We are pleased to announce that today GSA begins Phase 3 of Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Consolidation. This requires all current contractors with more than one contract to consolidate their offerings down to one contract per unique entity identifier (UEI), e.g. Data Universal Numbers System (DUNS) number. This final phase of MAS Consolidation begins as Phase 2 officially closed on July 31, 2020 with 99% of contractors having signed the Mass Mod by the deadline.

USAccess site closures due to COVID-19 are preventing credential holders from rekeying their certificates before expiration. As a result, many credential holders are making appointments and showing up at sites before their credentials have been reprinted.

The MSO is seeing an imbalance in the amount of card stock being ordered for Agencies that use the USAccess Local Print service against the number of PIV cards being printed.

Agencies that continue to use V7 PIV cards should be aware that these cards will not be allowed to have an expiration date that exceeds the 6/30/2024 date, the NIST-mandated expiration date.