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Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA)
This information will help ordering offices understand how to use Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) under GSA Federal Supply Schedule contracts. Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) are a simplified method of filling anticipated repetitive needs for services and products. BPAs are "charge accounts" that ordering offices establish with GSA Schedule contractors to provide themselves with an easy ordering tool. In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 8.404, ordering offices may establish BPAs under any GSA Schedule contract. Benefits and Advantages of Using BPAs Contractual terms and conditions are contained in GSA Schedule contracts and are not to be re-negotiated for GSA Federal Supply Schedule BPAs. Therefore, as a purchasing option, BPAs eliminate such contracting and open market costs as the search for sources, the need to prepare solicitations, and the requirement to synopsize the acquisition. BPAs also—
A BPA can be set up for field offices across the nation to use, thus allowing them to participate in an ordering office's BPA and place orders directly with GSA Federal Supply Schedule contractors. In doing so, the entire agency reaps the benefits of additional discounts negotiated into the BPA. In addition, the ordering office reduces the administrative burden of writing numerous task/delivery orders, while still being able to order as much as it wants and as often as it wants. The flexibility and advantages are endless when setting up a BPA. Setting Up a BPA BPAs are established directly with GSA Schedule contractors. In accordance with FAR 8.404, an ordering office may request a price reduction based on the total estimated volume of the BPA, regardless of the size of individual orders. The Request For Quotation (RFQ) should specify the ordering office's requirements, including estimated quantities and work to be performed, and should advise GSA Schedule contractors whether the ordering office intends to establish a single BPA or multiple BPAs. Generally, a single BPA should be established when the ordering office can easily define its services and/or products requirements and a firm-fixed price or ceiling price can be established. Since a best value selection is made when the single BPA is established, the ordering office does not need to make a separate best value selection for each order under the BPA. Multiple BPAs should be established when the ordering office cannot easily define its services and/or products requirements, or it determines that more than one BPA is needed to meet its needs. First determine which GSA Schedule contractors are technically qualified and then establish BPAs with them. When multiple BPAs are established, each order must be competed among all BPA holders and a best value selection must be made each time an order is placed. All BPAs must contain certain information, such as:
Note: Prices under GSA Federal Supply Schedule contracts have already been determined to be fair and reasonable.
Last Modified 7/7/2004
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