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GSA Schedules: The Pros and Cons
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fedmarket)
Thu Oct 6 07:31:09 2011
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:20:32 -0400
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<p>A GSA Schedule contract allows government buyers to acquire a wide array of products and services directly from commercial suppliers. By obtaining a GSA Schedule contract, a commercial supplier significantly increases its probability of winning government business.
</p><p><b>PROS:</b> When a buyer purchases through GSA, the cumbersome public bid process is legally circumvented. Federal buyers are increasingly using Schedule contractors when closing sales because a Schedule contract allows for a quick and efficient transaction.
</p><p><b>CONS:</b> In order for a vendor to obtain a GSA Schedule contract, a proposal must be submitted to the General Services Administration (GSA). GSA's Request for Proposal is lengthy and confusing. Preparing your proposal is even more so. Hiring a GSA consultant to complete the process can cost a company thousands of dollars. To date, the cost associated with hiring consultants prohibited many small businesses from becoming approved GSA vendors.
</p><p><b>SOLUTION:</b> Fedmarket.com offers an inexpensive solution designed specifically for small businesses: The 3-Day GSA Proposal Preparation eLab
The 3-Day GSA Proposal Preparation eLab - 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. <a href="http://www.fedmarket.com/l/gsa_schedules/gsa_proposals/gsa_proposal_elab/?cid=1317822282-39206_948523&utm_source=vendoremailtbl&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Generic+eLab Ad&utm_campaign=1317822282-39206_948523&email=zephyr-bugs@mit.edu"><i>Read all about it</i></a>...
</p><p>The process of preparing a GSA proposal in an eLab is tried and tested: over <a href="http://www.fedmarket.com/l/federal_sales_training/contact/gsa_elabplus_testimonials_/?cid=1317822282-39206_948523&utm_source=vendoremailtbl&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Generic+eLab Ad&utm_campaign=1317822282-39206_948523&email=zephyr-bugs@mit.edu">1500 organizations</a> have been through it and have written numerous testimonials because of their positive experience.
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</p><p><b>GSA eLab Dates and Locations:
</b></p><ul><li>October 4 - 6, 2011 in Bethesda, MD
</li><li>November 1 - 3, 2011 in Bethesda, MD
</li><li>November 29 - December 1, 2011 in San Diego, CA
</li><li>December 6 - 8, 2011 in Bethesda, MD</li></ul>
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