Reinventing Multiple Award Schedule Ordering Procedures

Resumo

The General Services Administration (GSA) plans to deregulate, streamline and unify its multiple award schedule (MAS) ordering procedures. GSA establishes MAS contracts to provide Federal agencies a cost-effective mechanism for ordering common use commercial items. Two GSA organizations award and manage MAS contracts, the Federal Supply Service (FSS) and the Information Resources Management Service (IRMS). Three different regulations contain MAS ordering procedures; i.e., the Federal Property Management Regulation (FPMR), the Federal Information Resources Management Regulation (FIRMR), and the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). This document invites public comment on proposals to eliminate MAS ordering instructions to customer agencies from the FPMR and FIRMR. Applicable regulations, however, will retain pertinent solicitation provisions, contract clauses, and those policies and procedures that govern the Government-contractor relationship. GSA has initiated a case to make similar changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation. In lieu of the current regulatory scheme, GSA proposes to adopt a uniform set of non-regulatory principles for MAS ordering. FSS and IRMS will issue and m