There is no minimum on the number of items an individual needs to buy in order to get in on the action the buyer of a single PC will get the same deal as a buyer of 100 PCs. FTS selected MobShop Inc. of San Francisco to provide the technology for the aggregate purchases. MobShop is one of nine companies signed up to provide Buyers.gov services during the one-year pilot. GSA is doing the negotiating for prices on the hardware offered through the site, said Jim Rose, chief executive officer for MobShop, which developed the software used in operating the aggregate purchases. We act more like a broker.
Buyers can take one of several approaches to the eFAST service.
One is to regularly check the site for what s on sale, or coming up for sale. Visitors who click on the link for desktop PCs will find a choice of several vendors. Click on one brand name, and you might find a list of developing pools for servers and desktop units of different configurations. Each item will show how many prospective orders have been placed, and how many are required to qualify for a sale, which MobShop calls a buy cycle. A visitor who clicks on a different brand name may find a sale in progress, listing the products, the closing time for purchases, the GSA price of the item and the current price.