The General Services Administration is seeking industry input on the creation of an enhanced special item number for maintenance, repair and operations, or MRO, tools, materials, equipment, containers and other products. 

The addition to Schedule 51V is intended to:

  • Retain successful solution features and characteristics, while introducing a new approach designed to reduce duplication for vendors and customers.
  • Simplify contracts and catalog management.
  • Increase small business participation and socioeconomic firm diversity.
  • Increase MRO items available.
  • Obtain pricing within the lowest 25 percent of government buying options.

The enhanced SIN (to be numbered and officially described closer to an offer period) has the potential to include the ability for customer agencies to solicit and place BPAs directly with vendors against the SIN; incorporate ancillary services (including sourcing as a service) for one-stop shopping; offer zonal pricing and FOB origin and/or minimum order quantities; involve targeted set asides; expand smarter discounts; and feature sensible fill and kill response times, among other features.

GSA has prepared five multipart questions for current and future MRO purchase channel contract holders to help clarify features and terms that would benefit the variety and flexibility of part-numbered products and an improved price structure for federal customers.

Vendors interested in offering input should visit FBO.gov for a complete list of features being considered and questions for industry response.

Responses are due by May 3, 2017.

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