GSA Global Supply Vendor Community

We’re a little more than halfway through the GSA eBuy Pilot - a great time for an update. As you’re probably aware, this is a year long testing of the benefits of additional transparency for GSA funded procurements, specifically government-wide IDIQ contract vehicles. Normally, IDIQ opportunities are only visible to those contractors eligible to compete for orders - not the general public.

Vendors shipping hazardous materials are reminded that you are required to label all hazardous materials with an OSHA warning label consistent with Section 1910.1200 of Title 29, CFR and the United Nations “Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS).” This requirement was effective December 1, 2015, and GSA has received reports of noncompliance from our customers. The label must contain the following information: (1)  Product Identifier (2)  Signal Word (3)  Hazard Statements (4)  Pictograms

As you may know, every year GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) coordinates a large survey of customers for 15-18 different programs, including GSA Global Supply. The surveys are mailed to thousands of customers and weekly reminders are sent to encourage recipients to take a few minutes to give us feedback on a given program. (Contact lists are merged and purged so that nobody receives more than one survey.)

As we have noted in prior posts, GSA works closely with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to fulfill the supply requirements of customers worldwide.  GSA routes many shipments destined for customers outside the contiguous United States (OCONUS) through DLA’s Consolidation and Containerization Points (CCP) in Tracy, CA and New Cumberland, PA.