GSA Procurement Guidelines
We have provided this page as a general reference for federal agencies considering using our services. The source material for this page can be found in the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) booklet: Environmental Services: GSA Schedule 899.
Click here to view a full version of our GSA Procurement Guide.
What is a Multiple Award Schedule (MAS)?
A Multiple Award Schedule covers contracts that GSA has negotiated with a number of qualified companies for a group of related services and/or products to be proved directly to the customer. The terms “GSA Schedule” and “Multiple Award schedule” are synonymous and are often interchangeable.
Agencies can be fully assured their procurements will meet the best value criteria for Government acquisitions, complying fully with all applicable regulations. Here at the GSA Management Services Center, we have reduced the cost of meeting your environmental requirements and taken much of the stress out of the acquisition process so you can focus on your Agency’s mission, saving both time and money.
The main benefit of using a GSA contractor is that it saves time and money. On average it takes 268 days for a Federal agency to complete an open procurement process, versus 14 days, on average, when agencies use GSA Schedules. Here are a few other advantages:
Advantages of GSA Schedules
- Ease of ordering
- Prices have been determined to be fair and reasonable
- The government credit card can be utilized when placing orders
- Volume discount pricing
- Multiple award for varying requirements
- Establish Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) and negotiate even better pricing
- Direct contractor/customer relationship
- Allapplicable laws and regulations have been complied with (including small business set-aside determination see FAR 19.502-1)
- FedBizOpps (FBO) synopsis is not required
- For non-DoD Agencies, competition requirements are met [see FAR 6.102(d)(3)] when at least three schedule contractors have been sent a Request for Quote. For DoD Agencies, schedules can assist in ensuring “Fair Opportunity” requirements are met in accordance with DoD Section 803.
- Schedule orders count toward agency’s socioeconomic goals – see FAR 8.405-5
Authorized Users
The agencies and activities named below may use contracts established under this GSA Schedule.
- All federal agencies and activities in the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches
- Government contractors authorized in writing by a Federal agency pursuant to 41 CFR 101-26
- Mixed ownership government corporations (as defined in Government Corporation Control Act) such as the U.S. Postal Service
- The government of the District of Columbia
- Other activities and organizations authorized by statute or regulation to use GSA as a source of supply
- This schedule can be used worldwide by all federal agencies and authorized users noted above.
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