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GSA12 min readUpdated June 6, 2026

GSA Pricing Guide: FCP Files, Pricing Support, TDR, IFF, MFC, and BOA

A practical map of GSA MAS pricing work: price files, pricing support, FCP Product File, FCP Services Plus File, TDR, IFF, Most Favored Customer, and Basis of Award concepts.

Built for
Contractors preparing MAS pricing, cleaning a modification, or trying to understand TDR-era reporting
By the end
Know which pricing concept you are dealing with and what evidence or reporting habit it needs.
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FCP Product File
FCP Product File Guide: Product Data, Options, Accessories, Pricing, and Catalog Readiness
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FCP Services Plus File
FCP Services Plus File Guide: Labor Categories, UCIDs, Rates, MFC, and GSA Pricing
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Price Proposal Template
GSA Price Proposal Template Guide: How PPT Thinking Turned Into FCP Product and Services Files
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Pricing Terms
GSA Pricing Terms Attachment Guide: Freight, Delivery, Government Terms, and Commercial Terms
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Pricing Support
GSA Pricing Support Guide: Invoices, Market Rates, Discount Logic, and Review-Ready Evidence
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EPA Mechanism
GSA Economic Price Adjustment Guide: EPA Mechanisms, Escalation, and Supporting Documentation
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Most Favored Customer
Most Favored Customer Guide: MFC Logic, TDR Status, Discounts, and Pricing Story
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Basis of Award
Basis of Award Guide: BOA Customer, Price Reductions, and TDR-Era Boundaries
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TDR
Transactional Data Reporting Guide: Monthly TDR, FCP Values, Sales Records, and IFF
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Industrial Funding Fee
Industrial Funding Fee Guide: IFF, Sales Reporting, TDR, and Reconciliation
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SIN-Specific Templates
SIN-Specific Pricing Templates Guide: 4PL, 531, Lodging, Travel, Transportation, Courier, and Air Charter
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Field guide

GSA pricing map

FCP Product File
A product file is not just a spreadsheet. It controls what buyers can inspect and buy.
Signal
Products are managed through the FAS Catalog Platform workflow.
Response
Build product data, prices, descriptions, manufacturer details, and supporting documentation cleanly.
FCP Services Plus File
Labor category drift creates review and sales problems later.
Signal
Service/labor pricing is moving through FCP-era templates.
Response
Tie labor categories, descriptions, rates, qualifications, and support into one coherent story.
TDR
TDR is operational. It is not something to remember once per quarter.
Signal
The contract is under Transactional Data Reporting.
Response
Set a monthly reporting owner, data source, review habit, and IFF reconciliation path.
MFC / BOA
Do not mix TDR and non-TDR assumptions without checking contract terms.
Signal
Traditional non-TDR pricing uses commercial relationship and discount logic.
Response
Document commercial customer classes, discount practices, and tracking responsibilities.
Part 1

Pricing is the contract story in numbers

GSA pricing is not only about getting a rate accepted. It is about making the commercial story, discount story, catalog story, and reporting story line up.

A good pricing file can be reviewed. A great pricing file can also be maintained after award without the team forgetting what the assumptions meant.

Part 2

Separate proposed prices from pricing support

The proposed price file is the visible offer. Pricing support is the evidence behind it: commercial invoices, market comparisons, labor assumptions, discount logic, catalog data, or other support that explains reasonableness.

This distinction matters because pricing support can answer questions before they become delays.

Part 3

TDR changes the operating rhythm

GSA states that Refresh 31 made TDR mandatory for all MAS SINs. That moves contractors toward monthly line-item reporting and changes how teams should think about sales data ownership.

The practical move is to assign a reporting owner, define the data source, check records before submission, and reconcile IFF obligations on a regular schedule.

Examples

What this looks like in practice

In actionA services firm prices three labor categories

The weak version is a rate table with no story. The strong version connects labor titles, qualifications, duties, commercial rate history, discounts, escalation, and support. The reviewer should understand why each rate belongs on the contract.

  • Name the labor category.
  • Prove the commercial basis.
  • Explain discounts.
  • Keep escalation traceable.
FCP noteOld PPT thinking still helps if you rename the workflow

Contractors still talk about the price proposal template because it was the familiar mental model. In current FCP language, the work splits into Product File and Services Plus File workflows depending on what is being offered.

Frequently asked questions

Is the old price proposal template gone?

The mental model still helps, but current GSA/FCP workflows point contractors toward Product File and Services Plus File resources depending on the offer.

Should MFC and BOA get separate child pages?

Yes. They are important enough for their own pages, especially to distinguish traditional non-TDR obligations from TDR-era reporting.

What is the first deep pricing page to add?

Start with FCP Product File, FCP Services Plus File, TDR, IFF, and pricing support.