Skip to main content

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Sale of Federal Surplus Personal Property

Program Information

Popular name

(Sales Program)

Program Number

39.007

Sub-agency

N/A

Program objective

To sell personal property no longer needed by the Government in an expeditious, economical and efficient manner and to obtain the maximum net return from sales. The General Services Administration’s GSA Auctions is an OMB authorized Sales Center and conducts the sale of personal property for most of the civil agencies; the Department of Defense handles the sale of its own surplus property.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    Fiscal Year 2016 thru June: $19 million $24 million

  2. 2017

    Fiscal Year 2017 thru July $18 million

  3. 2018

    No current data available

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

FMR 102-38, Sale of Personal Property. FMR 102-39, Replacement of Personal Property Pursuant to the Exchange/Sale Authority. Pamphlet available: "For Public Sale! - Used Federal Government Personal Property."

  1. Public Law 81-152, 63 Stat. 377, 40 U.S.C. 541 et. seq.

Program details

Program types

Eligible applicants

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Anyone/general public
  • Local
  • Other private institution/organization
  • Other public institution/organization
  • Private nonprofit institution/organization
  • Profit organization
  • Public nonprofit institution/organization
  • Quasi-public nonprofit organization
  • Sponsored organization
  • State
  • U.S. Territories

Additional resources