U.S. General Services Administration
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April 2, 3 p.m. ET: Defining “common goods and services”
Procurement consolidation
In support of the Presidential Executive Order, Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement, we are consolidating domestic procurement for common goods and services. This effort will streamline governmentwide procurement and regulations, reducing duplication and enabling agencies to focus on their core missions.
We will update this page continually to provide information for our contractor community, as well as our federal partners and stakeholders, as this is a complex undertaking that requires careful planning, collaboration, and communication with all stakeholders. Reach out to ocas@gsa.gov to share your comments or submit questions.
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What to include in your agency submission
Recognizing the varying size and complexity of procurement actions across agencies, we will identify mandatory elements that all plans must include, while allowing agencies some degree of discretion.
Transition timeline
We will review all plans and submit an implementation plan to OMB, likely recommending a phased agency-by-agency rollout.
Fees to pay for contract transfers
As a new business model, cost recovery will not be centered around “fees” like a traditional assisted acquisition, but rather transfer of available funding associated with running customer-agency procurement operations after those agencies have had time to implement cost reductions. Accordingly, cost recovery transactions will occur at an agency-level for GSA and customers rather than at order level. Refer any customer POC questions to ocas@gsa.gov for more information if needed beyond this summary level explanation.
How we’re managing incoming data
The contract data and documents will be loaded and managed in one of three of our contracting writing systems. All three systems maintain a FISMA Moderate impact rating and a corresponding Authorization to Operate, or ATO.
If you want to know whether mailroom services fall under common goods or services
Mailroom services fall under “common goods and services,” which EO 14240 gives us the authority to procure.