Discovery, a GSA market research tool, has been updated to include a new, easier to use front end, additional filters to expand search capabilities, and a new contract comparison view that allows the contracting community to evaluate the best solution for their requirements.

The powerful Contract Awarded Labor Categories (CALC) digital tool recently added another 3,600 labor categories and the ability to search by company name or contract number. These additions make CALC an even more robust resource for contracting officers allowing them to conduct market research and price analysis on over 65,000 labor categories across several GSA Schedules.

Are you familiar with the Independent Government Cost Estimate (IGCE) creation tool? Launch of the IGCE creation tool occurred in early 2018 on the Acquisition Gateway, and has quickly become a go-to tool for acquisition professionals, government-wide. Learn more.

The OASIS Discovery tool, now rebranded as Discovery, is back online. The digital market research tool provides information on all OASIS contract holders including pool and contract family, experience, and small business socio-economic status.

The governmentwide Professional Services category has officially launched a beta version of Steps to Performance-Based Acquisition (SPBA), a new digital application that presents the performance-based acquisition process in easy steps, complete with samples and examples, templates and other resources to make PBA more collaborative, performance-oriented, and team-focused.