Hi everyone, the monthly webinars have been an outstanding success. The 2012 calendar of upcoming webinars is now available at this shortcut: http://www.gsa.gov/masnews

Remember, the training is FREE, open to industry and government, and designed to help you more effectively use the Multiple Award Schedules program.

Continuing with the Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs)webinar series, this clip delivers information on the benefits of BPAs, Single BPAs, Multiple-Award BPAs, and Multi-Agency BPAs.  Click here to watch this video on YouTube.

Be sure to check back next Wednesday as we continue with Topic 2: Establishing a BPA!

For our next video series, we have a presentation on Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs). In this introductory video, we complete an overview of the series while providing definitions, benefits, and functions of Blanket Purchase Agreements.  Click here to watch this video on YouTube.

In the final GSA Training: Buy Green video, Dana Arnold of the Program Analysis Division offers information about shortcuts, search tools, and menu items that can be found on the GSA eLibrary site. Dana also shares a list of websites that can also help in buying green products.  Click here to watch this video on YouTube.

Stay tuned next week as we start up a new series!

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In the latest GSA Training: Buy Green video, Dana Arnold of the Program Analysis Division, summarizes the green-only services that are offered and the three types of schedules where they can be found under. Also featured in this video, Dana discusses the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative (FSSI) and the Comprehensive Professional Energy Services (CPES) BPA. Click here to watch this video on YouTube.

Tune in next Wednesday as we finish up the GSA Training: Buy Green series!

The latest video of the GSA Training: Buy Green series goes into detail about the different products that can be found under the Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines (CPG). Within this presentation Dana Arnold details “Green Schedules”,  Energy Star products, WaterSense products, and BioPreferred products.  Click here to watch this video on YouTube. 

Tune in next Wednesday as we will continue with the GSA Training: Buy Green series!

In the latest GSA Training: Buy Green video, Dana Arnold, the Director of the Program Analysis Division, continues the discussion on helpful tools offered for buying green. In this video, Dana summarizes the use of the Green Products Compilation tool and GSA Advantage platform.  Click here to watch this video on YouTube.

Tune in next Wednesday for more information about buying green!

In the latest GSA Training: Buy Green video (pt 2 of 6), Dana Arnold, the Director of the Program Analysis Division, gives more insight on buying green products. This presentation delivers information on sustainable products, the Federal Green Purchasing Program, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 23, and a variety of market research tools. Click here to watch this video on YouTube

Be sure to tune in Next Wednesday for more information regarding market research tools!