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August 7, 2013 By AMK

‘Behavioral issues’ behind agency aversion to GSA

Federal agencies should utilize the General Services Administration more when  procuring commercial items, urged Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner Tom  Sharpe.

“Agencies should not be solving their own office supply problems,” Sharpe  said at a July 18 Association for Federal Information Resources Management  event.

In 2012, FAS was responsible for 12.3 percent of the federal market share of  commercial procurement; Sharpe says that number should reach 17 percent before  the end of 2013.

When Sharpe left the Internal Revenue Service to work at GSA in January he  said he thought it was an “acknowledged principle” that the federal government should have a centralized buyer, but he quickly found out that it is not.

“There are too many procurement stops and too much duplication,” he said,  repeatedly.

Not using GSA as a centralizing procurement source is a “behavioral issue,”  Sharpe said.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.fiercegovernment.com/story/sharpe-behavioral-issues-behind-agency-aversion-gsa/2013-07-18

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: duplication of effort, FAS, GSA, GSA Schedules

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