United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Office of Acquisition and Logistics — Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) Contracting

Priorities of Use of Government Supply Sources

Standard Priorities of Use of Government Supply Sources

FAR 8.002, Priorities for use of Government supply sources, establishes priorities of use of government supply and service sources to satisfy ordering activity requirements.

Priorities of Use When Purchasing Supplies

  1. Agency inventories
  2. Excess from other agencies
  3. Federal Prison Industries
  4. AbilityOne (if product is on the procurement list)
  5. Wholesale Supply Sources
  6. Mandatory Use Federal Supply Schedules
  7. Optional Use Federal Supply Schedules
  8. Commercial sources

Priorities of Use When Purchasing Services

  1. AbilityOne (if line item is on the procurement list)
  2. Optional Use Federal Supply Schedules
  3. Federal Prison Industries

VA Specific Priorities of Use of Government Supply Sources

This section applies to purchases and BPAs made by VA ordering activities only.

VAAR 808.002, Priorities of use of Government supply sources, includes sources specific to VA ordering activities.

  1. Agency Inventory (Supply Fund Stock & VA Excess)
  2. Other Agency Excess
  3. Federal Prison Industries
  4. AbilityOne (if product is on the procurement list)
  5. Wholesale Supply Sources
  6. National Committed Use Contracts (awarded by the NAC but not associated with a VA FSS Contract
  7. Mandatory VA FSS Contracts (FSC 65 & 66)
    1. National BPAs
    2. Multi/Single VISN BPAs
    3. FSS Contracts without a BPA
  8. Optional Use VA FSS Contracts (FSC 621I)
  9. IDIQ contracts for supplies not covered by national committed use contracts or FSS contracts
    1. VISN/Regional IDIQs
    2. Local IDIQs
  10. Open Market Purchases and Commercial Sources

VA ordering activities are required to comply with the Open Market Waiver Request Process if purchasing items that are available under FSC 65/66 from the open market.





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