Federal Acquisition Service
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The Federal Acquisition Service is a division of the U.S. General Services Administration responsible for providing federal agencies with procurement, technology, and transportation solutions.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Federal Acquisition Service canonical | 34 |
| GSA Federal Acquisition Service | 5 |
| Federal Acquisition Service leadership | 1 |
| Federal Acquisition Service organizational structure | 1 |
| GSA eBuy | 1 |
| federal acquisition services | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2913159 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Federal Acquisition Service Context triple: [Office of Acquisition Management (FAS), partOf, Federal Acquisition Service]
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A.
Federal Procurement Data System
The Federal Procurement Data System is a U.S. government database that tracks and reports information on federal contracts and procurement activities.
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B.
Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council is a U.S. government body responsible for overseeing and maintaining the Federal Acquisition Regulation, which governs how federal agencies procure goods and services.
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C.
Office of Federal Procurement Policy
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is a U.S. federal office that provides overall direction for government-wide procurement policies, regulations, and procedures to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in federal contracting.
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D.
Federal Supply Schedules Program
The Federal Supply Schedules Program is a U.S. General Services Administration procurement program that provides government agencies with pre-negotiated contracts for a wide range of commercial products and services at volume-discounted prices.
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E.
Defense Supply Agency
The Defense Supply Agency was a U.S. Department of Defense logistics organization responsible for managing the procurement, storage, and distribution of military supplies and equipment across the armed services.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Federal Acquisition Service Target entity description: The Federal Acquisition Service is a division of the U.S. General Services Administration responsible for providing federal agencies with procurement, technology, and transportation solutions.
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A.
Federal Procurement Data System
The Federal Procurement Data System is a U.S. government database that tracks and reports information on federal contracts and procurement activities.
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B.
Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council is a U.S. government body responsible for overseeing and maintaining the Federal Acquisition Regulation, which governs how federal agencies procure goods and services.
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C.
Office of Federal Procurement Policy
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is a U.S. federal office that provides overall direction for government-wide procurement policies, regulations, and procedures to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in federal contracting.
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D.
Federal Supply Schedules Program
The Federal Supply Schedules Program is a U.S. General Services Administration procurement program that provides government agencies with pre-negotiated contracts for a wide range of commercial products and services at volume-discounted prices.
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E.
Defense Supply Agency
The Defense Supply Agency was a U.S. Department of Defense logistics organization responsible for managing the procurement, storage, and distribution of military supplies and equipment across the armed services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal agency division
ⓘ
procurement organization ⓘ |
| abbreviation | FAS ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| formedAs | successor to GSA Federal Supply Service and Federal Technology Service (consolidated) ⓘ |
| goal |
leverage government-wide buying power
ⓘ
provide compliant acquisition solutions ⓘ reduce costs of goods and services for the federal government ⓘ streamline federal procurement ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Office of Assisted Acquisition Services (FAS)
ⓘ
surface form:
Office of Assisted Acquisition Services
Office of General Supplies and Services (FAS) ⓘ
surface form:
Office of General Supplies and Services
Office of Information Technology Category ⓘ Office of Professional Services and Human Capital Categories (FAS) ⓘ
surface form:
Office of Professional Services and Human Capital Categories
Office of Travel, Transportation and Logistics (FAS) ⓘ
surface form:
Office of Travel, Transportation and Logistics Category
|
| hasProgram |
Fleet management and motor vehicle services
ⓘ
Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts ⓘ
surface form:
Government-wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs)
Multiple Award Schedule program ⓘ SmartPay charge card program ⓘ
surface form:
SmartPay charge card program (through GSA)
Travel management services ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| industry |
government procurement
ⓘ
information technology services ⓘ transportation services ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
Federal government of the United States
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
GSA
ⓘ
U.S. General Services Administration ⓘ |
| partOf | U.S. General Services Administration ⓘ |
| regulatoryFramework |
Federal Acquisition Regulation
ⓘ
GSA Acquisition Regulation ⓘ |
| responsibility |
managing government-wide acquisition contracts
ⓘ
managing multiple award schedules ⓘ managing travel and transportation programs for federal agencies ⓘ providing acquisition policy support within GSA’s scope ⓘ providing procurement solutions to federal agencies ⓘ providing technology solutions to federal agencies ⓘ providing transportation solutions to federal agencies ⓘ supporting category management for federal procurement ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| serves |
Department of Defense components (as customers for some contracts)
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U.S. federal agencies ⓘ federal civilian agencies ⓘ |
| uses | federal acquisition regulations ⓘ |
| website | https://www.gsa.gov/fas ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Federal Acquisition Service Description of subject: The Federal Acquisition Service is a division of the U.S. General Services Administration responsible for providing federal agencies with procurement, technology, and transportation solutions.
Referenced by (43)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Office of Travel, Transportation and Logistics (FAS)
→
parentOrganization
→
Federal Acquisition Service
ⓘ
Office of Information Technology Category (FAS)
→
parentOrganization
→
Federal Acquisition Service
ⓘ
Office of Professional Services and Human Capital Categories (FAS)
→
partOf
→
Federal Acquisition Service
ⓘ
Office of Professional Services and Human Capital Categories (FAS)
→
parentOrganization
→
Federal Acquisition Service
ⓘ
Office of Customer and Stakeholder Engagement (FAS)
→
parentOrganization
→
Federal Acquisition Service
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this entity surface form:
GSA Federal Acquisition Service
this entity surface form:
GSA Federal Acquisition Service
this entity surface form:
GSA eBuy
subject surface form:
Office of Assisted Acquisition Services
subject surface form:
Office of Assisted Acquisition Services
this entity surface form:
GSA Federal Acquisition Service
this entity surface form:
GSA Federal Acquisition Service
this entity surface form:
federal acquisition services
this entity surface form:
GSA Federal Acquisition Service
this entity surface form:
Federal Acquisition Service leadership
this entity surface form:
Federal Acquisition Service organizational structure