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Federal agencies can meet their small business contracting goals while also meeting their needs for state of the art IT support through GSA’s trusted small business industry partners, including:
Small businesses;
Women-owned small businesses;
8(a) small disadvantaged businesses;
HUBZone small businesses; and
Service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs).
The small businesses on our contracts have undergone a stringent, multidimensional selection process and have demonstrated performance. Some of our contract vehicles are set-asides with only small businesses, while others include small businesses as part of a wider pool of highly qualified industry partners. Learn how to target small businesses through contracting.
Contracts
The federal government can buy cost-effective, innovative solutions for information technology (IT) requirements through Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs).
MAS Information Technology features commercial IT products and services from over 5,000 industry partners, around 80 percent of which are small businesses.
State, local, and tribal governments can use the Cooperative Purchasing Program to buy from MAS Information Technology, the Risk Management Framework BPAs, and certain Software purchase (SmartBUY) agreements.
You can use many contracts to work with small businesses if you specifically target them in your request for quotes (RFQ).Depending on the contract vehicle, you can:
Use set-aside language;
Designate socioeconomic status as a primary evaluation factor; and
Designate subcontracting to small businesses as a primary evaluation factor.
See the ordering guides for any GSA contract above to learn more about how to use small businesses.
Traveler reimbursement is based on the location of the work activities and not the accommodations, unless lodging is not available at the work activity, then the agency may authorize the rate where lodging is obtained.
Unless otherwise specified, the per diem locality is defined as "all locations within, or entirely surrounded by, the corporate limits of the key city, including independent entities located within those boundaries."
Per diem localities with county definitions shall include"all locations within, or entirely surrounded by, the corporate limits of the key city as well as the boundaries of the listed counties, including independent entities located within the boundaries of the key city and the listed counties (unless otherwise listed separately)."
When a military installation or Government - related facility(whether or not specifically named) is located partially within more than one city or county boundary, the applicable per diem rate for the entire installation or facility is the higher of the rates which apply to the cities and / or counties, even though part(s) of such activities may be located outside the defined per diem locality.
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