41 C.F.R. Subpart B—General Services Administration (GSA)
Title 41 - Public Contracts and Property Management
The General Services Administration (GSA) is responsible for supervising and directing the disposal of surplus personal property. In addition to issuing regulatory guidance for the donation of such property, GSA: (a) Determines when property is surplus to the needs of the Government; (b) Allocates and transfers surplus property on a fair and equitable basis to State agencies for surplus property (SASPs) for further distribution to eligible donees; (c) Oversees the care and handling of surplus property while it is in the custody of a SASP; (d) Approves all transfers of surplus property to public airports, pursuant to the appropriate determinations made by the Federal Aviation Administration (see subpart F of this part); (e) Donates to the American National Red Cross property (generally blood plasma and related medical materials) originally provided by the Red Cross to a Federal agency, but that has subsequently been determined surplus to Federal needs (see subpart G of this part); (f) Approves, after consultation with the holding agency, foreign excess personal property to be returned to the United States for donation purposes; (g) Coordinates and controls the level of SASP and donee screening at Federal installations; (h) Imposes appropriate conditions on the donation of surplus property having characteristics that require special handling or use limitations (see §102–37.455); and (i) Keeps track of and reports on Federal donation programs (see §102–37.105). In case of requests from two or more SASPs, GSA will use the allocating criteria in §102–37.100. When competing requests are received from public airports and SASPs, GSA will transfer property fairly and equitably, based on such factors as need, proposed use, and interest of the holding agency in having the property donated to a specific public airport. GSA allocates property among the SASPs on a fair and equitable basis using the following factors: (a) Extraordinary needs caused by disasters or emergency situations. (b) Requests from the Department of Defense (DOD) for DOD-generated property to be allocated through a SASP for donation to a specific service educational activity. (c) Need and usability of property, as reflected by requests from SASPs. GSA will also give special consideration to requests transmitted through the SASPs by eligible donees for specific items of property. (Requests for property to be used as is will be given preference over cannibalization requests.) (d) States in greatest need of the type of property to be allocated where the need is evidenced by a letter of justification from the intended donee. (e) Whether a SASP has already received similar property in the past, and how much. (f) Past performance of a SASP in effecting timely pickup or removal of property approved for transfer and making prompt distribution of property to eligible donees. (g) The property's condition and its original acquisition cost. (h) Relative neediness of each State based on the State's population and per capita income.
Title 41: Public Contracts and Property Management
PART 102–37—DONATION OF SURPLUS PERSONAL PROPERTY
Subpart B—General Services Administration (GSA)
§ 102-37.90 What are GSA's responsibilities in the donation of surplus property?
§ 102-37.95 How will GSA resolve competing transfer requests?
§ 102-37.100 What factors will GSA consider in allocating surplus property among SASPs?
