Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Rules

For OS4 Offer and Modification Submittals

A. SIN 339940OS4 OS4 Office Products & Supplies (Legacy SIN 75 220) & SIN

339940OVER OS4 Overseas Office Products and Supplies (Legacy SIN 75 280) are the

next generation of strategic sourcing, and TDR is MANDATORY.

B. Vendors CANNOT be both on the OS4 Office Products & Supplies SINs and non-OS4

Office Products SIN. In other words, vendors CANNOT be on both SIN 339940 Office

Products (Legacy SIN 75 200) AND SIN 339940OS4 OS4 Office Products & Supplies,

be on both SIN 339940 Office Products AND SIN 339940OVER OS4 Overseas

Office Products and Supplies, or be on both SIN 339940 Office Products AND SIN

339940OS4 OS4 Office Products & Supplies AND SIN 339940OVER OS4 Overseas

Office Products and Supplies.

C. Vendors can be on SIN 339940OS4 OS4 Office Products & Supplies and NOT be on SIN

339940OVER Overseas Office Products and Supplies, and vice versa. Vendors can be

on SIN 339940OS4 OS4 Office Products & Supplies AND SIN 339940OVER Overseas

Office Products and Supplieson the same contract.

D. Existing vendors on SIN 339940 Office Products that want to submit an offer for SIN

339940OS4 OS4 Office Products & Supplies or SIN 339940OVER Overseas Office

Products and Supplies will have to agree to cancel its contract with SIN 339940 Office

Products in order to be awarded a contract with on SIN 339940OS4 OS4 Office Products

& Supplies and/or 339940OVER Overseas Office Products and Supplies (see exception

under business rule K).

E. [Modifications] Existing MAS contractors CANNOT submit a modification to add SIN

339940OS4 OS4 Office Products & Supplies and/or SIN 339940OVER Overseas

Office Products and Supplies. These modifications will be rejected.

F. Existing vendors on SIN 322291 Restroom Products (Legacy SIN 75 85) that want to

submit an offer on SIN 339940OS4 OS4 Office Products & Supplies or SIN

339940OVER Overseas Office Products and Supplies can do so but they MUST include

SIN 322291 Restroom Products as part of their new proposal if they wish to keep SIN

322291 Restroom Products. Upon award of the new contracts with the SINs 322291,

339940OS4 and/or 339940OVER, the contractor MUST agree to allow the legacy

contract to be cancelled (see exception under business rule K and L). [Modifications] In

addition, existing vendors on SIN 322291 Restroom Products CANNOT submit a

modification to add SINs 339940OS4 and/or 339940OVER.

G. [Modifications] Existing vendors on SIN 322291 Restroom Products without SIN

339940 Office Products that want to submit a modification to add SIN 339940 Office

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Products can do so and be awarded SIN 339940 on its current contract, but MUST NOT

currently have a contract for SIN 339940OS4 OS4 Office Products & Supplies and/or

SIN 339940OVER Overseas Office Products and Supplies.

H. [Modifications] Vendors on SIN 339940OS4 OS4 Office Products & Supplies can

submit a modification to add SIN 339940OVER Overseas Office Products and Supplies,

and be awarded SIN 339940OVER Overseas Office Products and Supplies on its

existing contract, and vice versa.

I. [Modifications] Vendors on SIN 339940OS4 OS4 Office Products & Supplies and/or

SIN 339940OVER Overseas Office Products and Supplies CANNOT submit a

modification to add SIN 339940 Office Products. The modification will be rejected.

J. [Modifications] Vendors on SIN 339940OS4 OS4 Office Products & Supplies and/or

SIN 339940OVER Overseas Office Products and Supplies can submit a modification to

add SIN 322291 Restroom Products and any other SIN.

K. Exception: Vendors on SIN 339940 Office Products who are awarded SIN 339940OS4

OS4 Office Products & Supplies and/or SIN 339940OVER Overseas Office Products and

Supplies will be able to keep their contract with SIN 339940 Office Products if they have

existing BPAs awarded against their contract, through contract expiration or BPA end

date, whichever is sooner. NOTE - Legacy contracts will NOT be extended for any

additional option periods. In addition, the vendor may NOT accept new business under

its contract with SIN 339940 Office Products if the vendor is awarded a contract with the

Enhanced SIN(s) 339940OS4 and/or 339940OVER. Once the BPAs expire under SIN

339940 Office Products, the vendors MUST inform GSA and the contract with SIN

339940 Office Products will be cancelled.

The following will apply:

The vendor’s existing catalog and pricelist for SIN 339940 Office Products will be

removed from Advantage and eBuy. It will be replaced by the newly awarded contract

with SIN 339940OS4 and/or SIN 339940OVER. At that point, the legacy SIN will be

displayed in eLibrary only. No product listings, services, or pricing data will be displayed

on the legacy contract. The customer will need to contact the vendor directly for calls

against the existing BPA.

L. Exception: Vendors on SIN 322291 Restroom Products who are awarded a 339940OS4 /

339940OVER and SIN 322291 will be allowed to maintain its existing legacy contract

through expiration, for SIN 322291 Restroom Products if they have existing GSA Global

Supply or GSA Maintenance Repair Facility Supplies (MRFS) BPAs. Legacy contracts

will NOT be extended for any additional option periods. Therefore, to maintain coverage

for restroom products going forward, an addition mod for SIN 322291 must be submitted

to an awarded OS4 contract.

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