GSA Delivers FAS Organizational Plan for Congressional Review
GSA Delivers FAS Organizational Plan for Congressional Review
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has delivered to Congress its plan for the proposed Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), a merger of the Federal Supply Service and the Federal Technology Service. The plan was delivered to leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees.
“We are being responsive to a request by our oversight committees to see our plan,” says Acting GSA Administrator David L. Bibb. “We hope for a swift and positive reaction from Congress, so that we can take on the hard task of making the new FAS a reality.”
The reorganization of the main customer centers of the new FAS will include:
- Customer Accounts and Research (CAR)–CAR will play a vital role in helping FAS better understand customer requirements and become a strategic partner in helping agencies meet their requirements.
- Acquisition Management–The FAS emphasis on acquisition management will ensure that the service’s activities are fully compliant with laws, regulations, and policies, and that operating practices are consistent across business lines.
- Integrated Technology Services–This portfolio combines the existing information technology, some professional services, and telecommunications business lines.
- General Supplies and Services–This portfolio acquires a broad range of commercial products as well as some professional services, and GSA specialized logistics-based activities.
- Travel, Motor, Vehicle, and Card Services–This portfolio operates with respective supplier industries but shares commonalities for customers that provide opportunities for synergy and scale.
“The new FAS will improve support of agencies’ internal management processes so they can concentrate on their core missions,” says Acting FAS Commissioner G. Martin Wagner. “We will continue to offer programmatic expertise, acquisition excellence, and the confidence that solutions are consistent with national policy. In addition, we will focus on helping agency management to be more effective by offering timely and effective solutions at excellent prices that are also easier to manage.”
According to the GSA, the reorganization will increase value to commercial suppliers of all types and sizes by creating consistent and innovative processes to offer their products and services to government agencies more efficiently.
