Per diem localities with county definitions shall include "all locations within, or entirely surrounded by, the corporate limits of the key city as well as the boundaries of the listed counties, including independent entities located within the boundaries of the key city and the listed counties unless otherwise listed separately.
How GSA Buys: Schedules and Contracts GSA uses a variety of contracting vehicles to effectively manage procurement for both its own operations and its government customers. Last Reviewed: Get my location Current location OR. City optional. Get my location. Next Next Search. Additional terms and conditions New Search Print Results. Attempting to sell to the government is a long process that can last months to over a year, depending on your approach. Obtaining a GSA Schedule is often worth the effort to a business, particularly a small business, but first you must decide if this option is right for you and how you want to go about getting one.
If your company has earned experience and legitimacy in working on government contracts and is growing well, getting on a GSA Schedule may be a good next step to consider. In fact, it works to make sure that at least 23 percent of government contract dollars are given to small businesses.
For some, however, a GSA contract is not the right option due to limitations in production and workforce or the age and growth rate of your business.
This experience leads to legitimacy and reliability, which are key to winning a government contract. If your business can win a contract and actually manage to sell to a government agency, it will have gotten its foot in the door of a billion-dollar market that produces a large chunk of the National Gross Domestic Product GDP. It is possible to obtain a GSA Schedule without any outside help.
However, this process takes extensive knowledge of the market and a willingness to do the extensive work of marketing your product to the government. Tools are available to help with this, and any business looking to get government contracts must:. The process of obtaining a GSA Schedule takes a while, and requires hard work, accuracy and efficiency.
And of course, there will be lots of government red tape to navigate through. Many businesses find that doing all of this work by themselves is not worth the time and effort they would be required to put in. However, they still want to sell to the government, and obtaining a GSA Schedule is the best way to do that, as it opens so many other doors. One alternative solution, then, is to hire a government contracts consultant to do the legwork for you. Such companies specialize in the legality and details of government regulations and can guide you step-by-step through the process of obtaining a contract.
Your business will own the contracts, but the consultant will help you manage them. Together, you will gain a reputation that will potentially earn you even more government contract work. The FAR can be used to your advantage if you know it! This clause benefits GSA MAS contract holders because federal purchasing entities are required to look to sources for prioritization of acquisition -- GSA being near the top.
The GSAM will answer practically any question you may have about GSA—socioeconomic programs that contractors can utilize, contracting requirements, and contracting methods as well as types. It may not be light reading, but it is very helpful in the long run. Regulatory Compliance. Working to get a GSA contract takes a decent amount of time and effort to obtain, but the vetting process showcases that your company is capable of complying with Federal Acquisition rules and is eligible to work with the government.
Fair and Reasonable Pricing. As part of the pricing review, the offeror must submit:. Fast Order Placement. Ordering procedures through GSA allow agencies to purchase commercial products and services quicker than buying through the open market.
This is a win-win situation for contractors and for the buying agencies! These ordering procedures apply to all federal agencies.
In addition to ordering guidelines, GSA offers additional information related to Schedules' unique features and flexibilities and electronic buying tools. It's important to note that orders placed against a MAS contract:. Because pricing has already been vetted, orders can be placed much more quickly than they would be on the open market! Full Product and Broad Service Offerings. GSA has a huge depth and breadth of offerings available to buyers. MAS contractors maintain continuous coverage and offer the latest innovative solutions and technologies.
Schedules accomplish this through a continuously open solicitation, allowing GSA to continuously onboard new contractors. In addition, GSA is able to update offerings to include new and innovative solutions to make sure that the government has access to the best the industry has to offer. In general, the MAS Solicitation is open for new contractors to submit an offer at any time.
The Multiple Award Schedule gives contractors the opportunity to offer worldwide coverage. MAS contractors may offer any of the following three categories of geographic coverage:.
To facilitate the contract award and buying process, the MAS is organized into Large Categories of products and services offerings. This means that a wide array of contractors are able to get on schedule, and the government has access to a great deal of goods and services.
The GSA Schedules program serves as an acquisition vehicle for the executive branch of the United States government to purchase commercially available products and services. In some cases, state and local governments can also purchase from the GSA Schedules program. A — Office Management. B - Facilities.
D - Human Capital. E - Industrial Products and Services. F - Information Technology. G - Miscellaneous. H - Professional Services. I - Scientific Management and Solutions. J - Security and Protection. K - Transportation and Logistics Services. L - Travel. MACs offer a variety of supplies and services and applicable to the Economy Act.
Opportunities for discounts at the order level. Competition for contractors to receive orders through the GSA Schedules program is high, meaning that buyers should expect multiple contractors to respond to their product and service needs. GSA understands that overall best value is highly important to buyers. However, the Schedules program also allows its contractors to offer additional discounts on their products and services at the task order level to ensure that our customers are receiving responses that include the best pricing available.
Single contracting vehicle to fulfill complex or ongoing needs and reduce overall contract awards and administration. These features provide buyers with a single contracting vehicle to fulfill complex or ongoing needs and reduce overall contract awards and administration.
Less administrative time and contract documentation, since the master contract is managed by GSA. By managing each GSA MAS contract with a team of GSA officers, government buyers spend less time on the administrative and documentation requirements associated with the procurement process. Socioeconomic credit for orders awarded to small business and other socioeconomic categories. Through the Schedules Program, GSA increases contracting opportunities for small businesses, and assists buyers in achieving or exceeding their socioeconomic goals.
Small Business Administration SBA policy allows agencies to include in their procurement base and goals the dollar value of orders expected to be placed against GSA MAS contracts, and to report actual Schedule procurements as accomplishments against these goals.
Buyers awarding orders from these socioeconomic categories receive credit toward their business size purchasing goals when utilizing GSA Schedules. Federal buyers seek out procurement through the GSA Schedule program because it offers negotiated contract ceiling prices, opportunities for discounts at the order level, a single contracting vehicle to fulfill complex or ongoing needs and reduce overall contract awards and administration, less administrative time and contract documentation, since the master contract is managed by GSA, and socioeconomic credit for orders awarded to small business and other socioeconomic categories.
For sellers on the GSA Schedule program, federal buyers know the awarded products and services offered by each contractor have endured a preliminary review by GSA to ensure that the contractor has experience providing the products and services offered, and that the items awarded onto each contract are offered at fair and reasonable pricing. Additionally, federal buyers often prefer to release opportunities through GSA eBuy — which is only viewable by GSA sellers — because this method still meets agency procurement requirements for fair competition without having to open up to all federal contractors and having to filter through a high number of responses which are usually experienced when posting an opportunity on beta.
Increased opportunities for socioeconomic set-asides. Orders placed against MAS contracts may be reported as agency accomplishments and credited toward ordering activities' small business goals. At the discretion of the buying CO, if market research shows that two or more small businesses as identified in FAR After determining that at least two small business designations will respond to a procurement opportunity, the agency can then publish that opportunity as a socioeconomic set-aside for that specific small business category.
The benefit of socioeconomic set-asides narrows the competition to allow more small businesses the opportunity to win. Opportunity for a year contract, if all options are exercised. Sellers awarded a GSA contract could have that contract for up to 20 years when including all option periods.
Newly awarded GSA contractors receive their first term under a five-year Base Period, and as long as they are successful in selling off their GSA Schedule, sellers are eligible to exercise up to three additional Option Periods, each at five-year terms. This explains why so much documentation, review, and evaluation take place during the GSA proposal process; it is because GSA wants to ensure that its contractors can fulfill orders for buyers in the long term.
FAR Subpart 8. To maintain compliance and prevent risk of losing a MAS contract, sellers should be aware of:. In addition to making sure SAM. Only authorized negotiators with signatory authority on the contract can sign Mass Modifications on behalf of the company.
For this reason, it is also important that sellers keep their list of Authorized Agents on the contract current and accurate. GSA sellers which perform stand-alone services are also required to complete E-Verify enrollment with USCIS 30 days after contract award for current service employees, and then all new employees within three business days of hiring.
Other administrative requirements that should always be current and accurate are point of contact information, company address, and making sure that at least one person at your company holds an active digital certificate.
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