The General Services Administration has invited
government charge card program managers to attend the
seventh annual SmartPay conference in Boston from
August 30 to September 1, and it has issued a request
for ideas about the future of its charge card
services program — SmartPay.
GSA said it would issue a request for proposals in
fiscal 2006, award contracts in fiscal 2007, and that
it would accept responses to its RFI – posted on
fedbizopps.gov – until July 26.
About $24 billion in federal spending was handled
through the program in 2004 and the current contract
is scheduled to expire in November 2008, said GSA.
“A key goal is to improve charge card purchase data
collection and evaluation, which will provide
customer agencies additional options for safeguarding
the government purchasing process, while also providing
additional options for buying smarter,” said Neal Fox,
GSA assistant commissioner for commercial acquisition.
“The future program will emphasize customer service,
using new technology to fulfill unique government
purchasing and funds management requirements more
effectively and efficiently,” he said.
