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Evaluate the Options: Vendor Networks

Procureware

On the downside, you will not have full control over the buying process or vendor qualification criteria. Piggyback arrangements entail on-demand purchasing over a period of time, and the vendor must set their price without knowing order volumes and delivery locations.

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GSA to cut 577 schedule vendors, 31 SINs

Federal News Network

At the time, FAS leadership said it would implement a new Demand Based Model, which will let the agency focus on the products and services agency customers want the most, closing down the underused schedules to new companies. In 2012, GSA found as many as 60% of contractors on some of the schedule contracts received little or no business.