CMAS
What is a CMAS Contract?
The California Multiple Award Schedule (CMAS) is a procurement vehicle which allows state and local agencies to order
directly from CMAS suppliers without requesting competitive bids. CMAS promotes the use of small businesses by waiving
the fee for orders placed with small businesses certified by the State of California. A CMAS contract is one of
many contracts, offering the same or similar products or services, at the same or similar prices, from many different
suppliers. CMAS contracts are based on multiple award schedule contracts which have been competitively assessed.
The primary source of these contracts is the Federal GSA multiple award schedule program.
What is a Multiple Award Contract?
A multiple award is a contract that is awarded to multiple contractors (two or more) for same and similar products
and services at same and similar costs. Multiple award does not pertain to the number of buyers ordering from the
contract, but, instead, the number of contractors receiving the award from a common bid or negotiation process.
CMAS Contract Term
The CMAS contract will reflect the same start and end term as the base multiple award contract being used to establish
the CMAS.
Other Info
Only information technology services are approved for CMAS. Non-information technology services are not allowed per
legislation (AB 1727).
Link to CMAS Homepage:
http://www.pd.dgs.ca.gov/cmas/default.htm