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GSA reopens Schedule 75, and introduces ‘enhanced’ office supplies SIN

January 26, 2018 By Andrew Smith

The General Services Administration (GSA) has reopened the new and improved Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) 75 to new offerors and also added what GSA is calling “a new enhanced” special item number (SIN).  The new SIN is known as Office Supplies Fourth Generation (OS4) for Office Products and Services to the Schedule.

“The new MAS 75 and enhanced SIN were designed to leverage the advantages of utilizing the increased competition from OS2 and ensuring the transparency set forth in OS3, to help GSA accomplish its goals and create value,” says GSA Administrator Emily Murphy. “Increased competition and transparency will help customers and GSA’s industry partners by improving task order-level competition for the federal acquisition community and removing barriers to entry to industry. Ultimately, this means better value and more favorable terms and conditions for customers and more opportunities for small businesses in the government marketplace.”

Run by GSA’s Northeast Caribbean Region, the new office supplies acquisition solution incorporates the Best-In-Class (BIC) features of the OS3 solutions to increase market share, reduce program redundancies, improve customer satisfaction, and increase federal acquisition opportunities for small businesses. Additionally, the combined legacy and enhanced SINs offer customers significant savings, while also meeting sustainable acquisition and socioeconomic goals.

The reopening of MAS 75 and establishment of the enhanced SIN OS4 will also help GSA meet GSA’s goals of refreshing and expanding a competitive pool of qualified vendors, improving customer value on MAS 75 by offering more favorable terms and conditions, savings, and increasing OCONUS (overseas) utilization.

For more information about the reopening of MAS 75 and the new enhanced SIN, visit www.gsa.gov/schedule75.

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: Federal Supply Schedule, GSA Schedule, MAS, multiple award schedule, office supplies, Schedule, Schedules

GSA Schedule 75 for office supplies is shrinking

June 27, 2016 By Andrew Smith

The General Services Administration (GSA) is leaving dozens of vendors under Schedule 75 for offices supplies in the cold with the news that it doesn’t plan on accepting new offers or renewing current schedule holders’ contracts for at least another nine months, and probably more like 12 months.

Large and small companies alike are facing the loss of their schedule contracts as many are coming to the end of their evergreen 20-year contract. And some, such as 3M, will be without a spot on schedule, which brought in $518 million in sales in fiscal 2015, altogether for several years to come.

3M saw its Schedule 75 contract expired Feb. 28. While large business has received almost no sales through the schedule over the last few years, it’s an example of the increasingly shrinking industrial base agencies have to choose from.

On the other hand, the largest small-business vendor under Schedule 75, ABM Federal Sales — which brought in $311 million in revenue from sales under Schedule 75 since it started federal business — saw its contract expire in April. ABM holds a spot on the Office Supplies strategic sourcing contract, known as OS3, so it’s not cut out of the market altogether.

Keep reading this article at: http://federalnewsradio.com/reporters-notebook-jason-miller/2016/06/shrinking-gsa-schedule/

 

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: GSA, GSA Schedule, multiple award schedule, office supplies

GSA issues RFP for office supplies contract

February 11, 2014 By ei2admin

The General Services Administration issued a request for proposals Jan. 31 for the third generation of its office supplies strategic sourcing contract.

The ability for agencies to purchase everyday supplies such as pens, paper and printing items from a single contract will save more than $155 million annually on reduced administrative costs and lower prices, according to GSA.

Proposals are due March 17.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20140131/ACQ01/301310010/GSA-issues-RFP-office-supplies-contract 

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: consolidated contracts, consolidation, costs, GSA, office supplies, pricing, strategic sourcing

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