GSA Schedules – A Vendor’s Path to Federal Sales

From GOVSALESWIKI

By Elizabeth A. White, Esq.

The General Services Administration’s (“GSA”) Schedules program, also known as the Federal Supply Schedule program, was initiated by the Federal Government in an effort to simplify the process of acquiring needed goods and services. The program has been highly successful to the point that it is now the favored purchasing mechanism used by Government buyers. A Federal buyer who elects to use the more traditional procurement method of putting an opportunity out for public bid has to wait upwards of one year before an actual contract is executed. In contrast, a Schedule purchase can be effectuated in a matter of days or a couple of weeks.

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