Thursday, June 14, 2012
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. EST
Credit=1 Continuous Learning Point (CLP)

Join us for this Small Business Utilization training online and receive one (1) continuous learning point (CLP).  Learn how the FAR has changed to provide agencies with the discretionary authority to set-aside orders against multiple award contracts for small business.

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 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 (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!

Do You Want to Get on a GSA Schedule?  In this webinar, you will learn how to prepare a better quality offer through the use of the Readiness Assessment in the Vendor Toolbox.

When:  Thursday, April 26 , 1:00pm - 2:00 pm EST – Readiness Assessment in the Vendor Toolbox
Hosted by the FAS Office of Acquisition Management, MAS Program Division

Dana Arnold, the Director of the Program Analysis Division at GSA, kicks off this GSA Training: Buy Green series with the ‘Using the GSA Schedules to Help You Buy “Green”’ presentation. In this introductory video, Dana defines and discusses green purchasing,  green attributes, green products, green purchasing terminology, and legal requirements associated with buying green.  Click here to watch this video on YouTube.

Stay tuned for next week’s video as Dana continues with the GSA Training: Buy Green series.

Join us for this Multiple Award Schedules (MAS) training online and receive a training certificate with credit towards your warrant requirements. The target audience for this training is contracting professionals and vendors at all levels who seek to gain understanding or strengthen their knowledge of Blanket Purchase Agreements and/or Contracting Team Arrangements and how they play a huge role in the GSA Schedules program.

Blanket Purchase Agreements: 10:30am - 12:00pm EST
Contractor Team Arrangements: 1:00pm - 2:30pm EST
1 Continuous Learning Point (each)