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28 sections with “GSA schedule contracts”

  • FAR 41.204 GSA areawide contracts.
    (a) Purpose. GSA enters into areawide contracts (see 41.101) for use by Federal agencies. Areawide contracts provide a pre-established contractual vehicle for ordering utility services under the conditions in paragraph (c)(1) of this sectio…
  • FAR 8.402 General.
    (a) The Federal Supply Schedule program is also known as the GSA Schedules Program or the Multiple Award Schedule Program. The Federal Supply Schedule program is directed and managed by GSA and provides Federal agencies (see 8.004) with a s…
  • FAR 53.249 Termination of contracts.
    … termination of contracts, as specified in subpart 49.6. These forms are available at the GSA Forms Library at https://www.gsa.gov/forms. These forms are authorized for local reproduction except for SF 1034. (1) SF 1034 (GAO), Public Vouch…
  • DFARS 217.204 Contracts.
    …extend an additional 6 months (see FAR 16.505(c)). (C) Definite-quantity contracts. (D) GSA schedule contracts. (E) Multi-agency contracts awarded by agencies other than NASA, DoD, or the Coast Guard. (iii) Obtain approval from the seni…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …nder a delegation of procurement authority issued by the General Services Administration (GSA) prior to August 7, 1996, under authority granted GSA by former section 40 U.S.C. 759, repealed by Pub. L. 104-106. The Economy Act does not apply…
  • FAR 4.606 Reporting Data.
    … including— (1) Government-wide acquisition contracts. (2) Multi-agency contracts. (B) GSA Federal supply schedules. (C) Blanket Purchase Agreements (see 13.303). (D) Basic Ordering Agreements (see 16.703). (E) Any other agreement or …
  • FAR 7.403 General Services Administration assistance and OMB guidance.
    (a) When requested by an agency, the General Services Administration (GSA) will assist in rent, lease, or purchase decisions by providing information such as— (1) Pending price adjustments to Federal Supply Schedule contracts; (2) Recent …
  • FAR 8.401 Definitions.
    …tablish blanket purchase agreements (BPA), against the General Services Administration's (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule contracts. A list of eligible ordering activities is available at http://www.gsa.gov/schedules (click “For Customers Orde…
  • FAR 8.404 Use of Federal Supply Schedules.
    …d price for performance of a specific task (e.g., installation, maintenance, and repair). GSA has already determined the prices of supplies and fixed-price services, and rates for services offered at hourly rates, under schedule contracts t…
  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    … offered under MAS contracts by surveying at least three schedule contractors through the GSA Advantage! on-line shopping service, by reviewing the catalogs or pricelists of at least three schedule contractors, or by requesting quotations f…
  • FAR 19.804-6 Indefinite-delivery contracts.
    … orders under multiple-award contracts (including the Federal Supply Schedules managed by GSA, multi-agency contracts or Governmentwide acquisition contracts, or indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts) that have been set …
  • FAR 41.202 Procedures.
    …hall consider, in addition to alternative competitive sources, use of the following: (1) GSA areawide contracts (see 41.204); (2) Separate contracts (see 41.205); and (3) Interagency agreements (see 41.206). (c) When a utility supplier …
  • DFARS 252.251-7000 Ordering from Government supply sources.
    …dule contracts and requirements contracts, issued by the General Services Administration (GSA) Office of Information Resources Management, for automated data processing equipment, software and maintenance, communications equipment and suppl…
  • FAR 8.405-5 Small business.
    …ness, women-owned small business, or small disadvantaged business schedule contractor(s). GSA Advantage! and Schedules e-Library at http://www.gsa.gov/fas contain information on the small business representations of Schedule contractors. (…
  • FAR 16.500 Scope of subpart.
    …) Nothing in this subpart restricts the authority of the General Services Administration (GSA) to enter into schedule, multiple award, or task or delivery order contracts under any other provision of law. Therefore, GSA regulations and the …
  • FAR 38.101 General.
    …rders under the schedules. Contractors are encouraged to accept the orders. (d) Although GSA awards most Federal Supply Schedule contracts, it may authorize other agencies to award schedule contracts and publish schedules. For example, the…
  • FAR 7.107-4 Substantial bundling.
    … of— (i) Multiple-award contracts; (ii) Task orders or delivery orders issued against a GSA Schedule contract; or (iii) Task orders or delivery orders issued against a task-order or delivery-order contract awarded by another agency. (b)…
  • FAR 8.004 Use of other sources.
    …s (e.g., Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative (FSSI) agreements accessible at http://www.gsa.gov/fssi (see also 5.601)). (2) Services. Agencies are encouraged to consider Federal Prison Industries, Inc., as well as the sources listed in p…
  • FAR 8.403 Applicability.
    …ules contracts; and (2) BPAs established against Federal Supply Schedule contracts. (b) GSA may establish special ordering procedures for a particular schedule. In this case, that schedule will specify those special ordering procedures. U…
  • FAR 8.405-1 Ordering procedures for supplies, and services not requiring a statement of work.
    … offered under MAS contracts by surveying at least three schedule contractors through the GSA Advantage! on-line shopping service, by reviewing the catalogs or pricelists of at least three schedule contractors, or by requesting quotations f…
  • FAR 8.405-2 Ordering procedures for services requiring a statement of work.
    …ntractors that offer services that will meet the agency's needs. The RFQ may be posted to GSA's electronic RFQ system, eBuy (see 8.402(d)). (1) Orders at, or below, the micro-purchase threshold. Ordering activities may place orders at, or …
  • FAR 8.405-6 Limiting sources.
    …ollowing information along with the Request for Quotation (RFQ) to eBuy (https://www.ebuy.gsa.gov): (A) For proposed orders or BPAs with an estimated value exceeding $25,000, but not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, the docu…
  • FAR 11.403 Supplies or services.
    … individual order issued under the contract, as in indefinite delivery type contracts and GSA schedules. (b) The time specified for contract performance should not be curtailed to the prejudice of the contractor because of delay by the Gov…
  • FAR 27.405-3 Commercial computer software.
    (a) When contracting other than from GSA's Multiple Award Schedule contracts for the acquisition of commercial computer software, no specific contract clause prescribed in this subpart need be used, but the contract shall specifically addre…
  • FAR 27.409 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses
    …ghts. (See 27.405-4.) (g) In accordance with 27.405-3, when contracting (other than from GSA's Multiple Award Schedule contracts) for the acquisition of commercial computer software, the contracting officer may insert the clause at 52.227-…
  • FAR 51.103 Ordering from Government supply sources.
    …dance with 51.102(e) along with the contractor's assigned access code, when ordering from GSA Customer Supply Centers. (3) Order only those items required in the performance of their contracts.
  • FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    … offer. (i) Availability of requirements documents cited in the solicitation. (1)(i) The GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions, FPMR Part 101-29, and copies of Federal specifications, standards, an…
  • DFARS 227.7200 Scope of subpart.
    …ftware or computer software documentation acquired under General Services Administration (GSA) schedule contracts; or (ii) Releases of computer software or computer software documentation to litigation support contractors (see subpart 204.…

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