GSA’s New Cool Tool
GSA has launched the Contract Awarded Labor Category (CALC) tool to make it easier for agencies to determine hourly rates for various labor categories. CALC allows purchasers to analyize labor category pricing on more than 5,000 recent GSA contracts. The new tool will make it far easier for contracting officers to determine accurate labor rates while conducting market analysis. (Federal Times, May 14, 2019)
CALC works by searching awarded prices on GSA’s professional services schedules, such as:
- Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services (MOBIS)
- Environmental
- Logistics Worldwide (LOGWORLD)
- Professional Engineering Schedule
- Language
- Advertising and Integrated Marketing Schedules (AIMS)
- Consolidated Schedule (ibid)
CALC cannot yet compare labor categories to those already awarded showing where rates fall; however, future versions will likely include this capability.(ibid)
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