Personal Property Disposal Solutions for Federal Agencies
Excess personal property is any personal property that is no longer required by the holding agency for the discharge of its responsibilities. Each year, hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars are saved by managers who acquire excess property instead of purchasing new property. Government regulations mandate that federal agencies, to the fullest extent practicable, use excess personal property as the first source of supply in meeting agency requirements (Federal Management Regulation 102-36).
GSA can help federal agencies dispose of personal property that is no longer required to perform the agency's mission. Federal personal property can be disposed in several ways throughout the disposal process:
- The holding agency declares the property "excess" and reports it to GSA for other federal agencies to search GSAXcess®, the online system used for recording, tracking, and controlling the worldwide inventory of federal excess, surplus, and exchange/sale property.
- When excess personal property is not desired by other federal agencies, it is declared "surplus." It is then offered to the State Agencies for Surplus Property for donation.
- When surplus personal property is determined not needed through the donation process, the surplus property is made available to the public for "sale" through GSA Auctions® for electronic bidding or through Surplus Sales of Personal Property for nonelectronic bidding.
Last Reviewed 4/9/2009