A new sources sought notice includes a set of questions about pricing and services, plus explanations on the fees charged by value-added resellers.
The Trump administration is increasing its scrutiny of markup prices that value-added resellers charge on IT hardware sales to the federal government.
A new request for information released Thursday morning asks VARs to share information about pricing practices, markup percentages and whether the services they provide justify their costs.
In the RFI, the General Services Administration cites an analysis that found “significant variance in the valued added services offered and the corresponding markup percentages applied to original equipment manufacturer prices.”