Highland Canine Training, LLC Awarded GSA Schedule 84

Harmony, NC – Highland Canine Training, LLC, a leader in working dog sales and training for Law Enforcement, Military and Government Agencies is proud to announce that it has been added by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to the approved vendor list as a provider of working dogs and canine educational programs.  This allows government purchasing agents to now place orders directly through Highland Canine Training, LLC. Highland Canine Training achieved this momentous goal with help from the expert GSA team at Government Contract Services and are looking forward to a continued partnership. 

Highland Canine Training, LLC can be found under contract number GS-07F-231BA where it is listed as pre-qualified to provide federal agencies with explosive detection dogs, patrol dogs, drug dogs and educational training courses. Highland Canine Training, LLC is classified in schedule 84, TOTAL SOLUTIONS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, SECURITY, FACILITIES MANAGEMENT, FIRE, RESCUE, CLOTHING, MARINE CRAFT AND EMERGENCY/DISASTER RESPONSE, and special item number (SIN) 426-2A, Canine Training and Handling Equipment, Canine Search and Detection. The approved products can also be purchased by state and local governments as part of disaster recovery and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) purchases.

The schedule assignment allows Highland Canine Training, LLC to provide quality working dogs to federal agencies who want to employ and utilize highly trained working dogs. Highland Canine Training, LLC also offers first class canine education programs at our School for Dog Trainers, including a Police K9 Instructor / Trainer Course as well as a Detection Dog Trainer Course.  Highland Canine Training, LLC  offers training and educational programs on location through their series of comprehensive working dog seminars.

In order to further promote our recently awarded GSA Schedule, the company will attend the 2014 Police & Military Working Dog Conference & Vendor Show in Nashville, Tennessee, July 13-15. Highland Canine Training, LLC representatives will be onsite to demonstrate our working dog capabilities and answer questions about working dogs and training programs. Attendees who visit Highland Canine Training, LLC in booth #32 will have the opportunity to win an equipment bundle worth over $200.

“We're excited about the opportunity to work with federal agencies and providing working dog and training programs to meet their needs,” said Jason Purgason, Highland Canine Training, LLC, Training Director. “We strive to make an impression on government buyers with the quality of our dogs and comprehensive training programs as well as our commitment to customer service"

For more information, please contract Jason Purgason at (704) 498-7907 or training@highlandcanine.com. 

Highland Canine Training, LLC will exhibit at the 2014 Police & Military Working Dog Conference & Vendor Show to meet with federal agency customers and showcase working dogs and training opportunities.

Can you speak Government?

In the world of government procurement, if you don’t know the language, you’re out of the loop! Almost everything has an acronym and an abbreviation which are very important to doing business with the government. Here you’ll find a small selection of important acronyms and abbreviations.

GSA- General Services Administration; the GSA oversees and assists with all GSA schedule procurement as well as issuing the schedule contracts.

VSC- Vendor Support Center; the VSC can help contractors with just about any contract related problems. Anything from difficult SIP uploads to questions about modifications.

RFQ- Request for Quotation; this the paperwork put out by the buyer that provides information to the contractor on what the requirements of a bid are.

SIN- Special Item Number; each schedule has a list of SINs that are listed under it. They are nothing more than subcategories of a main large category.

IFF- Industrial Funding Fee; for everything a contractor sells on the GSA schedule, the IFF of .75% is added to the price to cover the cost of GSA doing their job.

FAR- Federal Acquisition Regulation; the law of land for government procurement.

SAM- System for Award Management; to do any work with the government, whether on GSA or not, contractors must be registered in this online system.

FAS- Federal Acquisition Service; as part of the GSA, the FAS has 8 program areas that assist in all parts of acquisition processes, across all types of products and services.

TAA- Trade Agreement Act; all products sold on the GSA must come from a TAA compliant country. This means they signed the Trade Agreement Act.

NAICS- North America Industry Classification System; NAICS codes help you categorize your products and services into an industry standard, making it easier for the government to find our products and services.

Some Popular Acronym Schedules

                LOGWORLD- Logistics Worldwide Schedule 874 V; provides logistics support

MOBIS- Missions Oriented Business Integrated Solutions Schedule 874; provides consulting and training services on all subjects except IT.

PES- Professional Engineering Services Schedule 871; Engineering consulting & prototype assistance. Does not allow for architectural services

TAPS- Temporary Administrative and Professional Staffing Services Schedule 736; admin and basic staffing.

TDRS- Transportation, Delivery, and Relocation Solutions Schedule 48; Air, ground, sea transportation, moving and packing services.