Section 3610 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act permits government agencies to reimburse at the minimum applicable contract billing rates, any paid leave, including sick leave, a contractor provides to keep its employees or subcontractors in a ready state, including to protect the life and safety of government and contractor personnel, during the COVID-19 public health emergency for the period March 27, 2020 through September 30, 2020 (not to exceed an average of 40 hours per week).

  Are you familiar with GSA’s Market Research as a Service (MRAS), a value-added service that supports all federal agencies in their market research efforts? One of the key benefits is you’re part of the MRAS inventory list used to educate customers on all GSA offerings available to support their mission-critical needs. Those offerings include how to best manage safety and health in federally occupied spaces in response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus). 

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for certain critical and essential supply items has increased to the point that many MAS contractors are unable to meet Federal demands with TAA compliant products. To address this, the GSA Senior Procurement Executive (SPE) has issued a Class Determination and Findings (D&F) citing non-availability as the basis for temporarily allowing the procurement of non-TAA compliant products under FSS MAS contracts for certain Federal Supply Classes (FSCs). FSCs are Product Service Codes (PSCs) that define a category of products or services that the government purchases.