Personal Property Management Contacts
GSA Personal Property Management Offices
GSA Sales Contracting Officers
Federal Agency National Utilization Officers
State Agencies for Surplus Property
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Federal agencies should report property through the Personal Property Management System (PPMS) to replace a piece of personal property. Items marked for exchange/sale via PPMS will be available for 2-day federal screening. If the property is not selected by another agency, the items are moved to Sales. You can use the sales proceeds to pay for the purchase of replacement property. Items prohibited for exchange/sale are identified in the Federal Management Regulation, FMR 102-39.
The exchange/sale authority is appropriate when:
The exchange/sale authority is not appropriate when:
Agencies may use the exchange/sale authority to acquire personal property even if the acquisition is under a services contract, as long as the property acquired under the services contract is similar to the property exchanged or sold.
The proper exchange of property occurs when the supplier (a government agency, commercial or private organization, or individual) delivers the new property, and removes the property being replaced from either the receiving organizational unit or another unit within the same federal agency.
Note: Forward any net proceeds from the eventual sale to Miscellaneous Receipts Account at the United States Treasury. Savings do not go into agency coffers.
Personal Property Management System videos can be viewed here.
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GSA Personal Property Management Offices
GSA Sales Contracting Officers
Federal Agency National Utilization Officers
State Agencies for Surplus Property