Brad and I often get requests for assistance in reference to establishing Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA). By no means are the following samples provided at the end of this blog without fault. Please use the following documents as guides. During the professional services seminars that Brad and I present, we oftentimes call out our past transgressions that we have made ourselves. Recently, the Management Services Center (MSC) established a BPA for Construction Management/Project Management (CM/PM). One of the mistakes we talk about during our "Using GSA Schedules for Professional Services" seminar, is one that we learned the hard way when we posted the RFQ and evaluated the quotes. What we learned was that it was increasingly difficult to remove contractors from the competition due to the subfactors we included in the RFQ. We highly recommend that your RFQs "DO NOT" have any subfactors! The Schedule program is a streamlined program, try to keep it streamlined.
The following documents are provided to assist you in developing your own BPAs.
Here is a sample of a BPA RFQ. Click Here.
One of the unique aspects of this RFQ, is an explanation how GSA is going to provide preference to small business. For additional information: Click Here.
Here is a sample of an "established" BPA. Note: We did not establish the BPA with a 1449. Instead, we established the BPA as a letter agreement. I have redacted any source selection information and saved it as a word document that you will be able to edit. Click Here
When establishing BPAs, it is important during the development of your acquisition plan and the estimated value of your BPA, that you determine who will have the authority to award task orders from the BPA you establish. To assist GSAs CS/COs in properly using the established BPA, an ordering guide was established. Attached is a sample of the ordering guide. Click Here.
Is a BPA a "contract"? Click Here.
We would appreciate knowing if any of these samples are helpful! Also, let us know if there are other samples that we could add to assist your agency in establishing BPAs.
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