Center for Acquisition Excellence

The Center for Acquisition Excellence is available free of charge 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to provide customer agencies and vendors with online training, including GSA Schedules information.

Using GSA Schedules—Customers and Cooperative Purchasing Program are just two of the many self-paced courses available in the Center. The courses show students how to gain access to vendors, reduce acquisition cycle time, and purchase quality supplies and services at the best possible prices.

Cooperative Purchasing Program is a course specifically designed to assist state and local government customers in using GSA Schedule contracts for information technology products and services.

How to Become a Contractor—GSA Schedules Program is targeted toward vendors interested in becoming Schedule contractors. The course describes the features of the Schedules Program, how to submit an offer, the contract award process, and how to successfully market supplies and services on a GSA Schedule contract.

Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) Overview is a seminar designed to instruct students on how to properly use GWACs to provide a total solution for their information technology requirements.

Complete these online training opportunities to earn a training certificate. Let the Center for Acquisition Excellence help students unlock the door to streamlined procurement.

The shortcut to this page is www.gsa.gov/cae.   

Last Reviewed 11/24/2008