Small Business Utilization

The GSA Multiple Award Schedules (MAS) program provides agencies with great flexibility to meet and exceed Federal small business spending goals.

Mahruba Uddowla, of the Multiple Award Schedules Office of GSA, continues her presentation on GSA Schedules and Small Business Utilization in video 3 of 7. In this video, Mahruba covers the basics of the Schedules Program which include the Socioeconomic Credit, MAS Contractors’ Catalogs/Pricelists, GSA Advantage, and eLibrary.  Click here to watch this video on YouTube.

Tune in next Wednesday as our interactive series on Small Business Utilization continues.

We are continuing with the Small Business Utilization interactive series with Mahruba Uddowla of the Multiple Award Schedules Office of GSA. In this second interactive video, Mahruba goes over the requirements associated with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 19 for small business and agency use.  To watch this video on YouTube, click here.

Join us next Wednesday for anonther video clip regarding Small Business Utilization!

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is one of the premier advocates of small businesses.  While small business set-asides are not allowed under the VA Federal Supply Schedules Program, we seek to utilize small businesses as much as possible.

In fact, for purchases made under the VA Federal Supply Schedule Program, VA ordering facilities may:

In using the Multiple Award Schedules Program (Schedules), both GSA and the Department of Defense (DoD) continue to be strong advocates of small business.  To promote the maximum use of small businesses, GSA strongly encourages agencies to leverage Schedules in identifying small business contractors and to consider at least one small business, veteran-owned small business, service disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, women-owned small business, or small disadvantaged business when placing an order.