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Contract management : agencies are not maximizing opportunities for competition or savings under blanket purchase agreements despite significant increase in usage : report to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives.
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- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- United States. Government Accountability Office
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public contracts--United States--Management.
- Public contracts.
- Government purchasing--United States--Management.
- Government purchasing.
- Administrative agencies--United States--Accounting.
- Administrative agencies.
- Administrative agencies--Accounting.
- Government purchasing--Management.
- Public contracts--Management.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ii, 43 pages) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- Agencies are not maximizing opportunities for competition or savings under blanket purchase agreements despite significant increase in usage
- Blanket purchase agreements
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2009]
- Summary:
- The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) allows agencies to establish blanket purchase agreements (BPA) under the General Services Administration's (GSA) Schedules Program, where contracts are awarded to multiple vendors for commercial goods and services and made available for agency use. BPAs are agreements between agencies and vendors with terms in place for future use; funds are obligated when orders are placed. When establishing BPAs under schedule contracts, agencies must follow procedures regarding the number of vendors considered, request discounts, and conduct annual reviews in accordance with requirements. This report assesses selected agencies' use of schedule BPAs and evaluates whether they considered more than one vendor when establishing BPAs and placing orders under them, took opportunities for savings, and conducted annual reviews. To conduct this work, GAO reviewed a sample of 336 schedule BPAs and 352 fiscal year 2007 orders and met with officials.
- Notes:
- Title from PDF title screen (GAO, viewed Feb. 25, 2010).
- "September 2009."
- Congressional rept.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- "GAO-09-792."
- OCLC:
- 495785708
- Access Restriction:
- APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE.
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