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e‑GOS Federal Customer Guide

To Order GSS Items in Your Cart

If your cart's total cost falls below the Simplified Acquisition Threshold in FA 16.505 (b)(1)(ii), you can review and finalize the order in e‑GOS.

If the cart total is above the Simplified Acquisition Threshold, you can compete the large requirement among several Contract Holders by issuing an RFQ or by e-mailing your cart to your ordering official. If you need lower prices, you can save your cart and contact the Contract Holders to negotiate better prices.

  1. In your GSS Cart, review the items in the cart. If needed, you can adjust the number of items or add-ons that you wish to purchase.

    Tip

    You can type to enter a new quantity of any item or use the thumbwheel Up (Screenshot of the Thumbwheel up button. It is a black caret on a white background, pointing up.) and Down (Screenshot of the Thumbwheel down button. It is a black caret on a white background, pointing down.) buttons. You cannot set the quantity to lower than 1 item.

    You can click the Trash icon (Screenshot of the black variant of the Trash Can Icon. It is black trash can on a black background.) for the item to delete it from your cart.

  2. When you are satisfied with the order, in the bottom-right corner, click Review Order.

  3. In the Review Orders page review each item that you ordered. For each of the items, you can click one or more of the following:

    Screenshot of the black variant of the Trash Can Icon. It is black trash can on a black background.

    Delete the order from your cart.

    View Product

    Review the product details in the Product Summary window.

    Email Summary

    Enter the name and email address of an authorized purchasing official and email the product summary and a message that you enter.

    Download Summary

    Download a PDF version of the product summary to your computer. The summary file appears in your browser's Downloads folder.

    Checkout

    If the items in your Cart are above the Simplified Acquisition Threshold, you cannot use GSS to purchase the items. Instead, you can convert your cart to an RFQ. The Checkout item is not available. Create RFQ appears.

    Complete the checkout process for the order. For more information about completing the order, see the following:

    Create RFQ

    If the items in your Cart are above the Simplified Acquisition Threshold, you cannot use GSS to purchase the items. Instead, you can convert your cart to an RFQ. The Checkout item is not available. Create RFQ appears.

    Opens the Create RFQ workflow to turn the order into an RFQ. The RFQ lets you compete the requirement among several Contract Holders. For more information about creating an RFQ, see ???.

  4. When you click Checkout, the Checkout window appears. Answer the questions as they appear, then click Continue.

    Note

    Only Warranted Contracting Officers or Authorized Purchase Card Holders can finalize orders. All other users must enter the name and email of a Contracting Officer or Purchase Card Holder and ask them to finalize the order.

    For more information about the options, see one of the following:

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