How to Get on IT Schedule 70
Below is a summary of the necessary steps to obtain and maintain a GSA Schedule 70 contract.
1. Download the solicitation package
The solicitation package provides guidance to industry partners who wish to offer information technology (IT) products, services, and solutions to federal, state, and local government customers on the IT Schedule 70 contract vehicle.
By responding to this solicitation, you may be awarded a IT Schedule 70 contract, thereby opening multiple opportunities for your business to profit and grow.
Please read the entire solicitation package and all attachments prior to preparing your response (offer). Further instructions are provided within the solicitation package.
Download the latest revision (refresh) of the IT Schedule 70 Solicitation.
2. Prepare your offer
Gather important company documents (company financials, catalogs, price lists, brochures, organization charts, etc.) as required by the solicitation. If you have any questions as you prepare your offer, please seek clarification from the Office of IT Schedule Programs.
Obtain the required registrations and validations within ORCA, D-U-N-S, CCR, and Open Ratings before you submit your offer. Other documentation may be requested at the time of negotiation.
3. Submit your offer
Using GSA’s electronic contracting tools (e-Tools) provides a contracting environment that adheres to all FAR regulations and helps us all meet our environmentally friendly agenda in a fast, efficient manner with less paper.
The eOffer system enables potential industry partners to submit an electronic offer to the latest solicitation by following a step-by-step process that may be saved and revisited as the offer is built.
Industry partners are highly encouraged to submit offers through the eOffer system. Electronically submitted offers, using eOffer, will be mandated in the near future. Please note that digital certificates are required when using the eOffer system. For assistance, please visit the Vendor Support Center.
4. GSA will review your offer
Once your offer has been submitted to GSA, a contracting officer will be assigned to review the offer with the potential industry partner. The contracting officer will act as your guide through this process. Once the initial review has been completed, the contracting officer will then negotiate the contractual terms and conditions including prices of the potential contract. If all requirements are met, the prices are determined to be fair and reasonable, and the offer is in the best interest of the government, an IT Schedule 70 contract is awarded.
5. Maintain your contract
Many times after a contract is awarded, an industry partner will need to modify contract information.
The GSA eMod system enables industry partners who have been awarded a Schedule contract to submit electronic modifications to their contract.
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