Furnishing and Floor Covering (FSS-72)

The GSA Federal Acquisition Service established the Furnishing and Floor Covering Master GSA Schedule on March 15, 1995, but ordering closed on March 31, 2024, making this vehicle inactive for new task orders. The vehicle contracted broadloom carpet, carpet tiles, resilient flooring, mats and matting, cubicle curtains, window treatments, floor recycling programs, and ancillary supplies across 23 subcategories.

Order momentum declined sharply in the vehicle's final years: 414 orders placed in 2016 fell to just 30 orders in 2020, the last active year. The most recent task order award was September 24, 2020. Across its lifecycle, the vehicle generated 4,364 task orders totaling $117.7 million in combined potential value, though $119.8 million was obligated—102% of potential—indicating scope growth or repricing in delivered orders. The gap between potential and obligated value suggests the vehicle absorbed modifications and cost increases without corresponding potential-value adjustments.

Competition concentrated among a small set of suppliers. Tandus Centiva US LLC, Continental Flooring Co, and Shaw Industries accounted for 37% of task orders by count and 43% by potential value. These three firms plus Commercial Carpets Of America Inc. and Thomas W Raftery Inc. held the largest shares, with a broader field of 71 other primes capturing the remainder. About two-thirds of orders used no set-aside (2,905 orders); small-business set-asides covered one-third of activity, split almost entirely between competitive small-business and total small-business designations, with woman-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned designations negligible.

Ordering dispersed broadly across federal customers. The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts led by order count with 194 orders valued at $3.3 million, followed by Navy Installations Command (166 orders, $8 million), Army Corps of Engineers (135 orders, $3.5 million), and DHS Coast Guard (120 orders, $1.9 million). The top five customers captured just 16% of task orders, indicating deep penetration across civilian and military agencies. Task orders typically ran $20,000 to $100,000, with notable larger awards including military family housing flooring at Misawa Air Base, Japan ($490 million and $274 million variants) and federal courthouse carpet and furnishings projects. Performance occurred at federal facilities nationwide and overseas, particularly at military installations and federal courthouses.

31-301 Broadloom Carpet; 31-302 Broadloom Carpet ; 31-303 Carpet Tiles; 31-304 Special Use Broadloom Carpet and Carpet Tiles; 31-305 Carpet Cushion; 31-401 Resilient Tile; 31-402 Resilient Sheet Flooring; 31-501 Mats and Matting ; 31-502 Mats and Matting ; 31-601 Recycled and/or Biobased Content Flooring; 31-602 Floor Recycling Programs; 31-604 Ancillary Supplies and Services