Summary

The General Services Administration (GSA) has lowered FTS 2000 prices during the past year. As a result of GSA's recent recompetition, FTS 2000 prices are now generally competitive with known commercial prices. Further, GSA has negotiated new mechanisms, publicly available price caps, that should ensure that FTS 2000 rates remain competitive. Under the caps, prices may be reduced following periodic comparisons of FTS 2000 prices with publicly available prices. As for mandatory use, a policy requiring federal agencies to use FTS 2000 services for procurements, GAO concludes that inserting explicit provisions in upcoming legislation is unnecessary because GSA already has enough authority to enforce this requirement.