How-To Buy

Examples of Items We Sell

  • Agricultural, mining and construction vehicles and machinery
  • Cameras and projectors
  • Cars, vans, trucks, boats and airplanes
  • Communications equipment
  • Computers, printers, copiers and typewriters
  • Food preparation and servicing equipment
  • Hardware, plumbing, heating and electrical equipment
  • Jewelry and collectibles
  • Medical and laboratory equipment
  • Office and household furniture
  • Recreational and athletic equipment
  • Tools

Most of our vehicles were purchased new and driven by government employees for official purposes. They are sold when they reach replacement age and /or mileage limitations. Used government vehicles are one of the best buys in the marketplace today. The vehicles are well maintained, have relatively low age and mileage and have desired features like automatic transmission, air conditioning, power steering, and power brakes. They also come in attractive body styles and a variety of colors.

Sorry! There are No Giveaways
Stories about $100 yachts – or exotic cars sold for little or nothing – are pure fiction. GSA expects to receive a fair market price, and every item has an undisclosed minimum price. Your tax dollars paid for these items when they were new, and GSA expects to receive the best possible return on your tax dollar when they are sold.

Are you interested in purchasing used government personal property through GSA – items such as vehicles, tools, machinery, or office equipment? If so, contact us! We are the General Services Administration's Federal Acquisition Service, and we sell used personal property for civilian federal agencies.

GSA is the federal government's procurement agent. We purchase the supplies, equipment and vehicles that federal workers need to do their jobs. When items are no longer needed by the federal government, we stretch your tax dollar by offering them for sale to the public. Our sales include a wide variety of items for sale to the public that would interest both individuals and businesses.

How To Find Us

For information on GSA sales of used federal personal property, please write to Personal Property Sales, U.S. General Services Administration, at the address below serving your location. For information about upcoming sales, you may call the telephone number listed with each address or visit www.surplussales.gsa.gov.

CT, DE, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA,PR, RI, VA, VI, VT, WV
The Strawbridge Building
20 North 8th Street, 10th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: (215) 446-5065 | Fax: (215) 446-5116

DC and Metro MD, VA
6808 Loisdale Road
Building A, Suite 2
Springfield, VA 22150
Phone: (703) 605-9341 | Fax: (703) 605-9365

AL, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MI, MN,MO, MS, NC, NE, OH, SC, TN, WI
Peachtree Summit Building
401 West Peachtree Street, Suite 2600
Atlanta, GA 30308
Phone: (404) 331-0040 | Fax:(404) 331-1877

AR, LA, NM, OK, TX
819 Taylor Street
Fort Worth, TX 76102-6105
Phone: (800) 495-1276 | Fax: (817) 574-2367

CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY
Denver Federal Center
Building 41, Room 253
Denver, CO 80225
Phone: (303) 236-7698 | Fax: (303) 236-7544

AK, AS, AZ, CA, CM, GU, HI, ID, NV, OR, WA
450 Golden Gate Avenue
4th Floor West
San Francisco, CA 94102-3434
Phone: (415) 522-2891 | Fax: (415) 522-3033

How GSA Sells Personal Property

GSA conducts sealed bid, auction, spot bid and fixed price sales. No preference is given to individuals or groups, including veterans, senior citizens or religious organizations.

How We Advertise

GSA maintains mailing lists for frequent purchasers of government property. To be placed on a mailing list, please write to the GSA regional sales office serving your location. In order to minimize mailing costs, we periodically remove the names of those who do not participate in our sales.

Occasional buyers may obtain information about upcoming sales by dialing our telephone information lines for recorded messages, calling FAX on Demand numbers, or visiting www.gsa.gov or www.gsaauctions.gov.

We also advertise in local newspapers and on radio, and we sometimes post notices in public buildings.

Highly specialized sales, or those that might generate interest nationwide, are announced in national newspapers, trade journals, and periodicals.

Sales of national interest are published online at the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website. FedBizOpps is the single government point-of-entry (GPE) for federal government procurement opportunities over $25,000. This site is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and allows vendors to register to receive e-mail notification of opportunities in their areas of interest. Visit the site or call 1-(877) 472-3779.

Real Estate

GSA's Public Buildings Service sells most surplus government real estate. For information, you may call 1-800-472-1313 or request a free copy of the U.S. Real Property Sales List by writing the Federal Consumer Information Center, Pueblo, CO 81009 or calling 1-888-8PUEBLO. Information on real property sales can be obtained through Internet on propertydisposal.gsa.gov. Also, information on commercial real estate that HUD sells can be obtained through the Internet at http://www.hud.gov/groups/brokers.cfm.

Information about other Federal sales programs is also found in publications listed in the Federal Consumer Information Catalog. For a free copy of the Catalog, please call 1-888-8PUEBLO (1-888-878-3256) or visit www.pueblo.gsa.gov.