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Blanket Purchase Agreements

Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) are a simplified way for federal agencies to meet anticipated, repetitive needs for services and products. BPAs are essentially “charge accounts” that ordering offices can establish with PBSI.  In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 8.404, ordering offices may establish BPAs under any GSA Schedule contract.

The benefits of BPAs include:

• Satisfies recurring requirements
• Reduces acquisition costs through quantity discounts
• Saves time by eliminating repetitive, individual purchases and payments
• Reduces administrative efforts and paperwork
• Lowers costs by leveraging an ordering office’s buying power through volume purchasing
• Enables an ordering office to use streamlined ordering procedures with no dollar limitations on individual task/delivery orders
• Permits an ordering office to incorporate Contractor Team Arrangements
• Allows for quicker turnarounds on orders
• Permits an ordering office to incorporate terms and conditions not in conflict with the underlying contract