Procurement workflow surface

GSA Generative AI and Specialized Computing Infrastructure Acquisition Resource Guide — provisions explorer

A procurement officer evaluating a vendor against GSA Generative AI and Specialized Computing Infrastructure Acquisition Resource Guide can use this page to walk the operative articles + paragraphs the instrument touches, anchored to the primary source. Each row groups every coverage cell that names that article so the reader sees WHICH governance topic each clause speaks to. Use it as a checklist scaffold, not as legal advice (see charter §7.4).

Acquisition-vehicle routing

1 cell

governs
Compute-Threshold Reporting
Guide routes AI acquisitions through existing governmentwide vehicles (MAS IT / Best-in-Class GWACs) rather than a dedicated generative-AI vehicle or new AI-specific SINs
Editor rationale: Closest existing topic for the procurement-routing note; the guide maps buys onto EXISTING vehicles rather than enumerating new AI SINs. See OMB-M-24-10:compute_reporting cell for the broader topic-taxonomy note.
Verbatim text:
“Faithful summary: the guide routes AI acquisitions through existing governmentwide vehicles (MAS IT and Best-in-Class GWACs), noting there is no generative-AI-only vehicle; it does not enumerate new AI-specific Special Item Numbers.”
Open primary source: GSA, Generative AI and Specialized Computing Infrastructure Acquisition Resource Guide (Apr. 29, 2024)

Generative AI acquisition guidance

1 cell

governs
Foundation Models / GPAI
Sections posing generative-AI vendor-evaluation + model-provenance due-diligence questions for contracting officers
Editor rationale: Guide is procurement-focused; treats generative-AI / foundation-model acquisition as a discrete category via due-diligence questions (not sample clauses).
Verbatim text:
“Faithful summary: the guide treats generative-AI and foundation-model acquisition as a discrete category, posing due-diligence questions for evaluating model provenance, capabilities, and vendor documentation.”
Open primary source: GSA, Generative AI and Specialized Computing Infrastructure Acquisition Resource Guide (Apr. 29, 2024)

Vendor disclosure / evaluation criteria

1 cell

governs
Transparency Obligations
Due-diligence questions call for vendor disclosure of training-data provenance, evaluation results, and model documentation
Verbatim text:
“Faithful summary: the guide's due-diligence questions direct agencies to seek vendor disclosure of training-data provenance, evaluation and benchmarking results, and model documentation as part of AI acquisition.”
Open primary source: GSA, Generative AI and Specialized Computing Infrastructure Acquisition Resource Guide (Apr. 29, 2024)
Contract clause language candidates
Candidate language — not legal advice (see /wiki/charter §7.4)
- Vendor shall provide documentation demonstrating compliance with the transparency / disclosure obligations identified at GSA Generative AI and Specialized Computing Infrastructure Acquisition Resource Guide Vendor disclosure / evaluation criteria, including (as applicable) machine-readable provenance markers, model cards, and end-user disclosure flows.

Unanchored citations

3 cells

implicit
Individual Redress
Guide references OMB M-24-10 Attachment 1 minimum practices including human-consideration + remedy for rights-impacting AI
Verbatim text:
Verbatim text not yet transcribed — see primary source.
Open primary source: GSA, Generative AI and Specialized Computing Infrastructure Acquisition Resource Guide (Apr. 29, 2024)
implicit
Training-Data Rights
Supply-chain risk-management considerations include training-data provenance + dependency disclosure
Verbatim text:
Verbatim text not yet transcribed — see primary source.
Open primary source: GSA, Generative AI and Specialized Computing Infrastructure Acquisition Resource Guide (Apr. 29, 2024)
Contract clause language candidates
Candidate language — not legal advice (see /wiki/charter §7.4)
- Vendor shall provide documentation demonstrating compliance with the transparency / disclosure obligations identified at GSA Generative AI and Specialized Computing Infrastructure Acquisition Resource Guide, including (as applicable) machine-readable provenance markers, model cards, and end-user disclosure flows.
implicit
National Security Carveouts in AI Regulation
Guide references existing federal supply-chain risk-management framework (FAR Part 4 Subpart 4.21) which carries national-security overlays
Verbatim text:
Verbatim text not yet transcribed — see primary source.
Open primary source: GSA, Generative AI and Specialized Computing Infrastructure Acquisition Resource Guide (Apr. 29, 2024)

GSA Generative AI and Specialized Computing Infrastructure Acquisition Resource Guide — provisions explorer

Unanchored citations

3 cells

implicit
Individual Redress
Guide references OMB M-24-10 Attachment 1 minimum practices including human-consideration + remedy for rights-impacting AI
Verbatim text:
Verbatim text not yet transcribed — see primary source.
Open primary source: GSA, Generative AI and Specialized Computing Infrastructure Acquisition Resource Guide (Apr. 29, 2024)
implicit
Training-Data Rights
Supply-chain risk-management considerations include training-data provenance + dependency disclosure
Verbatim text:
Verbatim text not yet transcribed — see primary source.
Open primary source: GSA, Generative AI and Specialized Computing Infrastructure Acquisition Resource Guide (Apr. 29, 2024)
Contract clause language candidates
Candidate language — not legal advice (see /wiki/charter §7.4)
- Vendor shall provide documentation demonstrating compliance with the transparency / disclosure obligations identified at GSA Generative AI and Specialized Computing Infrastructure Acquisition Resource Guide, including (as applicable) machine-readable provenance markers, model cards, and end-user disclosure flows.
implicit
National Security Carveouts in AI Regulation
Guide references existing federal supply-chain risk-management framework (FAR Part 4 Subpart 4.21) which carries national-security overlays
Verbatim text:
Verbatim text not yet transcribed — see primary source.
Open primary source: GSA, Generative AI and Specialized Computing Infrastructure Acquisition Resource Guide (Apr. 29, 2024)