General Services Administration (GSA)

The overall mission of the General Services Administration (GSA) is to provide policy leadership and expertly managed spaces, supplies, services, and solutions, at the best value, to enable Federal employees to accomplish their missions. We are the largest public real estate organization in United States, maintaining more than 339 million square feet of workspace for more than a million Federal employees in over 1,600 American communities, comprising 40 percent of Federal office space.

Public Buildings Service (PBS)

GSA provides a full range of real estate services, as well as serves as builder, developer, leaser and manager of Federally owned and leased properties through our Public Buildings Service, the entity primarily responsible for the Federal Government's civilian facilities program.

• Office of Chief Architect (OCA)—Coordinates GSA's architectural, engineering and construction services.
• Office of Applied Science—Serves as the Public Building Service's repository of expert knowledge and resources. This office is the national resource when seeking information related to delivering expert resources in the areas of Energy, Work Places, Sustainability, Environment, and Child Care.
• Office of Portfolio Management—Responsible for maximizing the value of PBS' portfolio of owned and leased assets by developing national strategies and serving as a consultant to the GSA regions.
• Office of Business Operations—Works to ensure that PBS' workforce has the resources, guidance, and motivation to be the best they can be.

Others

• How to Get Work with GSA PBS—FedBizOpps is the single government point-of-entry for federal government procurement opportunities over $25,000. Government buyers are able to publicize their business opportunities by posting information directly to FedBizOpps. Through one portal, commercial vendors seeking federal markets for their services and products can search, monitor, and retrieve opportunities solicited by the federal contracting community.
• Architecture and Engineering Overview
• Design and Construction Overview
• Design and Construction Delivery Process
• GSA Inventory of Owned and Leased Properties Database—This site allows visitors the option of viewing expiring lease/occupancy information for 7,000+ Public Buildings Service (PBS) leases, or 1,600+ PBS government owned buildings.
• GSA Properties
• PBS Publications Web Site [for GSA internal use only]—The PBS Office of Applied Science, Regulatory Study and Advocacy Division has posted essential documents on a single Web site: PBS internal documents (e.g., customer guides, desk guides, construction management specifications, and standards); GSA Internal Directives and other GSA internal documents applicable to PBS (e.g., GSA Orders, Handbooks, Manuals, Instructional Letters); GSA external directives and standards applicable to PBS (e.g., Federal Management Regulation, General Services Administration Acquisition Manual); and external laws, regulations, and standards applicable to PBS (e.g., Code of Federal Regulations, OMB Circulars, U.S. Code, and Industry Standards).