How will Strategic Sourcing impact the GSA Schedules Program?

GSA's historic role is leveraging the government's market power and streamlining the buying process on behalf of the taxpayers. The Schedules program itself, is one potential platform for Strategic Sourcing. As a potential platform, the Schedules carry a number of advantages: • Key terms and conditions are already there, and others (such as data reporting requirements to help with spend management) can easily be added in Blanket Purchase Agreements or task orders.

• Easy ability to harness the power of continual competition to ensure that performance remains high, throughout the life of the Strategic Sourcing solution. • Ability to move seamlessly from solution to solution is an added benefit that can help agencies maximize cost or technical advantages of the products or services that are strategically sourced. The Schedules program needs to continue to play its traditional role.

Strategic Sourcing will apply to several specific commodity or service groupings. We envision that much, ... more.

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