GSA said it would continue to screen for products from unauthorized suppliers. Image: DCStockPhotography/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffGSA has said that a recent pilot test using its Verified Products Portal resulted in identifying and removing some 75,000 items offered by unauthorized suppliers from GSA Advantage program.
The GSA described the VPP as a “manufacturer- and wholesaler-facing portal for authoritative product content such as standardized part numbers, product specifications, and supplier authorization information.”
“We’ve reduced the risk of customers purchasing counterfeit, fraudulent, or otherwise illegitimate products. This promotes fair competition in the federal marketplace, and improves our customers’ ability to purchase with confidence,” the agency said.
It said it will continue to use that data to screen for products from unauthorized suppliers and that it also is “ working with wholesalers and manufacturers to improve the representation of their commercially available off-the-shelf products in the federal marketplace through better images, descriptions, PDFs, and other details to help federal agency buyers continue to purchase with confidence.”
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