Government Contracting and GSA Blog

GSA Proposal Writing

So, you need help with GSA Proposal Writing? If you have downloaded the several hundred page GSA Schedule Solicitation specific to your schedule, you are likely overwhelmed, confused, and stressed…and you haven’t even started responding to it. The process doesn’t have to be that complicated. For full disclosure, I sell inexpensive GSA schedule proposal templates that consist of a set of [...]

Some components of my product are made in China. Are there products “Trade Agreements Compliant”?

This  is a common question. Below is a great article discussing this issue: http://www.jordanusfta.com/documents/chap4.pdf

Why am I not winning opportunities on GSA eBuy?

Subject: Question from Webinar  Hi Kacee,  I attended the Webinar yesterday.  I am new to the government staffing industry – my company has been doing business exclusively with the government successfully since 2004.  I am concentrating to gain more business share utilizing the ebuy system.  Since I started in March, I’ve bid on 9 RFQ’s – lost 6 [...]

Are GSA Contracts required to get a TXMAS Contracts?

Technically, you do not have to have a GSA Schedule contract to get a TXMAS contract. In reality however, 99% of all TXMAS contracts are based on Federal GSA Schedule contracts.  A TXMAS contract is a contract that is based on another contract that was (quoting from state law) ”previously awarded using a competitive process by: The [...]