GSA Wants You

[Date of Submission]

Introduction3

Discussion3

The Electronic Submission Process & the Security Measures3

The Advantages over Classic Paper Solicitations4

The Chances of Bid5

Negotiation during the Contract Award Process6

The Value of Class of Customers to GSA and its Impact on Business7

Comparison & Contrast between the Advantages of Being a Small Company8

Assessment of Different marketing Methods Used to Market to the Federal Government9

Conclusion9

GSA Wants You

Introduction

To support and help manage the basic functioning of federal agencies, in the year of 1949, the General Services Administration got established and is an independent agency of the government of the United States. For government offices of the United States, communications and products are supplied by the GSA. It also develops other management tasks and government-wide cost-minimizing policies and to the federal employees, provides office space and transportation (Thompson & Ingraham, 1996). This Essay will responds to the General Service Administration Schedule solicitation of the United States as being a service-disabled veteran.

It will describe the security measures and the electronic submission process in this approach. It will analyze the advantages over classic paper solicitations and in compare to a large corporation, will analyze the chances of bid acceptance. Furthermore, it will determine the value of most favored class of customers to GSA and will analyze its impact on the business. In terms of management and contract administration, it will also contrast and compare the advantages of a small firm over a large firm. In the end, it will assess the different marketing methods used to market to the federal government.

Discussion

The Electronic Submission Process & the Security Measures

At eMod / eOffer, all responses to Schedules solicitations will be submitted electronically. To contract modification from offer submission, an interactive and secure environment is provided by this system that for prospective contractors and contractors, simplifies the entire solicitation process. To ensure data integrity and to allow for electronic signatures, the latest digital authentication technology is used by eMod / eOffer. Vendors are allowed to prepare and submit their Schedule contract modification requests / GSA Schedules offers electronically, through the eMod / eOffer, which is a web based application.

In order to use eMod / eOffer, digital certificates are required (Marjanishvili & Agnew, 2006). The modification process or the proposal is improved by eMod / eOffer through electronically signing documents, by electronically modification request to the contracting office, and by transferring the completed proposal the Submittal process is automated, through each step of the modification and solicitation process the users are guided and for submitting a Schedule proposal a progressive and easy-to-use screen design is introduced.

The Advantages over Classic Paper Solicitations

In order to understand all the requirements all documents must be read thoroughly once one have found the appropriate solicitation. Office of transportation and travel services, integrated workplace acquisition center, center for hardware and facilities maintenance, center for IT schedule programs, center for innovation acquisition department, GSA Automotive, office supplies acquisition center and national administrative services, greater southwest acquisition center, and management services center are all the GSA Schedule Solicitations (Lee, ...