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New Authorization for National Voluntary Organizations Active in a Disaster (NVOAD) to Purchase via Schedules

GSA Schedule contractors can now sell to the National Voluntary Organizations Active in a Disaster (NVOAD) through their Federal Supply Schedules contract. Section 2 of the Federal Supply Schedules Usage Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-263), states that the Administrator of General Services may provide for the use of Federal Supply Schedules, by other qualified…

What is the email address to send in a request to be added as an authorized negotiator?

You will need to contact your contracting officer to have you added to the contract as an authorized negotiator.

What is an Industrial Funding Fee?

The Industrial Funding Fee is a fee paid quarterly on vendor sales. This fee is used to support the contract administration and is .75% of your quarterly GSA contract sales

We assist companies in obtaining GSA Schedules. Will we need a unique digital business certificate for each company we help, or, will a single digital business certificate allow us to submit schedules for various companies?

You will not need a unique digital certificate for each company you work with. You can use your digital certificate to work on any offer that you are a negotiator for. However, if your client is going to sign the final documents they will need their own certificate. The digital certificates are assigned on an…

We are an independent consulting firm and do not have a DUNS number. Must we obtain one first to do eMods and eOffers?

Yes. You must have a DUNS number before you can use eOffer or eMod.

We already have digital certificates for our online store. Is this a different ACES certificate specific to the eOffer process or can we use what we have?

We use the ACES Business Representative Certificates. If this is the type of certificate you have you may use it. If you do not have this type of certificate you will need to get a new one or have the company that issued your certificate contact us to determine if their certificate is compatible.

The logon only asked for the Duns Number and + 4, what prevents another person that knows your Duns Number with a certificate from accessing your information?

The negotiators list is crossed referenced with the certificate to ensure that only the people authorized to work on the offer are granted access.

I forgot my password, what do I do now?

Contact the digital certificate issuer. We do not have nor issue passwords for digital certificates.

Our Digital Certificate has expired. How do we update?

Please contact the issuer of the certificate on how to renewal/update an expired digital certificate. We currently accept ACES digital certificate from Operational Research Consultant (ORC) and Identrust. Contact Info: ORC (http://eoffers.orc.com, Helpdesk: 888-816-5503, aceshelp@orc.com) IDENTRUST (www.identrust.com, aceshelp@identrust.com, Helpdesk: 888-339-8904)

Is there a time limit to submit the forms for our digital certificate? We applied for it on line but have not submitted the paperwork yet.

No. There is not a time limit on submitting your paperwork. However, it takes approximately 2 weeks from the time they receive all your information to process your request.