BPAs (with State Department)
BPAs (Blanket Purchase Agreements) simplify the filling of recurring needs for supplies (products) or services, while leveraging a customer's buying power by taking advantage of quantity discounts, saving administrative time, and reducing paperwork. As a purchasing option, BPAs eliminate such contracting and open market costs as the search for sources, the need to prepare solicitations, and the requirement to synopsize the acquisition. BPAs also-
- Provide an opportunity to negotiate improved discounts;
- Satisfy recurring requirements;
- Reduce administrative efforts by eliminating repetitive, individual orders and payments;
- Let customers obtain better value by leveraging buying power through volume purchasing;
- Enable an ordering activity to use streamlined ordering procedures;
- Permit an ordering activity to incorporate Contractor Team Arrangements (CTAs);
- Allow for quicker turnarounds on orders; and Permit an ordering activity to incorporate terms and conditions not in conflict with the underlying contract
For more information, please contact Dave Claybaugh at 703-683-6191 x 202
