Using the Schedule

How to Use This Schedule

GSA's streamlined ordering procedures have reduced the tedious, time-consuming government procurement process to a few simple steps. GSA has done this by prequalifying vendors to perform a range of services. GSA has reviewed vendor qualifications, capabilities and cost schedules in advance of the need for services, and identified these vendors, by type of service, on its GSA Advantage!™ web site. For SAIC, refer to Contract Number: GS-10F-0289L. This approval is valid for all organizations in the federal government, and other governmental agencies, and the entire process, from identifying the Statement of Work (SOW) to having a contractor on board, can be completed in as little as three weeks.

To initiate the process, provide your contracts officer with a SOW. Your contracts officer will issue your SOW to three approved GSA Facilities Maintenance and Management vendors. You and your contracts officer then review the vendors' responses, and select the "best value" contractor. A contract order is issued directly to the selected contractor. GSA has put the process in place, and will assist you, if needed, but does not get involved in your procurement process.

For more information on the GSA ordering process, go to the U-MAS (Multiple Award Schedule) Virtual Campus.

Who Can Use the Schedule?

The contract is available for use by all federal government agencies and specified organizations. Executive agencies, other Federal agencies, mixed-ownership Government corporations, and the District of Columbia; Government contractors authorized in writing by a Federal agency pursuant to CFR 51.1; and other activities and organizations authorized by statute or regulation to use GSA as a source of supply may use this contract. Additionally, contractors are encouraged to accept orders received from activities within the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.

Agencies authorized to use this schedule can be found by going to Eligibility to Use GSA Sources at the GSA web site.