GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE
RVG ASSOCIATES, LTD. offers all of the services necessary to get and maintain a GSA Schedule Contract for your company.
* We provide a complete service offering, including proposal preparation, negotiations to contract award, pre and post award consulting, support services and customer telephone support, under our STANDARD SERVICES offering.
* We submit all proposals electronically via GSA E/OFFER, and all modifications electronically via GSA E/MOD.
* We provide a proposal preparation service and customer telephone support, under our PROPOSAL PREPARATION & HELP DESK service.
* We post all of your products and services on GSA Advantage.
* We provide customized services to meet our clients specific needs.
* We have consultants with over 50 years combined experience in providing GSA/FAS Schedule services.
* We have a 100% award rate in getting our clients a GSA Schedule contract with recourse, under our STANDARD SERVICES.
* We act as your Local Representative, especially for companies located outside the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
* We offer our clients special discounts for our GSA Schedule STANDARD SERVICES offerings.
Proposal preparation
Negotiation of terms and prices
Effect a contract award
Post offering to GSA Advantage
Contract Modifications
Option to Extend Contract Additional 5 Years
Help Desk
Local Representation
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE SOLICITATIONS ARE CATEGORIZED BY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, SO IT IS NECESSARY TO REVIEW THEM TO DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE SCHEDULE FOR YOUR OFFERING
* INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SCHEDULE - Since this Schedule produces more revenue and exposure than all of the schedules combined, we have a demand to continue our services for this schedule. Go to IT CONTRACT information
* CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE CONTRACT - Since this schedule incorporates many of the other GSA/FAS schedules, we can generally cover most of the products and services your company provides and offer many advantages of this corporate umbrella that individual schedules can not offer. Go to CONSOLIDATED CONTRACT information
* OTHER SCHEDULE CONTRACTS - Review a list of the GSA Schedule contracts available. Product or Service categories can be added to the appropriate schedule, if not currently covered. Go to GSA SCHEDULE List
RVG ASSOCIATES, LTD. performs services on ALL GSA SCHEDULES. However, we do not offer services for other GSA contracts, such as Govermentwide Acquisition Contracts, known as GWACs.
DISASTER RECOVERY PURCHASING:
Under the Disaster Recovery Purchasing Program, state and local government entities may purchase a variety of products and services from contracts awarded under GSA Federal Supply Schedules to facilitate recovery from a major disaster, terrorism, or nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack.
This Disaster Recovery Purchasing authority is limited to GSA Schedule contracts and does not include any other GSA programs. GSA eLibrary (formerly Schedules e-Library) contains a list of all GSA Schedules subject to Disaster Recovery Purchasing.
Schedule contractors participating in the Disaster Recovery Purchasing Program are identified in GSA eLibrary with the Disaster Recovery Purchasing icon. This icon is also used to identify those products and services available for Disaster Recovery Purchasing on GSA Advantage!®, GSA's online shopping and ordering system.
Schedule contractors that previously declined to participate in the Disaster Recovery Purchasing Program, but now wish to do so, should contact their GSA Administrative Contracting Officers (ACOs) for instructions on modifying their contracts to allow participation in this program.
State and local government entities may use GSA Schedule contracts to purchase products and services in advance of a major disaster declared by the president, as well as in the aftermath of an emergency event. State and local government entities are responsible for ensuring that the products or services purchased are to be used to facilitate recovery.
Under the Cooperative Purchasing Program, state and local government entities may purchase a variety of information technology (IT) products and services from contracts awarded under GSA Federal Supply Schedule 70, Information Technology, as well as from contracts under the Consolidated (formerly Corporate Contracts) Schedule containing IT special item numbers.
Schedule contractors participating in the Cooperative Purchasing Program are identified in GSA eLibrary with the Cooperative Purchasing icon. This icon is also used to identify those IT products and services available for Cooperative Purchasing on GSA Advantage!®, GSA's online shopping and ordering system.
State and local government entities may also purchase alarm and signal systems, facility management systems, firefighting and rescue equipment, law enforcement and security equipment, marine craft and related equipment, special purpose clothing, and related services from contracts awarded under GSA Federal Supply Schedule 84, Total Solutions for Law Enforcement, Security, Facility Management Systems, Fire, Rescue, Special Purpose Clothing, Marine Craft, and Emergency/Disaster Response
Section 1122 of the fiscal year 1994 National Defense Authorization Act established the authority for State and local governments to purchase law enforcement equipment through Federal procurement channels, provided that the equipment is used in the performance of counter-drug activities.The "1122 Program" affords State and local governments the opportunity to maximize their use of taxpayer dollars, by taking advantage of the purchasing power of the Federal Government to receive discounts commensurate with large volume purchases.
The statute defines the terms "State" and "units of local government" as follows: The term 'State' includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any territory or possession of the United States. The term 'unit of local government' means any city, county, township, town, borough, parish, village, or other general purpose political subdivision of a State; an Indian tribe which performs law enforcement functions as determined by the Secretary of the Interior; or any agency of the District of Columbia government or the United States Government performing law enforcement functions in and for the District of Columbia or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
The authority for the 1122 Program resides with the Department of Defense.The U.S. Army, as the Executive Agent of the program, formed a steering committee initially consisting of representatives from the Army, the General Services Administration (GSA), the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), and the Department of Justice.Today, the Army, GSA, and DLA are actively involved in the program.One of GSA's responsibilities under the program is the development of a Catalog that delineates the items available under the 1122 Program.
Each State participating in the 1122 Program designates a State Point of Contact (SPOC) to administer the state's activities under the program, by validating the counter-drug mission of each procurement request, and ensuring the availability of funds.
Program Expansion—1122 Pilot Program
Section 885 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 amended 10 U.S.C. 381, to expand the procurement authority under the 1122 Program beyond counter-drug activities, to include equipment for homeland security and emergency response activities.The statute further specifies that any equipment to be used for homeland security activities must be included on the Authorized Equipment List published by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
As a result of the new legislation, a pilot program has been created to implement expansion of the program.The following six states have agreed to participate in the pilot program:
North Carolina.
Georgia.
Florida.
Nevada.
California.
Arizona.
For purposes of the pilot program, the six "pilot" states will use this document to determine those items that may be purchased under the 1122 Program for counter-drug, homeland security, or emergency response activities.For those items to be procured for homeland security activities, the SPOCs will ensure that the items are included on the DHS Authorized Equipment List.
