For FSS contracts, the transactional data reporting requirement will only be applicable to newly awarded Schedule contracts in one of the applicable Schedules noted above , and in Schedule contracts that have had the contract term extended. Vendors holding existing Schedule contracts in one of the pilot Schedules will be encouraged to enter into bilateral modifications to remove the CSP and PRC elements from their contracts and include the new transactional data reporting requirements through the incorporation of GSAR For existing contracts with other transactional data reporting requirements, GSA and the contractor may opt to continue to use the existing reporting requirements, or the new clause can be incorporated into the contract through bilateral modification.
The existing CSP disclosure and PRC monitoring requirements have been the source of most complaints from FSS contract holders, and potentially the biggest barrier to entry for prospective vendors. These compliance obligations are very complicated and often misunderstood by even the most seasoned government contractors.
Contractors, in particular small business contractors, have had to weigh the potential benefit of an FSS contract against these very real risks of non-compliance, along with the significant upfront costs of obtaining a contract and the ongoing costs and administrative burden required to maintain an FSS contract.
With regard to these costs, GSA believes that the elimination of these arcane price regulations will have a significant reduction in the administrative costs required to administer an FSS contract. Remember, a number of the big volume schedules are held by several thousand companies that will be competing against you. Your schedule is a valuable tool for closing the sale, but it is no substitute for making the sale itself.
If your company is an IT vendor, chances are you're already quite familiar with the importance of GSA's information technology schedule. Here are a couple of factors indicative of its rapid growth:. Create Account Login FedBizOpps notice is issued -- for all solicitations. Solicitation is issued covering various Special Items Numbers. Offers are received and evaluated. Contracting officer provides vendors opportunities to submit additional information when deficiencies in offer exist.
Contracting officer identifies best customer and prepares for negotiations. Negotiations are conducted. Proposal revisions are submitted. Contracts awarded for multi-year period or offer is rejected. As part of the contract award requirements, contractors are required to submit their pricing information electronically on GSA Advantage.
Contracting officer approves electronic submission. Here are a few more factors to consider: Schedules are a government-preferred source of supply for commercial products and selected services. See FAR 8. A schedule contract favors feature-rich, higher quality more expensive contractors because prices are based on your commercial prices and buys are based on "best value," not lowest price. Buyers like using schedules because the purchase process is lightening fast, simple and rarely subject to protest.
Schedule contract buys no longer have an order size limitation. Multi-million dollar orders can be processed using the schedule contract ordering procedures. Schedule contracts provide the basis for blanket purchase agreements for multi-year, preferred agreements between contractor and ordering agency. Teaming arrangements allow two or more schedule contractors to propose and deliver multi-vendor solutions while using the GSA MAS ordering procedures.
Credit cards and EFT may be used to simplify purchases and speed funds transfer. The steps How do you get your products or services on a schedule? Where in the solicitation does it state that similar pricing will be used as a price analysis? GSAM Both citations clearly articulate the requirement for the contracting officer to determine the offered prices to be fair and reasonable before a contract may be awarded.
As indicated in FAR One of those techniques is the comparison of proposed prices with prices obtained through market research for the same or similar items. An appropriate length of time to provide additional or updated information may vary from case to case. Your assigned contract specialist will use their best judgment to determine an appropriate suspense date based on the specific situation.
To be timely, your response must be provided by the suspense date provided by your assigned contract specialist. It is essential that you communicate with your assigned contract specialist and inform them if you will be unable to meet the suspense date provided.
If your contract specialist did not indicate a suspense date, we recommend following up with them upon receipt of the request to determine when your response is required.
What happens if I submit a proposal and my firm is classified as a small business but during the evaluation period my size status changes? Communicate the change to your assigned contract specialist.
If your firm is no longer identified as a small business, changes to company information in the System for Award Management SAM will be required. In such cases, the Government will be responsible for the transportation from the point of exportation to the destination in Alaska, Hawaii, or Puerto Rico. Small businesses do not take enough advantage of the opportunities the Government offers. While there is no federal mandate for a contractor to have a GSA Schedule in place to do business with the government, the majority of government agencies choose to procure goods and services through GSA Schedule Contracts only.
The bottom line? GSA Schedule Contracts are awarded with full transparency and are designed to comply with applicable laws and regulations prior to being issued.
In addition, pricing is already established, decreasing evaluation time-frames. The GSA has also developed some other tools within the process to streamline purchasing even more. While the criteria for eligibility for a GSA Schedule Contract varies from contract to contract, typically, a company must be able to demonstrate the following —. Products comply with federal regulations and must be manufactured or substantially modified in the U.
To view TAA designated countries, click here. There are several terms that basically mean the same thing, which is obtaining a GSA Schedule Contract. For example, if a contractor is trying to:.
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