Our blanket purchase agreements establish an agreement between a government buyer and a MAS contractor to fill repetitive needs for supplies or services.
MAS BPAs benefit buyers because they:
| MAS BPA | Traditional BPA |
|---|---|
| Subject to FAR 8.405-3 procedures for establishing the BPA and placing orders. | Subject to the requirements of FAR Part 13. |
We manage several BPAs to consolidate specific needs across government agencies.
Whether you establish a single- or multiple-award MAS BPA, you must follow the procedures outlined in FAR 8.405-3. Generally you need to solicit and receive quotes from three sources and seek price reductions before establishing a MAS BPA.
For BPAs and orders over the micro-purchase threshold, you must justify your actions for restricting competition, according to FAR 8.405-6. Since you are limiting competition and resulting orders this way, you have to comply with limited sources and approval requirements at the time of the BPA award.
If your single-award BPA has an estimated value over $100 million, including any options, the head of your agency must determine in writing that at least one of the following conditions applies:
You cannot alter or tailor MAS contract terms and conditions, but you can add agency-level and local terms and conditions if they don’t conflict with the MAS contract’s terms and conditions. You might want to add provisions and clauses related to:
If you aren’t sure if your additional terms and conditions conflict with the MAS contract’s, contact the GSA contracting officer.
Multiple-award BPAs generally should not exceed five years, but you may do so to meet program requirements, according to FAR 8.405-3(d)(1).
Single-award BPAs must not exceed one year, but may have up to four one-year options.
You can award a BPA (or exercise options) that extend beyond the current term of a MAS contract — but only if there are option periods on a contractor’s MAS contract available to cover the BPA’s performance period. Orders issued in this way will have their own periods of performance (including order options), according to FAR Clause 52.216-22(d).
However, the BPA is no longer valid if:
Orders — against BPAs or otherwise — are subject to the indefinite quantity clause, so they may run for up to 60 months beyond the MAS contract expiration or termination.
Every year, you must review and document whether:
Orders meet the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984 requirements for full and open competition if you do both of these:
In some cases, you may want to set aside an order for a small business concern as a multiple-award BPA that wasn’t established with set-asides. As long as proper notice was given at the time of the BPA award that this was possible, you can do this.
If you are ordering against a multiple-award BPA and want to set aside a task order, make sure to:
Follow the procedures at FAR 8.405-3(c), which requires that you give fair opportunity to all multiple-award BPA MAS holders when your order exceeds the micro-purchase threshold.
You can set aside BPAs for small businesses in any of the socioeconomic categories listed at FAR 19.000(a)(3).
Do market research to determine whether three or more MAS contractors within one of the categories can provide the required products, services, or both.
If you set aside a BPA for other types of small businesses, your documentation must include market research you did along with the MAS contractors you considered.
Make sure you follow the procedures at FAR 8.405-3.
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