• Welcome
  • Section 1: Overview
  • Section 2: How GSA Schedules are Awarded
  • Section 3: Ordering Procedures
  • Section 4: Responsibilities
  • Section 5: Making the Most of the GSA Schedules Program
  • Section 6: Inspection/Acceptance and Terminations
  • Section 7: Request for Quotation (RFQ) and Statement of Work (SOW)
  • Section 8: Schedule Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs)
  • Section 9: Contractor Team Arrangements (CTAs)
  • Section 10: eTools
  • Section 11: GSA State and Local Programs
  • Section 12: List of GSA Multiple Award Schedules
  • Section 13: Customer Assistance
  • Welcome to the GSA MAS Desk Reference
  • Multiple Award Schedules Value Proposition
  • Buying Members of the GSA Schedules Program
  • Eligibility to Use GSA Sources of Supply and Services
  • List of Acronyms
  • List of Web Resources
  • Understanding the GSA Schedules Program
  • Statutory and Regulatory Foundation
  • GSA’s Mission, Values, and Goals
  • Overview of the GSA Schedules Program
  • Priorities for Use of the Schedules Program
  • Supplies
  • Services
  • Competition and the GSA Schedules Program
  • Key Benefits of the GSA Schedules Program
  • How the GSA Schedules Program Works
  • Awarding a GSA Schedule Contract
  • Ordering Procedures
  • Order Placement
  • Best Value
  • Ordering Activity - A Matter of Choice
  • Describing Agency Needs and Alternatives to Brand Name Constraints
  • Market Research - GSA Schedules
  • Limited Source Justification and Approval
  • Justification Approvals
  • Notification of Award and Feedback to Unsuccessful Quoters
  • Contract Administration Functions
  • Options on Orders Placed against Schedule Contracts and BPAs
  • Trade Agreements Act
  • Methods of Ordering from a GSA Schedule Contract
  • Past Performance
  • Additional Resources
  • Order Placement in the Case of a Contractor Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment
  • Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS)
  • Understanding Terms and Conditions
  • Small Business
  • Environmental Identification
  • Price Reductions
  • Performance Incentive
  • Trade-ins
  • Governmentwide Commercial Purchase Card - GSA SmartPay® 2
  • FAR 51 Deviation - Purpose
  • FAR 51 Deviation - Criteria for Use
  • FAR 51 Deviation - Responsibilities
  • Inspection and Acceptance
  • Termination for Cause
  • Termination for the Government’s Convenience
  • RFQ and SOW Introduction
  • Understanding an SOW
  • Understanding the PWS and the SOO
  • RFQ
  • Open Market Items
  • Use of Oral Presentations
  • Additional Resources
  • MAS Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) Basics
  • Benefits of a Schedule BPA
  • Setting up a GSA Schedule BPA
  • Multiple- vs. Single-Award BPAs and Documentation Requirements
  • Multiple-Award BPAs
  • Single-Award BPAs
  • Ordering Procedures for BPAs
  • Duration and Annual Review of Schedule BPAs
  • Setting up a Multi-Agency Schedule BPA
  • Obligation of Funds
  • Pricing Arrangements
  • Sample Schedule BPA
  • Benefits of CTAs
  • Invoicing
  • Problems/Issues
  • Fees/Charges
  • Pricing
  • Communication
  • Use of Subcontractors
  • Use of Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs)
  • GSA eLibrary
  • GSA Advantage!®
  • GSA eBuy
  • How does eBuy work?
  • Cooperative Purchasing Program Overview
  • Disaster Recovery Purchasing (Section 833) Program Overview
  • Cooperative Purchasing and Disaster Recovery Purchasing Information
  • 1122 “Counterdrug” Program
  • Federal Grantee Access to Schedules in Response to Public Health Emergencies
  • GSA Schedule Names and Numbers
  • Centralized Mailing List Service (CMLS)
  • Customer Service Directors (CSDs)
  • National Customer Service Center (NCSC)
  • Business Portfolios
    • Services (TMVCS)
  • Acquisition Centers