Tricia Reed Native Nations Meeting GSA Federal Acquisition Service

1. Tricia ReedNative Nations Meeting GSA Federal Acquisition Service May 2010

2. What is a Schedule ? • 5-year contracts with three 5-year periods • Streamlined acquisition program • Prices already determined fair & reasonable • Continuous opportunity for competitive prices • Schedule solicitation – www.gsaelibrary.gsa.gov

3. Example Schedule

4. GSA State and Local Program Comparison • Schedules Programs • 1122 • Cooperative Purchasing • Disaster Recovery Purchasing Program • Federal Grantee Access to Schedules in Response to Declared Public Health Emergencies • Non-Schedules Programs • Wildland Fire Program • Computers for Learning • Surplus Personal Property Donation Program

5. What are the Authorities that allow for Cooperative Purchasing? • ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- • Authority for S&L governments to purchase under Schedule 70 • Section 211 of the e-Gov Act of 2002 authorized GSA sales of Schedule 70 IT products, software and services to State & Local Governments through the introduction of Cooperative Purchasing. • ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- • Authority for S&L governments to purchase under Schedule 84 • Local Preparedness Acquisition Act, which authorizes state and local government to purchase Alarm and signal systems, facility management systems, firefighting and rescue equipment, law enforcement and security equipment, marine craft and related equipment, special purpose clothing, and related services (as contained in Federal supply classification code group 84 or any amended or subsequent version of that Federal supply classification group

6. Scope and Eligibility • Scope: • GSA IT Schedule 70 Contract Vehicles and Consolidated Schedule with IT Special Item Numbers (SINs) • GSA Schedule 84: Total solutions for law enforcement, security, facilities management, fire, rescue, clothing, marine craft and emergency/disaster response • Eligible Users: • The 50 states, All counties, municipalities, cities, towns and townships, Tribal Governments, Public Authorities (Public or Indian Housing agencies under the U.S. Housing Act of 1937), school districts, and colleges or any instrumentality there of.

7. State and Local Participation • Voluntary • No obligation by state and/or local governments to use the schedule. • Contractors decide whether to accept orders from state and local governments. • Always Open for Use • Meet GSA Eligible Users Criteria • Have State or Local Authority • Granted by State or Local Entity

8. Disaster Recovery Purchasing Legislation • Section 833 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Actfor Fiscal Year 2007(Public Law 109-364). • Final interim rule passed February 2, 2007

9. Eligibility • “State and local government entities,” means; • the states of the United States, • counties, municipalities, cities, towns, townships, • tribal governments, public authorities (including public or Indian housing agencies under the United States Housing Act of 1937), • school districts, colleges and other institutions of higher education, council of governments (incorporated or not), • regional or interstate government entities, • or any agency or instrumentality of the preceding entities (including any local educational agency or institution of higher education), and including legislative and judicial departments. • The term does not include contractors of, or grantees of, State or local governments.

10. Scope and Purpose • All GSA Federal Supply Schedule contracts are open to state and local government agencies for the specific purpose of disaster recovery only. • Advance Purchasing • Schedules e-Library contains a list of all approved vendors

11. Voluntary Program Use • Voluntary participation for two parties • State and local government • Vendor community

12. Pre-positioning for a Disaster • Schedule BPAs • Promote vendor teaming arrangements • Small business concerns

13. How is purchasing patrolled? • State, local, and tribal government will be responsible for ensuring that purchased products or services are to be used to facilitate recovery.

14. E-tool updates • The Disaster Recovery icon • E-library • GSA Advantage

15. GSA Disaster Recovery website

16. GSA E-library: www.gsa.gov/elibrary

17. GSA Advantage: www.gsaadvantage.gov

18. GSA Advantage (continued)

19. GSA eBuy - GSA's Online Request for Quote System Now Open to S&L Governments • Open for use under Disaster Recovery Purchasing and Cooperative Purchasing programs only. • Prepare and Post RFQ/RFP's for products and services offered through GSA's Multiple Award Schedules program. • Ideal for services, complex requirements, and high dollar or volume product procurements. • Register from GSA Advantage as a State Government customer.

20. State and Local Programs Pagewww.gsa.gov/stateandlocal

21. For more information • GSA Disaster Recovery Website: www.gsa.gov/disasterrecovery • FEMA Disaster Website: • http://www.fema.gov/news/disaster_totals_annual.fema • OR • Contact • Tricia Reed, patricia.reed@gsa.gov 571-259-9921