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C. Product Categories
D. Manufacturer’s GSA Contract Number
Agencies can browse GSA Advantage! by accessing the Internet World Wide Web utilizing a
browser (examples: Netscape®; Microsoft® Internet Explorer®). The Internet address for GSA
Advantage! Is www.fss.gsa.gov.
17. Purchase of Open Market Items
NOTE: Open Market Items are also known as Incidental Items, Non-Contract items, Non-
Schedule Items and items not on a Federal Supply Schedule contract.
For administrative convenience, an ordering office contracting officer may add items not on the
Federal Supply Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) – referred to as open market items – to a
Federal Supply Schedule blanket purchase agreement (BPA) or an individual task or delivery
order, only if;
(1) All applicable acquisition regulations pertaining to the purchase of the items not on the
Federal Supply Schedule have been followed (e.g. publicizing Part 5), competition requirements
(Part 6), acquisition of commercial items (Part 12), contracting methods (Parts 13, 14, and 15),
and small business programs (Part 19));
(2) The ordering office contracting officer has determined the price for the items not on the
Federal Supply Schedule is fair and reasonable;
(3) The items are clearly labeled on the order as not on the Federal supply Schedule; and
(4) All clauses applicable to items not on the Federal Supply Schedule are included in the
order.
18. Contractor Commitments, Warranties and
Representations
For purpose of this contract, commitments, warranties and representations include (in addition to
those agreed for the entire schedule contract):
1. Time of delivery/installation quotations for individual orders
2. Technical representations and/or warranties of products concerning performance, total systems'
performance and/or configuration, physical, design and/or functional characteristics and
capabilities of a product/equipment/service/software package submitted in response to
requirements which result in orders under this schedule contract.
3. Any representations and/or warranties made concerning the products made in any literature,
description, drawings and/or specifications furnished by the Contractor.
19. Overseas Activities
The terms and conditions of this contract shall apply to all orders for installation, maintenance
and repair of equipment in areas listed in the price list outside the 48 contiguous states and the
District of Columbia, except as indicated below:
Overseas Services Are Outside the Scope of This Contract
Upon request of the Contractor, the Government may provide the Contractor with logistics
support, as available, in accordance with all the applicable Government regulations. Such
Government support will be provided on a reimbursable basis, and will only be provided to the
Contractor’s technical personnel whose services are exclusively required for the fulfillment of the
terms and conditions of this contract.
20. Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs)
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.303-1(a) defines Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs)
as “…a simplified method of filling anticipated repetitive needs for supplies or services by
establishing ‘charge accounts’ with qualified sources of supply.” The use of Blanket Purchase
Agreements under the Federal Supply Schedule Program is authorized in accordance with FAR
13.303-2(c)(3), which reads, in part, as follows: