New Contractor Assessment Report

Do you have a Contractor Assistance Visit (CAV) coming up? The GSA has made some changes to the Contractor Assessment Report, you will want to be aware of what they are looking for.

For those of you have been through a CAV previously you know that there were certain items listed as "critical" which were the items that your Contracting Officer would list as "serious concerns exist" and ensure that corrections are made. The second category was "mandatory, but not critical" which is exactly what it sounds like. And lastly, "the extras" which include essentially everything else.

With the new Contractor Assessment Report the categories described above are non-existent. The new categories are broken into the following:

• Sales Reporting
• Did the contractor meet the sales requirement?
• Are they reporting on time?
• Are they reporting all GSA sales?
• Pricing
• Did the contractor demonstrate compliance with pricing requirements?
• Are you pricing based on your awarded price list?
• Prompt Payment Discounts
• Did the contractor demonstrate compliance with prompt payment discounts?
• If you were awarded them are you actively using them?
• Scope
• Did the contractor demonstrate compliance with scope of contract?
• Are you on selling what is on your contract?
• Trade Agreements Act
• Did the contractor demonstrate compliance with Trade agreements act?
• eCommerce
• Did the contractor demonstrate compliance with eCommerce requirements?
• Did you accept government pay cards?
• Did you fill all GSA Advantage orders?
• Delivery
• Did the contractor demonstrate compliance with delivery requirements?
• If you are awarded FOB Destination are you including shipping in your price?
• If you are FOB Origin are you charging for shipping correctly?

The questions are not all inclusive and are just examples of what will fall under each category. Before your CAV be sure that you are aware of your specific contract information and can answer the above and it will go smoothly.