What are they saying?
“It’s amazing how quickly the rank and file people with dirt on their boots and guns on their hips are actually doing this, and we’re getting rave reviews from our customers.”
John Ely, Executive Director of Procurement, DHS Customs and Border Protection
“Using the reverse auction process through the services of FedBid is a win-win situation for everyone — the Office of Acquisition, the customer, the small business community and the Department as a whole. We recognized how beneficial FedBid could be in 2002 when we started working with the company, which is why we’ve chosen to continue working with FedBid through GSA.”
Cathy Reed, Director, Office of Acquisitions, U.S. Department of State
“Your most junior employees, your recently hired employees with no contracting experience can be productive in the organization in very short time … it is very easy for them to use [FedBid].”
Bernard Valdez , Director of Contracting, Mission Installation & Contracting Command Fort Sill, OK
Customers
New agency customers and repeat use from existing agency customers are the best indicators of success for FedBid’s online marketplace services. During the government’s fiscal year 2008, dozens of federal organizations utilized FedBid, resulting in double-digit NET average savings, as compared to the independent government estimate, and 85% of all dollars were awarded to small businesses. To date, agencies have awarded $billions worth of acquisitions through FedBid.
Federal organizations currently utilizing FedBid include:
- Department of the Air Force
- Department of the Army
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Defense
- Department of Energy
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Interior
- Department of Justice
- Department of Labor
- Department of the Navy
- Department of State
- Department of Transportation
- Department of Treasury
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Federal Communications Commission
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- General Services Administration
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Transportation Safety Board
- Office of Personnel Management
- Securities and Exchange Commission
- Social Security Administration
- U.S. Agency for International Development
- U.S. Government Printing Office