contractor success How it will affect the JanSan industry, and why you should be worried. By: Samuel D. Bornstein & Jung I. Song Looms Maintenance, Repair and Operations Sup-plies (MRO). “There will be winners and losers, and not all who want to sell to the govern-ment can sell to the government,” states Joseph Jordan, administrator of the Of-THE FEDERAL STRATEGIC SOURCING INITIATIVE I If a company sells to the federal govern-ment, beginning in August 2013, its sales will be impacted as the General Services Administration (GSA) implements the Fed-eral Strategic Sourcing Initiative (FSSI) for Janitorial/Sanitation (JanSan) Products and fice of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) at the Office of Management & Budget (OMB). Jordan manages the FSSI program which will be applied across all federal govern-ment agency spending. Image courtesy of AbleStock.com/Thinkstock The competition in the JanSan and MRO industries could cause consequences such as the displacement of small businesses, lost jobs and a negative impact on the U.S. economy. 34 CM/Cleaning & Maintenance Management ® • August 2013
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