Office of Procurement and Operational Support
The Office of Procurement and Operational Support procures and manages goods and services necessary for orderly and efficient agency operations. The director is responsible for the development of procurement strategic planning activities, including long-term enterprise-wide acquisitions. This office also manages agency-wide administrative and support services: facilities and space management, printing and graphics, audiovisual services, inventory, mail services; motor vehicle fleet, physical security, leasing, property and records management, Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), and the agency’s purchase card program. Other programs this office administers is the Labor-Management Cooperative Grants program.
This office awards approximately 115 transactions each year totaling around $5 million. Of the total transactions, approximately 20% are new GSA delivery/task orders, 22% are new purchase orders, 1% are contracts, and 57% are modifications, including Options. As FMCS does not post requirements on the agency website, all proposed contract actions expected to exceed $15,000 are posted to either System for Award Management, GSA eBuy! (www.ebuy.gsa.gov), or the National Institute of Health’s (NIH) NITAAC website (https://nitaac.nih.gov/). NOTE: The only time a Request for Quotation (RFQ) would be sent via email directly to a vendor would be if the supply and/or service is expected to be less than $15,000. If you receive such a request and question its validity, please contact ProcurementSupport@fmcs.gov. For other questions pertaining to specific requirements, please contact the Contract Specialist listed on the RFQ.
Fraud Alert:
Transnational Fraud Ring Targets U.S. Government Procurement Offices and Vendors
In July 2018, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) discovered that members of a transnational fraud ring based in Atlanta, Georgia, had impersonated a DHS procurement official to obtain computer equipment from private vendors. Further investigation into the ongoing fraud scheme revealed that the subjects were also stealing electronic equipment intended for other Federal agencies, including the Departments of Commerce, Defense, Housing and Urban Development, Justice, Labor, and Transportation; the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; the Securities and Exchange Commission; and the Railway Retirement Board. Some of the purchase orders identified were for hundreds of thousands of dollars each.