The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) is moving forward with a full-scale expansion of the Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) Rule, making it mandatory across the entire Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program. 

This decision comes despite ongoing concerns over poor data quality, limited use of the data in pricing decisions, insufficient price competition, and misalignment with GSA’s broader OneGov acquisition strategy.

According to a new report, the Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) pilot was designed to enhance federal procurement by requiring vendors in select categories to report pricing and sales data. Despite expanding to 67 product categories by fiscal 2024, the program has faced persistent issues — including poor data quality, limited integration into pricing decisions, and failure to drive competitive pricing.

“We are particularly concerned with GSA’s expansion of TDR to services without having a tested methodology to ensure data is accurate and usable. Services make up approximately 60 percent of MAS program sales. Currently, after 9 years of the TDR pilot, only 2 percent of FY 2025 reported services sales data are usable,” the report states. 

The OIG criticizes GSA for claiming TDR met or exceeded targets, accusing the agency of using flawed methodologies and unsupported claims to justify its expansion. 

The watchdog also argues the program is misaligned with GSA’s new OneGov acquisition strategy, which aims to negotiate pricing based on enterprise-level government buying power rather than individual transactions.