of contractual DEI terms in existing agreements.