Help with MAS buying

You can access the MAS solicitation on our SAM.gov website.

• Reasons to buy through our program

  Our Multiple Award Schedule program offers regulatory compliance, fair and reasonable prices, Tier 2 spending, faster buying, and vast supplies and services.

  Compliant · Save time · Fair pricing

• Help for state, local, and tribal governments

  Find out if you’re eligible, what products and services you can buy, and how to place orders through our programs for state and local government.

  Eligibility · COOP · 1122 · Disaster · PHE

• Use our BPAs for products and services

  Use blanket purchase agreements to fill repetitive needs for products or services. Find out about agencywide and governmentwide MAS BPAs and how MAS BPAs are different from traditional BPAs.

  BPAs to use · How to · Set-asides

• Free scope reviews

  Our free scope reviews let you know if your requirements are a fit for our contract solutions. Use the IT category scope review request form for IT-related requirements. Use the non-IT category scope review request form for all others.

  Scope review · Can you use our contracts

• Market research

  We can get you free Market Research as a Service to generate a comprehensive market research report.

  MRAS · Report · Inform your buying

• Get discounts on pricing

  You are always empowered to seek discounts on MAS contracts, but some situations require you to seek price reductions. Find out how to get discounts.

  Have to ask · Don’t have to succeed

• Buy outside a contractor’s contract

  Order-level materials are products or services you need to complete a MAS order that are not offered on the contractor’s MAS contract. Learn how to add OLMs to your MAS buys.

  Authorized OLMs · How to

• Make buys below SAT

  Buyers can place orders at or below the simplified acquisition threshold with any MAS contractor.

  Under SAT · Checklist · GPC

• Make buys over SAT

  See the steps to place orders over the simplified acquisition threshold.

  Over SAT · Process steps · Considerations

• Requirements for all orders

  Get the list of required elements to include on all MAS orders.

  Elements · Check for others

• Exercise options on orders

  Find out when and how buyers can exercise options on MAS orders.

  What to do · FAR 17.207

• Buy from small business contractors

  Find out when and how to set aside orders or BPAs for small businesses.

  Socioeconomic · Set-asides · SBA goaling

• Minimum documentation for orders

  See what you are required to document depending on the buys you make.

  Products · Services · BPAs

• Use the new MAS 8(a) Pool

  You can place orders up to $4.5 million without competition if you select vendors within the MAS 8(a) Pool.

  Competitive awards · Sole source · 5 Ws

• Critical tips for buyers

  Our tips can help you make sure you stay compliant with your buys.

  No RFPs · T&M orders · Buying services

• Websites and tools for MAS buyers

  Review our guides or find a point of contact.

  Tools · Resources · POCs