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FSS (Federal Supply Schedule) is a multiple award, multi-year federal contract that
is available for use by any Federal Government agency. It satisfies all Federal
contract laws and regulations. Pricing is negotiated based on how vendors do business
with their commercial customers.
The FSS program also provides additional opportunities for savings to the customers
with negotiated quantity and tier discounts.
For those products covered under Public Law 102-585, Veterans Health Care Act of
1992, pricing is either negotiated based on vendor’s most favored commercial customer
pricing or statutorily-required pricing calculations. Vendors have an opportunity
to establish FSS Big 4 prices and FSS dual prices. Big 4 prices are only available
to VA, Department of Defense, Public Health Service (Indian Health Service), and
U.S. Coast Guard customers and are based on pricing calculations outlined under
the Public Law. Dual prices are negotiated for Other Government Agencies (OGAs)
that comprise the remaining authorized users of the FSS program. Dual prices are
based on most favored commercial customer pricing negotiations held with the vendors.
Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) can also be negotiated under the FSS program.
BPAs provide for actual commitment from the facilities in return for additional
pricing concessions and value-added services. The most commonly negotiated BPAs
revolve around market share agreements and performance agreements. BPAs can be negotiated
to incorporate all FSS customers or to target specific customers, e.g. VISNs.
VA National Contracts are requirement-type contracts that offer additional pricing
concessions in return for commitment to potential vendors. The VA National Contract
program results in pricing lower than FSS and is used for VA’s standardization efforts.
The VA National Contracts program is a separate contract vehicle from the FSS contract
program.
Instructions for using these files: It is recommended that you download these files
to your local hard drive before use. DBF files are dBase III compatible files that can be
directly opened in Excel or imported into database programs such as Access. EXE files
require you to first “extract” the compressed DBF file by double-clicking on the EXE
file (after you download it).
Example (Windows XP):
- Click on a price file link
- In the “File Download” box click “Save”
- In the “Save As” box, choose a location under “Save in:” (e.g., C: drive or Desktop), click “Save”
- If it is an “EXE” file, double click on the “EXE” file to extract the “DBF” file (a DBF file with
the same name of the EXE file will be created)
- In Excel, click “Open”
- In the “Open” box, choose “All Files (*.*)” under “Files of type:”
- Navigate to the “DBF” file and double click
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