How is purchasing from the GSA Schedule better than purchasing on the open market?

1. Streamlining. Administrative time is greatly reduced. No synopsis or RFP is required.

2. Confidence. GSA has already determined the vendors to be technically competent.

3. Best Value. Schedule contractors offer Most Favored Customer hourly rates that GSA has pre-negotiated to be fair and reasonable.

4. Simplicity. Ordering is easy, and Government commercial credit cards are accepted in payment.

REMEMBER:
NO red tape
NO search for sources
NO synopsis
NO RFP
NO cost or pricing data
NO proposal audit
NO lengthy source selection
NO fair and reasonable price determination of vendor hourly rates
NO debriefings
NO protests
YES: Quality assurance
YES: Most Favored Customer prices
YES: Government Credit Cards accepted
YES: Schedule purchases apply to SBA agency goals

It's as easy as 1-2-3:
1. Review the price lists of three Schedule contractors and prepare a Request for Quotes that includes a Statement of Work and asks for a firm-fixed price quote (or a labor hour quote with a ceiling price).

2. Receive the three contractor quotes (oral presentations are encouraged), consider the level of effort and mix of labor proposed to perform the specific task being ordered, and select the Best Value offeror (including past performance).

3. Place the order directly.
If you are using the GSA Schedule for the first time, actual procedures for ordering services are immediately below. Please contact Lily F. Richardson, President and Chief Executive Officer @ 703.852.2900 l_richardson@psava.com for ordering and technical assistance.