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Houston Taylor GSA/FAS Office of Acquisition Management June 2009

Meeting Your Small Business Needs with GSA Multiple Award Schedules. Houston Taylor GSA/FAS Office of Acquisition Management June 2009. Small Business Procurement – GSA Can Help!.

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Houston Taylor GSA/FAS Office of Acquisition Management June 2009

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  1. Meeting Your Small Business Needs with GSA Multiple Award Schedules Houston TaylorGSA/FAS Office of Acquisition ManagementJune 2009

  2. Small Business Procurement – GSA Can Help! All small businesses should have the maximum practicable opportunity to participate in providing goods and services to U.S. Government (Small Business Act) The Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) statutory government-wide procurement goals*: • 23% of an agency’s prime contracts for small businesses • 5% for small disadvantage businesses (prime & subcontracts) • 5% for women-owned small businesses (prime & subcontracts) • 3% for HUBZone businesses (prime and subcontracts) • 3% for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) • (prime & subcontracts) GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Program can help you identify and include these companies in the competition for your agency’s business! *SBA negotiates annual procurement preference goals with each federal agency and review’s each agency’s results. SBA ensures that the mutually established cumulative goals for all agencies meet or exceed the government-wide 23% small business goal.

  3. Any vendor for purchases under $3000 • Two or more vendors for orders over $3000 • Orders above the Maximum Order request more discounts • Non-GSA Items are Open Market • Purchase Decision • Past Performance • Price • Options • Warranty • Availability • Location • Buyer Discretion • Socioeconomic Status Ordering Procedures

  4. Recovery Act • Roles and Responsibilities • Contracting Officer • Contractor • eTools

  5. Contracting Officer • Posting of pre-solicitation notices • Posting of orders • Announcing contract awards • Contracts, orders, and modifications > $500,000 • Actions not both fixed-price and competitive • Modifications

  6. Contractor • Modification to incorporate Recovery Act FAR clauses • Reporting requirements

  7. Reporting Requirements • www.federalreporting.gov • First report due July 10, 2009 • Reports due 10th day after end of each calendar quarter • Amount of Recovery Act funds invoiced • Significant services performed/supplies delivered • Employment impact

  8. eTools • GSA Advantage! • GSA eBuy • GSA eLibrary • “ARRA” symbol

  9. More Support 11 Regional GSA OSBU www.gsa.gov/smallbizsupport OSDBU for all agencies www.osdbu.gov Procurement Technical Assistance Centers www.aptac-us.org Customer Service Directors www.gsa.gov/CSD

  10. Thank YouHouston Taylorhouston.taylor@gsa.gov

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