Who ships your GSA orders? GSA’s reminder for product sellers
GSA’s reminder for MAS product sellers: check where your orders ship from, your manufacturer authorizations and what’s on your contract.
GSA has reminded Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contractors that the contractor of record stays responsible for every order: how it’s accepted, fulfilled, shipped, invoiced and reported, no matter whether the order came through GSA Advantage! or eBuy.
Three things to check this month
Where your orders ship from. GSA names “direct shipment from unauthorized suppliers, third-party marketplaces, or other sources that do not meet MAS contract requirements” as significant risks. If any order ships straight from a marketplace or a supplier you aren’t authorized through, review that process now.
Your manufacturer authorizations. GSA says a contractor “may not offer or sell products under their MAS contracts if they lack the required authorization or if the manufacturer has prohibited them.” If a manufacturer runs an authorized-supplier or controlled-distribution program, you need to be in it. GSA will check using information manufacturers send directly. Keep each authorization letter on file, and know when it expires.
What’s on your contract. If you’ve lost authorization for a manufacturer’s products, a modification to remove those products keeps your catalog accurate.
What GSA may do when it finds a problem: remove products, require repayment or corrected sales figures, record adverse past performance, cancel the contract, or start suspension or debarment, depending on the circumstances.
Read GSA’s full post: “Working Together: MAS Order Fulfillment, Manufacturer Authorization, and Supply Chain Compliance” (GSA Interact, Multiple Award Schedule community).
General information, not legal advice. AcqVerity is not affiliated with GSA.