# Presentation: 789457

## Industry Council Presentation	

- Training & Education for the GSA MAS Program
- Seattle, Washington
- July 22, 2004

## Review of Orlando Meeting

- Issues identified by committee members & other sources
-  Differences in buying services & products
-  Sole sourcing, limited sourcing, & full/open comp
-  Roles of various GSA components
-  Use of E-Buy by GSA activities
- Agency training vs. GSA offered training
- Eligibility of non-Fed entities
- Misconceptions, misunderstandings, & “your on your own”
- In’s & Out’s of using MAS – Guiding light with added emphasis for small businesses
- Composition of team
-  GSA & other GOV agencies
-  Schedule holders
- Next step
- Establish a reasonable, useful, and achievable goal for this year.
- Create a white paper that addresses this goal

**Notes:**

GSA:
Jeff Manthos
Betty Feit
Geri Haworth

Other GOV
Ron Rouse - USDA

Industry
Tony Diecidue – Tetra Tech
Jan Simmons – OU
Skip Derrick – Anteon

## Confusion 1

- Confusion about some procurement rules is pervasive with:
- Acquirers
- COs & Purchasers
- Auditors
- Program Managers
- Policy Makers
- Taxpayer

**Notes:**
How can this be with all of the training used and offered by agencies, GSA and the private sector?

If you hear “I’ll need to get back to you” = your are dead in the water!

## Confusion 2

**What are the rules we play by:**
**Schedules & Look-a-likes **(our main focus)
- IDIQs
- BPAs
- GSA’s Global Supply
- DLA programs
- Mandatory Sources
- GWACS
- EPS postings

## Confusion Solutions

**Obvious choices available and being used:**
- Education & Training for procurement activity staff
- Education of the contractors doing business where the Schedules are involved
- Procedural controls clearly defined to all that assure quality procurements that are still timely

**Notes:**
There is plenty of training available in all formats....so what is going on?

## For Possible Consideration

**What’s not available in large doses:**
- Website with accurate, plain English for guidance
- Timely usable guidance for CO’s on both sides of the aisle
- Identification of the _current_ Ten Deadly SINS in contracting when using MAS
- What clauses apply and what one’s don’t for non-FAR users and the responding offerors
- Joint GSA & Industry training

## Possible Solutions

- More reinforcement & collaboration
- Consider developing a website that:
- Offers guidance in plain English
- Provides an opportunity to ask questions and get clarifications
- Develop pilot program
- Pick 5
- Pick 10
- Use Q&A format
- Provide contact points for internal agency guidance on the above
- Do nothing until new GSA office is fully staffed & functional
- Do little until Congress acts on pending legislation
- Wait until after PSX, October 4 & 5 at DC Conv.Cntr.

**Notes:**

Overall – There is a need to use reinforcement and collaboration among all parties

Pending legislation affecting DOD use of the schedules

## Wrap-Up

- Meet in August to discuss and refine these and other issues and agree on a project
- Tony D has volunteered to use their facilities in Reston
- Need your feedback
- Sean Allan
- 703-917-7115
- _[sallan@lmi.org](mailto:sallan@lmi.org)_
- Bring the recommendation back to the full committee and GSA for comment