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         <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">507.7101</ph> General.</title>
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                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(a)</ph>
                  
                  OMB expects
agencies to effectively manage contract spending through a balance
of Government-wide, agency-wide, and local contracts; to reduce
unnecessary contract duplication and cost avoidance; and to continue
achievement of statutory small business goals and other statutory
socioeconomic requirements (<i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">e.g.</i>, AbilityOne and Federal
Prison Industries). Information about category management, including
who the designated category managers are, and copies of OMB memos
can be found on the Category Management, AoAs &amp; Business Cases
page on the GSA Acquisition Portal available at <xref href="https://insite.gsa.gov/acquisitionportal"
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                        class="- topic/xref ">https://insite.gsa.gov/acquisitionportal</xref>.</p>
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                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(b)</ph>
                  
                  The contract tiered maturity
model is a category management tool that can be used by agencies
to evaluate their progress in aligning common spend with category
management principles, in acquisition planning and market research,
and in support of other actions and decisions:</p>
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                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(1)</ph>
                        
                        Tier 3 - Spend through best practice
solutions.</p>
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                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(2)</ph>
                        
                        Tier 2 - Spend through multi-agency
solutions or government-wide solutions that are not best practice
solutions.</p>
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                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(3)</ph>
                        
                        Tier 1 - Spend through agency-wide
mandatory use solutions.</p>
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                        <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(4)</ph>
                        
                        Tier 0 - Spend not aligned
to category management principles.</p>
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