Comment on FR Doc # 2012-21991

I am the CEO of a Hispanic woman owned small business with a GSA Contract on Schedule 75-200. This Proposed Rule looks much like the much criticized FSSI BPA that is ruinous to small business as well as the US government. The FSSI BPA did not consider vendor merit or quality of service to the government. It only looked at price and then was further reduced to companies with Ability One Contracts and GSA Schedule 75-200 Contract. This reduce the pool of eligible contractors from over 500 to only 40. My company did not have Ability One status at the time, current we do. An economic impact study was not conducted. No company in San Antonio, Houston, or Dallas was awarded a contract! By the way, Texas is the second most populous state. I was forced to layoff 1.5 employees due to the FSSI BPA. GSA sales declined 10.1% from fiscal year 2010 to fiscal year 2011, a difference of $200,993. GSA sales declined 25.6% from fiscal year Oct-March 2011 to Oct-March 2012, a difference of $138,000. Fiscal year 2010 GSA sales represented 64.5% of our revenue. Fiscal year 2011 GSA sales represented 62% of our revenue. Fiscal year 2012 GSA sales represented 43% of our revenue. Sadly, no effort has been made to calculate the money that we have saved our GSA customers by being subject matter experts and helping them buy the best product at the best price for their application. How does the government measure this? This Proposed Rule is an abortion of bad government.