Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement
Executive Order 2025-05197
|Signed on March 21, 2025
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What it means
This order aims to streamline federal procurement by consolidating purchasing of common goods and services under the General Services Administration (GSA). Agency heads must submit plans to GSA within 60 days to transfer procurement responsibilities, making GSA the central agency for government purchases.
Expected impact
- Potential cost savings for taxpayers through elimination of duplicative procurement functions across agencies
- Streamlined purchasing processes for the $490 billion spent annually on federal contracts
- More efficient management of government-wide IT acquisition contracts
- Reduction in redundant contract vehicles and administrative overlap
- Allows agencies to focus more resources on their core missions instead of procurement