U.S. General Services Administration
Federal Acquisition Service
FAS
PERSONAL PROPERTY
MANAGEMENT DIVISION
AN INTRODUCTION
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What does the Property Division do?
 We assist agencies in acquiring and disposing of
excess personal property.
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What is personal property?
 Anything that is NOT:
 Land
 Permanent Buildings
 Battleships
 Cruisers
 Submarines
 Aircraft Carriers
 Destroyers
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FEDERAL DISPOSAL PROCESS
EXCESS
SURPLUS
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SCREENING
AGENCY
SCREENING
Internal
Agencies/Bureaus
Of your Department
SCREENING
And
FEDERAL TRANSFER
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DONATION
SALES
NOTIFICATION
DONATION
5 DAYS
REMOVAL
Non
Federal Agencies
Cost Reimbursable Contractors
Grantees
Public Airports
State Agencies for Surplus Property
Nonprofit Educational & Public
Health Activities
Service Educational Activities
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How does FAS Property assist Agencies
in Disposal?
 Property is first offered to other Federal Agencies
 This helps to avoid Federal agencies from buying
something that another agency already has but
does not need.
 It also helps in disposing of property that is not
needed but would otherwise have to be stored if a
new home is not found.
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Next, the property is offered to the States
 If no Federal requests, GSA can give the property to
the States for free.
 This helps save taxpayer money within the States
and U.S. Territories
 The property is only given to one agency in each
State – the State Agency for Surplus Property
(SASP)
 Each State and Territory has a SASP
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State Agency for Surplus Property’s Role
 Distributes Federal surplus personal property to eligible donees
 The SASP determines who qualifies for Federal property based
on Federal laws, rules and regulations.
 Does compliance checks to ensure the property is used for the
purpose for which it was given.
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How do Federal Agencies and the States
find out what is available?
 GSA’s internet database of all excess property
GSAXcess.gov
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GSAXcess.gov Highlights
 Over 6,000 individual associates currently accessing
GSAXcess.gov
 Cost Avoidance in FY14 in Region 4:
 Total Reported - $1.2 billion
 Total Transfers - $131 million
 Total Donations - $111 million
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GSAXcess  Password & UserID required to login
 Federal Civilian Agencies must report excess
personal property to GSA
 Preferred method to report excess personal property
 Used for Federal agencies to ACQUIRE excess
personal property
 1st source of supply
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Other options for Federal agencies to
report excess personal property
 Direct Transfers
 Abandon/Destruction
 Recycle (UNICOR, GSA Schedules, local recycling
vendors, etc.)
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What if no Federal Agency or State wants
the property?
 FAS, Property Division will then offer the property for
auction to the general public on GSA’s internet
auction site:
GSAAuctions.gov
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Who can bid on GSAAuctions.gov?
 The general public
 Private individuals
 Businesses and companies
 However, one group can NOT bid on
GSAAuctions.gov…
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Who can not bid on GSAAuctions.gov?
 YOU!!!!
 GSA employees are not allowed to bid on anything
being sold on GSAAuctions.gov
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In Summary….
 The Property Division assists Federal Agencies in
disposing of property by:
 Offering excess property to other Federal
Agencies
 If no Federal interest, the property is then offered
to the States
 Finally, if still no interest, the property will be
offered for sale to the general public by GSA.
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