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Do You Need a GSA Schedule?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fedmarket)
Sat Jul 15 21:56:41 2006
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006 18:42:39 -0600
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<p align = "center"><font size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Reasons a GSA Schedule Contract is Needed:</b></font>
<ul><li><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">They are the preferred source, by regulation, for federal purchases.</font>
<li><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Contracting officers, federal purchasers and vendors find them very quick and easy to use. </font>
<li><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">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).</font>
<li><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Vendors are finding that contracting officers are requesting that they obtain a Schedule contract to do business with their office.</font>
<li><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">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).</font> </ul>
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">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. </font><br><br>
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<P><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG height=56 src="http://www.fedmarket.com/images/whitepaper.jpg" width=72>
<FONT
color=#0000a0><B><font color="#000000">Free Informative Whitepaper: GSA Schedules
<A
href="http://www.fedmarket.com/whitepaper_download.php?which_one=gsa_schedules">A
Vendor's Path to Federal Sales </A></font></B></FONT></font></P>
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<P align ="center"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>GSA proposal preparation is
a complex, frustrating and expensive undertaking. <br>Fedmarket.com offers an inexpensive
solution designed specifically for small businesses. </b></font>
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href = "http://www.fedmarket.com/seminars/gsa-proposal-elab.shtml">
<b>GSA Schedule 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.</font><br><br>
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href="http://www.fedmarket.com/seminars/seminar-testimonials.shtml"><STRONG>
Testimonials and References</STRONG></A> </font></TD>
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<DIV align=center><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B>Upcoming
eLab Dates:</B></font></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B>Location:</B></font></DIV>
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<TD width="31%"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><A
href="http://www.fedmarket.com/seminars/gsa-proposal-elab.shtml"><STRONG>Overview
of GSA eLab</STRONG></A> </font></TD>
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<DIV align=center><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">August 15 -17, 2006 </font></DIV>
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<TD width="33%"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><A
href= "http://www.fedmarket.com/seminars/academy-index.shtml"><B>The Federal
Sales Academy </B></A></font></TD>
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<TD width="31%"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><A
href="http://www.fedmarket.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=22&products_id=28"><B>Online
Registration</B></A> </font></TD>
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<DIV align=center><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">September
12 - 14, 2006
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<TD width="33%"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">3 Bethesda
Metro Center </font></TD>
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<TD width="31%"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><A
href="http://www.fedmarket.com/seminars/seminar-index.shtml"><FONT
size=2><B>Fedmarket Seminars & Events</B></FONT></A></font></TD>
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<DIV align=center><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">October
10 - 12, 2006
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<TD width="33%"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Suite M020
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<LI><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The price of the GSA
eLab is $3,900 for the three-day event. </font></LI>
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<P><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><FONT color=#0000a0>Questions?</FONT></B>
Please call or write 888.661.4094 ext 8. or <A href="mailto:">swhite@wrtech.com</A>.
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