GSA Catalog Management

The Catalog Management team recently briefed our industry partners in the Heartland Acquisition Center (HAC), which manages the Hardware Superstore and Facilities Maintenance and Management Schedules. We are sharing our presentation materials with all of you (attached). In it you will find a comprehensive overview of our three modernization efforts:

 We recently had the opportunity to engage a subset of MAS contractors via a series of Focus Groups. The intent of the discussions was  to socialize our catalog project plans and solicit industry feedback.

*This post has been edited to reflect a new deadline for responses; changed from July 16, 2020 to August 3, 2020* On behalf of GSA, FAS’s Office of Policy and Compliance is engaging with industry partners to obtain feedback on the Verified Products Portal (VPP).  This notice provides additional information regarding GSA’s VPP initiative, to include a draft Terms of Use (ToU) agreement and instructions for submitting feedback.

On Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, Project Manager, Mike Shepherd, presented on catalog management at the Region 2 Industry Day for Office Management industry partners. Approximately 150 vendors, resellers, wholesalers, manufacturers, and industry associations tuned in for the presentation, which highlighted key challenges and the roadmap for future plans. Shepherd discussed Stage 1 Implementation activities that will lay the foundation for Catalog Management improvements beginning with Multiple Award Schedule commercial off-the-shelf products.