Why do I need a GSA Contract?

There are many excuses not to get a GSA Contract; Price, Requirements, Bid Searching and Competition. However, if you want to gain access to the largest buying organization on the planet (the federal government), then a GSA Contract will provide this opportunity. Here are some common qualms about getting a GSA Contract, and the truth behind each one:

Services

Our services include completing the solicitation requirements with attachments and supplementary documents, price list preparation, final documents preparation, price list uploading and account registrations for your GSA Contract. When you look at the cost of our service, you must also look at the return on investment. The average annual revenue for a GSA Contract holding company (from their federal business) is over $2 million per year. So, there is definitely a large incentive to get into the federal market by way of getting a GSA Schedule.

There are a variety of GSA Schedules across a broad range of industries, for the full list go to our GSA Schedules page. If you have questions about whether there exists a GSA Schedule for your company, then give us a call at (760) 550-9320

Bidding and Proposal Writing

It is true that searching out the best government projects for your business can be time consuming. It can also be daunting to lose a federal opportunity after going through the proposal process. There are many third-party services to help you through this learning curve, and streamline the procedures to save time and effort.

Federal projects, however, tend to be very large. In fact, many small businesses have doubled their annual revenue by just winning one federal project. Once you gain an understanding of how things work, the level of success can be limitless.

Competition

Every GSA Schedule has a different level of competition. Although, acquiring your GSA Contract gives you a very strong advantage to win federal contracts, you should not expect it to be easy. You will need to put the same effort into gaining government customers that you used to establish your commercial customer base. As the saying goes “Rome wasn’t built in a day,” your reputation and trust with contracting officers and end users is something that takes time and patience.

The good news is that there are several proven ways to become established in the federal market, and there is usually a healthy portion of contracts to go around. When your GSA Contract is in hand, you will gain access to an exclusive area where most of the contracts begin. This is in the GSA Ebuy, the first place most contracting officers go to seek advise and gain an understanding of the expected costs of the needed products or services.

GSA Schedule Services have a very quick and easy method to run a competitive profile on your industry, to guide your decisions. Some markets are very competitive and others are starving for a company to step in and fill the demand. There are an unlimited number of GSA Contracts, and any business is eligible as long as they meet the basic GSA Contract requirements.

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