Coordination requirements.
FAR 38.201 sets out the coordination and approval requirements for managing Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts. It explains when contracting officers must work with and obtain approval from the General Services Administration’s Federal Supply Service (FSS) before taking certain schedule-management actions, including establishing new schedules, discontinuing existing schedules, changing the scope of agency or geographic coverage, and adding, deleting, or revising special item numbers (SINs) and national stock numbers (NSNs). The section also identifies where requests should be sent: the GSA Federal Supply Service Office of Acquisition (FC) in Washington, DC. In practice, this rule exists to keep schedule structure, coverage, and item classifications centrally coordinated so the FSS program remains consistent, controlled, and aligned with governmentwide acquisition policy. For contracting officers, it means these changes are not unilateral decisions; they require coordination and approval unless an applicable interagency agreement provides otherwise. For contractors and other stakeholders, it signals that schedule changes may involve formal review and can affect what products or services are available under the schedule and how they are described and ordered.