Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 1 GSA AUTOMOTIVE PROGRAMS AUTOMOTIVE ACQUISITION SUPPORT Joe Continetti  Light Vehicles –SOP (Sedans, Trucks, SUVs, Ambulance, Wheelchair vans) –Non-standards –Express Desk –MAS (Schedule 751 – Leasing of Light Vehicles)

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 2 GSA AUTOMOTIVE PROGRAMS  Medium/Heavy Vehicles –SOP (Medium/Heavy trucks, buses) –Non-standards

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 3 AUTOMOTIVE ACQUISITION SUPPORT Topics  Contract terminology  Contract types  Economic Price Adjustment (EPA)  Next Model Year (NMY)  Actual delivery date requirements  Performance metrics

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 4 CONTRACT TERMINOLOGY  SOP – Special Order Program  MAS – Multiple Award Schedule  PCO – Procuring Contracting Officer  ACO – Administrative Contracting Officer

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 5 CONTRACT TERMINOLOGY  IDIQ – Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity  FAR – Federal Acquisition Regulation  EPA – Economic Price Adjustment

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 6 SPECIAL ORDER PROGRAM (SOP) CONTRACTS  Defined solicitation open/closing  Indefinite delivery/Indefinite quantity (IDIQ)  No minimum sales requirements  Full-and-open competitions  FAR Part 12 (Commercial Items) and FAR Part 15 (Contracting by Negotiation)  Mandated use of AutoChoice for ordering

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 7 NON-STANDARD REQUIREMENTS CONTRACTS  Defined solicitation open/closing  Definite quantity or Indefinite Quantity  Typically set-aside for small business

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 8 EXPRESS DESK CONTRACTS  Defined solicitation open/closing  Urgent & Compelling justification required  Definite delivery/definite quantity  Set-aside for small businesses  FAR Part 12 (Commercial Items) and FAR Part 13 (Simplified Acquisition Procedures)

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration SCHEDULE 751 – LEASE OF SEDANS AND LIGHT TRUCKS  Multiple Award Schedule  Offers commercial leasing through multiple vendors  Fixed term leases up to 48 months (60 & 72 for Electrics)  Alternative to GSA Fleet Life Cycle Lease  Vehicles offered must comply with established Federal Minimum Standards 9

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 10 ECONOMIC PRICE ADJUSTMENT (EPA)  Special Order Program (SOP) –GSAM Economic Price Adjustment – Stock and Special Order Program Contracts (Aug 2010)  Once during each 12-month period, contract pricing may be adjusted upward or downward a maximum of 10 percent –Fair and reasonable determination is made by the PCO

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 11 NEXT MODEL YEAR (NMY) PROVISION  Allows vendors to submit price increases on awarded items for the next model year vehicle  Allows 365 day ordering activity  Only applicable to line items where no substantial changes have been made  Does not count towards the Economic Price Adjustment limits

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 12 ACTUAL DELIVERY DATE REQUIREMENT  Beginning with 2011 model year acquisition, vendors are required to provide the actual delivery date  Information is provided in AutoChoice  Allows agency customers to know exact date vehicles are delivered to destination

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 13 PERFORMANCE METRICS  Performance standard for on-time shipment increased from 75% to 85%  Current vendors –Failure to meet benchmark for two successive periods could affect past performance evaluations in exercise of options and new contract awards  New vendors –Evaluated on prior commercial contracts

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 14 HELPFUL RESOURCES  – GSA website  – Vehicle Buying website  – AutoChoice website  – GSA eLibrary website  – GSA Advantage! website  – FedBizOpps website  – FAR/GSAM website 