The Verified Products Portal (VPP) represents an integral piece of FAS’s Catalog Management effort under the Federal Marketplace (FMP) initiative. The VPP will facilitate the delivery of a superior buying and selling experience for customer agencies, industry partners, and the FAS acquisition workforce by making catalog management simpler, more modern, and efficient.
The intention of this post is to share additional information about the VPP and the associated upcoming changes to the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS). Please send any feedback to VPP@gsa.gov. For inquiries from members of the media, please email press@gsa.gov.
The VPP will be a manufacturer and wholesaler-facing portal containing authoritative product content, including standardized:
In addition to the authoritative product content, the VPP will capture and display supplier authorization information. This will enable automated supplier authorization enforcement and reduce the burden on authorized resellers to provide individual letters of supply. By receiving supplier authorization information directly from the manufacturers and wholesalers, we will reduce the buyer’s risk of purchasing counterfeit or non-compliant parts. The data will also be used to standardize contractor catalogs, ensuring products across GSA marketplaces are accurately represented.
VPP benefits, when fully implemented, include the following:
Implementation of the VPP will also enable the FAS acquisition workforce to quickly and easily identify unauthorized products both pre- and post-award. Unauthorized products can then either be removed from consideration in new offers and modifications or deleted from existing contracts.
Multiple Award Schedule implementation of the VPP is tentatively planned for April 2021.
To learn more about the updates included in the upcoming MAS solicitation refresh, please see Catalog Management's Interact post.
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