Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration Sara Schulz GSA Global Supply May 4, 2010 Easy Ordering with GSA Global Supply for Department of Defense

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 2 Value to the Customer  Value: Outlining Global Supply benefits for DoD users  Example: How do GSA’s global delivery and product breadth/depth help military users?  Value: Summarizing customer options  Examples: Which ordering mechanisms and payment options are most helpful?  How does GSA Global Supply differ from GSA Advantage?

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 3 Today’s Objectives  GSA Global Supply Value Propositions  Requisitions vs. Procurements  Ordering Methods  Special Order Support  Obtaining Information

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 4 GSA Global Supply Value Proposition FactorGSA Global SupplyOther sources Global deliveryYesNo Breadth & depthYesNo Easy Compliance Yes No AbilityOne (JWOD) Guaranteed YesNo Government purchase card or AAC/DoDAAC YesNo Government to Government (G-2-G) YesNo Need to compare?NoYes Spending LimitsNoYes

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 5 Global Delivery  Kansas City to Kuwait  Stores in Europe, Asia & Middle East  Direct Shipment or in coordination with the DoD Transportation System

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 6 Hundreds of Thousands of Products  Tools: Hand & power tools, leading brands  Office: Forms to flash drives  Safety: Masks, clothing, eyewear  Housewares: Cleaning, food service and more

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 7 Easy Compliance  Regardless of order size or dollar volume  FAR, AbilityOne, Executive Orders: We do the work  No need to solicit multiple sources – place a requisition  Leverage our expertise  Buy with confidence

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 8 Orders from GSA Global Supply are REQUISITIONS not procurements

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 9 GSA Global Supply complies with FAR:  Part 6 – Competition Requirements  Part 7 – Acquisition Planning  Part 19 – Socioeconomic Programs

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 10 AbilityOne Guaranteed  “Brand name” has replaced JWOD  National Industries for the Blind and NISH  No “Essentially the Same” commercial items  GSA Global Supply - only guaranteed source of supply

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 11 AAC/DoDAAC or Purchase Card  Thousands of purchase card transactions daily  Purchase cards not always available or practical  You maintain flexibility

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 12 No Spending Limits  AAC/DoDAAC buyers often exceed $3,000: Disaster relief Military deployment

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 13 Competitive Pricing  Regular “market basket” to check pricing vs. Multiple Award Schedules  GSA Global Supply - often the lowest price and generally very competitive with sources on GSAAdvantage! 

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 14 Best Value Considerations  Regulatory compliance  Ordering and billing options  AbilityOne Guaranteed  Competitive Pricing  Now with 500,000 products!

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 15 Ordering Options  Web:     Phone: Fax:  FEDSTRIP/MILSTRIP  Stores & Strategic Inventory Partnerships

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 16 MILSTRIP/FEDSTRIP Options:  System to System – Order routed through Defense Automated Addressing System Center (DAASC)  Call - Emergency STRIP orders:  Web  Mail

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 17 STRIP on the WEB  Place a STRIP requisition on GSA Global Supply or GSA Advantage!® sites  a.gov   Requisition NSN or part- numbered item  Phased delivery available on NSN items

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 18 STRIP via Mail/Fax  Mail Standard Form 344 or DD 1348 to: GSA Global Supply Room 6A Taylor Street Fort Worth, Texas  Fax Exception Data Requisitions (A0E,A05): GSA NEW YORK(212) GSA FT. WORTH(817) GSA KANSAS CITY(816)

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 19 STRIP - Exception Data Requisitions  Mail/fax a single DD  Attach a list of all related part numbers

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 20  What you need, where you need it  Every item is from GSA Global Supply

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 21 Main Shopping Page

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 22 “Green” Items – Over 3200 Items

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 23 Environmental Spend Data  Provides ability to determine Environmental Spend by User ID or Agency  Covers both GSA Global Supply and Multiple Award Schedule Purchases  Available by FY, Quarter or Selected Dates  A great way to track your “green” spend! Reports

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 24 Also Available for Ordering: GSA Advantage! ®

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 25 Look for the Icon  Identifies our items on GSA Advantage  Sign of easy compliance, “Ability One Guaranteed” and other program benefits

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 26 DOD EMall -  GSA Global Supply items are available  Need valid AAC/DODAAC and Fund Code  Requisitions via DAASC

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 27 To View GSA Products on DOD EMall:  Log in  Select “Catalog Search”  Change “Corridor” to GSA Global Supply

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 28 Call Center   DSN  7:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern  Friendly, professional service

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 29 Fax Orders   24 hours, 7 days a week  Fax-back confirmation with order number

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 30 MIPRs - MILITARY INTERDEPARTMENTAL PURCHASE REQUEST  A MIPR is:  A funding document to fulfill a bona fide need of an agency in the period for which the appropriation was made.  DD 448  DD 448-2

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 31 MIPR Guidance  Clearly define scope/need.  Cite relevant statutes or regulations.  Note funding and document number.  Include other relevant info: GSA fee, delivery terms… Only GSA Warranted Contracting Officer can accept  GSA can provide status of funds.  Billing accomplished in the same manner as MILSTRIP.  No requirement for a customer to complete a Best Value Determination.

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 32 Procurement Support  Procurement help – “If you can’t find it, we can help.”  Buying support on as-needed basis;  Stop in at any GSA Global Supply store or call

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 33 Special Order Program  Examples: Facility ManagementSecurity Systems Scientific EquipmentPower & Energy Food Service EquipmentHVAC Pre-Engineered Structures  Benefits Turnkey SupportOrdering/Funding Options GSA ExpertiseContract Administration

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 34 Walk-in Stores  Hawaii (2), Alaska & San Francisco  1,000 to 5,000 items available  Inventory geared to military hosts in AK and HI  Special order capability

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 35 Strategic Inventory Partnerships  30 partnerships worldwide  GSA manages customized inventory  Government Purchase Card, AAC/DoDAAC, or MIPR  ‘Factory to Foxhole’ faster  Insert military photo

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 36 Retail Locations:  Europe: Belgium, England, Germany (4) and Netherlands  Africa: Djibouti  Asia: Guam, Japan (7), Korea (2) and Singapore  United States: Camp Lejeune, Albany-GA, NAVAIR- Jacksonville, Pendleton, Barstow & 29 Palms-CA, Quantico-VA Details: gsa.gov/globalsupply

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 37 OCONUS GSA Support:  CENTCOM YTD FY2010 Afghanistan Support 203,665 Requisitions / approx. $250M Special Order Capabilities: Commercially Available Items - Tents, Incinerators, Water Treatment Plants, Mattresses  Embedded with DLA Support Team (DST) for forward logistics support - Bagram, Kabul, Kandahar  Inventory partnership at Defense Distribution Depot – Kuwait (DDKS) / Forward inventory planning at DDKA Northern Distribution Network (NDN)

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 38 OCONUS GSA Support:  Europe/Africa/Middle East – 3 staff  Japan & Okinawa – 1 each  Korea  Guam  Afghanistan – Bagram, Kabul & Kandahar Contact details: gsa.gov/globalsupplyoconus

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 39 Publications : gsa.gov/cmls GSA Global Supply Ordering Guide – NOW Available! Register NOW on CMLS to make sure you receive a 2011 GSA Global Supply catalog!

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