Tuesday, March 7, 2017

What You Need To Know About CMAS Contract

By Jerry Rogers


The Federal Supply Service of the General Service Administration operates the federal schedule program. The FSS under the program rewards contracts and catalogs, which is commonly called as federal supply schedules, reflecting this contracts. These are used by the government buyers to placed orders directly with vendors that have schedule contracts and avoiding public bidding process.

Multiple Award Schedules or MAS are federal supply schedules that gives contracts to multiple contractors for similar products and services at similar prices. Multiple award refers to the quantity of contractors that have gotten the award through common bid or negotiation process and not the customers. The things you need to know about California CMAS contract or California Multiple Award Schedule are stated below.

You, as part of a government agency, can use the website in looking for a service or product provided by a CMAS contractor. You can request for copies of their contracts and they are contractually obligated to send them to you. The CMAS has a limit of 15 contracts per contractor and this includes services and products on information technology and also from non information technology.

A few products or services are unavailable or allowed through CMAS program. These include works that must be performed by individuals with licenses like engineers, architects and land surveyors or anything related to environmental work. Also excluded are public works such as construction, alteration, erection, repair or improvement of public structures.

Legal service and also financial audits need to provide an approval from the officials assigned to give these approvals. Written approvals must be presented that states and explain the reason in acquiring the service or product of the contractor. Paper works and specific requirements must be prepared and submitted too.

Their pricing must not exceed the pricing stated by the GSA. These prices are determined if the prices offered are fair and reasonable by comparing it to the prices they offer their commercial customers. Contract prices are connected to commercial practice so that GSA pricing may remain competitive over time.

The State of California establish contracts basing on the previously bid services, products and pricing that were offered and awarded by a GSA schedule and not by competitive bid process. They use a nondependent California contract and not a GSA authorized FSS for the similar or same things offered. The contractor will be marketing and distributing them once they are awarded and will be providing quarterly reports on their sales transactions.

The term of the contract starts upon its award and ends on the date referenced on the GSA schedule. But with a three month extension given to allow for processing extension or renewal. Although extensions or renewals do not automatically occur when the GSA schedule term is extended or renewed.

Applying for CMAS does not require a fee. Sales made to State agencies by the contractors does not have a fee while a 1 percent fee must be paid to the local government agency. California certified small business contractors need not pay any administrative or incentive fees.




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