Refreshes

 So fresh and so clean, clean!

Usually a few times during the fiscal year the GSA schedules go through a “refresh.” The GSA reviews the current solicitation documents for a schedule to see if there are any new requirements, language, and/or updates that need to be added to the schedule. If you have an outstanding offer you will receive an automatic email from eOffer notifying you of the schedule refresh.

It is important to check the solicitations documents through eLibrary before submitting to ensure your offer is at the most recent refresh. If not, the offer will be rejected on spot.  

In the past the refreshes have happened during the first and third quarter of the government’s fiscal year. Within the last year one of the biggest changes from a refresh was for Schedule 84. 84 used to be known as the schedule with no invoices, but with the most recent refresh, invoices are now required like all other schedules.

While working on your GSA Schedule remember to check eLibrary to ensure you are submitting under the must current solicitation.

Have you made the most of the first quarter?

You’ve finished your warm ups and the National Anthem has been played, its game time. The first quarter is when you need to set the stage for the rest of the game. How is the next three quarters going to work out, do you know when you need to put your bench players in? Have you planned out what your attack strategy is? You want to know as much about the game that is being played and your opponent as possible.  

Unlike a basketball game when there are off days and an off season we don’t have that luxury so we use our first quarter for planning and answering as many questions as we can. Although there are a lot of variables that go into government purchasing being prepared as you can makes all the difference in the world. If you have not started planning it’s not too late.

You can start by answering the following questions:

• ·         What agencies purchase what you sell?
• ·         Who are your top competitors and what types of contracts do they hold?
• ·         What opportunities are being forecasted in your industry?

Those three questions will take some work to find the answer to but they will give you a good picture of your season and allows you to formulate your attack plan. 

“If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!"

― Benjamin Franklin