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Reasons a GSA Schedule Contract Is Needed
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fedmarket)
Sat May 10 12:35:15 2008
Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 04:41:43 -0600
From: "Fedmarket" <noreply@fedmarket.com>
To: zephyr-bugs@mit.edu
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Reasons a GSA Schedule Contract is Needed:</b>
<ul><li>They are the preferred source, by regulation, for federal purchases.
<li>Contracting officers, federal purchasers and vendors find them very quick and easy to use.
<li>A Schedule contract is the only way to close a purchase transaction of more than $25,000 (other than the lengthy and expensive public bid process or participating as a subcontractor to a prime contractor).
<li>Vendors are finding that contracting officers are requesting that they obtain a Schedule contract to do business with their office.
<li>The use of Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contracts (which contain pre-approved price lists) is becoming increasingly more popular. As a practical matter, MAS contracts - other than those under the GSA Schedule program - are available only for large businesses. At present, none of the MAS contracts have small-business set asides (with the exception of GSA Schedules).</ul>
<p>Note that it can take between 3 - 6 months to get an award of a GSA Schedule contract. We therefore recommend that you start now before you spend too much direct sales money and end up without a way to close your sale. <br><br>
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<P><b>GSA proposal preparation is
a complex, frustrating and expensive undertaking. <br>Fedmarket.com offers an inexpensive
solution designed specifically for small businesses. </b>
<p><a href = "http://www.fedmarket.com/seminars/gsa-proposal-elab.shtml?cid=1210351117-13341">
<b>GSA Schedule Proposal Preparation eLab</b></a> - Develop your GSA Proposal in 3 days at our eLab.
Fedmarket provides you with a Request for Information (RFI) prior to your arrival
at our eLab. You are instructed to bring the requested corporate data with you
to the course. Attendees should, with the assistance of our GSA staff, complete
their GSA offer prior to the end of the eLab's third day. Participants also
take home a working knowledge of the Schedules program and, perhaps more importantly, negotiating strategies to use when dealing with GSA.
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<p><b>GSA eLab Dates and Locations:</b><ul>
<li>June 3 - 5, 2008 in <a href="http://www.fedmarket.com/seminars/academy-index.shtml?cid=1210351117-13341"><b>Bethesda, MD</b></a>
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<li>August 5 - 7, 2008 in <a href="http://www.fedmarket.com/seminars/academy-index.shtml?cid=1210351117-13341"><b>Bethesda, MD</b></a>
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<p><b><font color="#0000a0">Questions?</font>
Please call 866-519-4482 Ext. 110 or write <a href="mailto:sales@thefederalmarketplace.com">sales@thefederalmarketplace.com</a>.</font></b>
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