Subpart 8.1 - Excess Personal Property

8.101 [Reserved]

8.102 Policy.

When practicable, agencies must use excess personal property as the first source of supply for agency and cost-reimbursement contractor requirements. Agency personnel must make positive efforts to satisfy agency requirements by obtaining and using excess personal property (including that suitable for adaptation or substitution) before initiating a contract action.

8.103 Information on available excess personal property.

Information regarding the availability of excess personal property can be obtained through-

  1. (a) Review of excess personal property catalogs and bulletins issued by the General Services Administration (GSA);

  2. (b) Personal contact with GSA or the activity holding the property;

  3. (c) Submission of supply requirements to the regional offices of GSA (GSA Form 1539, Request for Excess Personal Property, is available for this purpose); and

  4. (d) Examination and inspection of reports and samples of excess personal property in GSA regional offices.

8.104 Obtaining nonreportable property.

GSA will assist agencies in meeting their requirements for supplies of the types excepted from reporting as excess by the Federal Management Regulations (41 CFR 102-36.90). Federal agencies requiring such supplies should contact the appropriate GSA regional office.