Bye Bye FPT, It’s Been Nice Knowing You
The GSA Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) has decided to discontinue the Formatted Product Tool (FPT), reverting contracts that were awarded through this process to the legacy SIP/CORs process for managing and loading catalog data into GSA Advantage! Offer submissions and modifications will continue through eOffer/eMod, without the formatted templates from FPT. This change requires a refresh to the three types of schedules listed below, and the issuance of a mass modification to remove FPT specific clauses, replacing them with the legacy versions where applicable. This will be taking place over the next several months.
This notice applies only to the following three schedules:
- Schedule 58 I – Professional Audio/Video Telemetry/Tracking, Recording/Reproducing, and Signal Data Solutions
- Schedule 72 – Furnishing and Floor Coverings
- Schedule 66 – Scientific Equipment and Services
FAS saw mixed success from the user experience perspective. “Vendors participating in FPT indicated to us that the current process is cumbersome and in some cases, extremely time-consuming – especially for vendors with large catalogs. Additionally, vendors experienced frustration in the time required to address catalog data validation as a result of the FPT process.”
Vendors should review the Significant Changes Document for any potential changes to their solicitation/contract, including those not related to the FPT rollback.
Please call EZGSA at 301-913-5000 with any questions you may have.