Procurement has clearly been on the President’s mind.  On March 20, 2025, President Trump issued Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement. While the devil will be in the details, this is a huge move to consolidate procurement of “common goods and services across the domestic components of the Government, where permitted by law” and place the GSA Administrator in the position of “executive agent for all Government-wide acquisition contracts for information technology.”

Proposals for this consolidation are due within 60 days of the Executive Order, and a comprehensive plan is due to OMB from the GSA Administrator within 90 days. A memorandum from OMB will be issued in two weeks to let us know more about this implementation. 

Because defense, civilian, and state and local government entities use GSA schedule contract vehicles to purchase common goods and services, as well as information technology, this type of centralization will have significant and wide-ranging effects on procurements at the federal, state, and local levels.

We will need to examine what is proposed closely and stay tuned to participate in the rulemaking process that is rolled out.  It is hoped that there will be an opportunity for fulsome input from the agencies and the government procurement community, which will be greatly affected by the changes.