Purchases that use a government-wide commercial acquisition card as a purchase and payment mechanism, rather than simply using the acquisition card as a method of payment. Once an EPS is in place, buyers will still need to look for competition for purchases over $2,500. Buyers can meet this requirement by contacting at least three suppliers for quotes. Ideal BPA Suppliers Suppliers who are ideal for purchasing BPA are those who have: (A) The ordering activity must provide a fair chance for any multiple BPA holder to be considered for any order that exceeds the micro-purchase threshold but does not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold, unless one of the exceptions at 8 405-6 (a) (1) (i) applies. (i) Orders with or below the micro-purchase threshold. The order activity may place orders within or below the micro-purchase threshold with any BPA holder who may meet the agency`s requirements. The ordering activity should try to distribute these orders among BPA holders. (ii) a description of the supply or service purchased; (ii) Orders that exceed the micro-purchase threshold but do not exceed the simplified registration threshold. The purpose of an EPS is to reduce the administrative costs of making small purchases by eliminating the need to draft a separate contract each time. If the government knows it will buy the same service or coin multiple times, it is easier to issue an EPS than to draft a new contract each time.

As General Services Administration continues to engage stakeholders in its strategy for the cloud market, avoiding vertical duplication of contracts is critical to creating a competitive, efficient and effective cloud market for client agencies and industry partners. Unfortunately, the GSA appears to be focusing on a strategy that uses generic government-wide global purchasing agreements (BPA) for cloud services. The strategy leads to vertical duplications of contracts that unnecessarily increase the costs of quotations and quotations, contract management and program management. It also does not conflict with the FAR 8.4 guidelines for the use of multi-agency BPA. The establishment of BPS agreements may be concluded by: (1) more than one supplier of supplies or services of the same type in order to ensure the most practicable competition; (2) a single enterprise from which a large number of individual purchases are likely to be made during a given period, with or below the simplified acquisition threshold; or (3) GSA Federal Supply Schedule Contractor (more information on this in a future article in the IT series). Buyers prepare EPS without a purchase requisition and only after contacting suppliers to make the necessary arrangements for: micro-purchases that do not use the Electronic Money Transfer (EFT) payment method and do not need to be reported (see subsection 4.6). Interinstitutional contracting authority – If the transaction is subject to the Law on the Economy, select « Law on the Economy ». If the transaction is submitted to the other legal authority, select the « Other legal authority » option and specify the name of the authority in the Other inter-agency contracting authority available text box. If no legal authority applies, select « Not applicable ». GFP Provided as part of this action – Select the appropriate option. (C) Customer shall document the circumstances in which it limits consideration to unless all multiple BPA holders offering the necessary supplies and services. The above values can only be selected if the « signing date » of the promotion is no later than February 2, 2017.

From the new values, the thresholds are obsolete. A consolidated contract is required for both the Ministry of Defence and the civilian authorities. (vii) environmental and energy efficiency considerations. Select Ungrouped if the requirements do not meet the grouping definition in FAR 2.101. Team Leader richard Verwer (703) 889-8772 richard.verwers@fedresults.com For a Part 8 BPA, supplier information is completed from the referenced federal procurement schedule. .