General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation; GSAR Implementation of Executive Order 14275, Federal Supply Schedule Ordering Procedures
Key claim: GSA would take Federal Supply Schedule ordering procedures out of the government-wide Federal Acquisition Regulation and put them in GSA’s own acquisition rules, so agencies would follow GSA-set procedures when ordering from the schedules.
Abstract
(Proposed Rule · General Services Administration) GSA is proposing to amend the General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation (GSAR) to move Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) ordering procedures from the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to GSAR part 538. This rule would direct ordering activities to use the FSS ordering procedures established by GSA.
Why this matters
Federal Supply Schedules are the largest multi-agency contracting vehicle, and relocating their ordering procedures from the government-wide FAR into GSA’s own supplement consolidates procedural authority at GSA. The practical implication is that future changes to schedule ordering would move through GSAR rulemaking (which GSA controls unilaterally) rather than the tripartite FAR Council process, reducing cross-agency friction but also cross-agency check on procedural changes.