How to Use GWACs
Using pre-competed Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) will help your agency buy total IT solutions more efficiently and economically.
Federal contracting officers must follow these steps to begin using GSA’s GWACs.
Required steps
- Attend training
- Request a Delegation of Procurement Authority
- Issue the task order according to the contract's and your agency's procedures
- Report contract actions
- Review past performance
Recommended steps
GSA can assist you by offering free scope compatibility reviews for all GWACs and capabilities statement requests for small business GWACs before you issue the RFQ or RFP.
Please contact us for help on any part of the contracting process.
Best practices
Getting started
- Seven steps to performance-based services acquisition (Acquisition.gov)
Creating the statement of work (SOW)
- Best practices for multiple award task and delivery order contracting (OMB)
- Increasing competition and structuring contracts for the best results (PDF, OMB)
- Guidance on creating 508 compliant IT solicitations (Buyaccessible.gov)
After the award
- A guide to best practices for contract administration (Acquisition.gov)
- Best practices for collecting and using current and past performance information (OMB)
Expired GWACs
For information on exercising options on task orders on expired GWACs, contact a GWAC representative.
