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Step 1: Doc Gathering

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  • Create your FAS ID
  • Deciding between the 3 GSA Price Increase Methods
  • Financial Statements
  • How to Create / Update your SAM Record
  • Past Performance Docs (SOW / PWS)
  • The Welcome Package
  • Using login.gov with SAM.gov
  • What is login.gov? Do I need to use login.gov?
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Getting Your GSA Contract

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  • Fifth Step – GSA Management
  • First Step – What GSA Schedule is Best for Your Company?
  • Fourth Step – GSA Registration
  • Getting a GSA Contract (5 Steps)
  • Second Step – GSA Offer Preparations & Submission
  • Third Step – GSA Clarifications & Negotiations
  • Timeline after Offer Submission
  • Transactional Data Reporting vs. Price Reductions Clause
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Step 2: Offer Preparation

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  • Labor Categories and/orTraining Courses (Services Only)
  • Agent Auth. Letter
  • Comm. Price List (Products Only)
  • Commercial Sales Practices
  • Company Info Sheet
  • Deciding between the 3 GSA Price Increase Methods
  • Financial Documents
  • GSA IFF – Industrial Funding Fee
  • Letter of Supply (Products Only)
  • Letterhead
  • Liability Cert. (COI)
  • Org. Chart
  • Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ)
  • Pathway to Success
  • Project Experience (Products Only)
  • Project Experience (Services Only)
  • SAM Record
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Step 3: Offer Submission

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  • DFARS in SAM
  • Submission
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Step 4: Offer Review

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  • Checking in on your Offer Review
  • Rejections
  • What is a GSA Sale? How do I determine if a sale is reportable?
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General Maintenance

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  • Common Helpdesk Phone & Email
  • Create your FAS ID
  • Government Marketing Events & Conference
  • GSA Contract Cancellation
  • How to Create / Update your SAM Record
  • Important Links for your GSA Contract
  • Mass Mods
  • Point(s) of Contact for GSA Administration
  • Public Interest
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Modifications

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  • Create your FAS ID
  • What is needed for a Modification?
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After Award

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  • General Advice for Gov Marketing
  • GSA Ebuy
  • GSA eBuy Does Not Match My Offerings
  • How do I enable the Interested Vendors List on my notice?
  • How do I filter by small business set-asides?
  • How GSA Buyers Order
  • The GSA’s CAV Visit: What Contractors Need to Know to Stay Compliant
  • Use GSA Advantage To Grow Sales!Top 5 GSA Advantage Questions.
  • Using the GSA Logo
  • What is the Industrial Funding Fee (IFF)?
  • What to do after GSA Contract Award
  • Who is my GSA Contracting Officer?
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Compliance

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  • Can you sell products (or services) that are not on your GSA Contract?
  • Create your FAS ID
  • GSA Discounting
  • GSA IFF – Industrial Funding Fee
  • GSA is Moving FBO into SAM
  • GSA Minimum Sales Requirement
  • GSA Sales Tracking
  • How do I find my NAICS Codes?
  • How to search wage determinations
  • Is DCAA compliance required for a GSA Contract?
  • Letter of Supply (Products Only)
  • Reporting My Sales
  • Sales Reporting
  • Sales Thresholds
  • SBA Size Standards
  • Service Contract Labor Standards (SCLS), formerly Service Contract Act (SCA)
  • SF Tools
  • The GSA MAS Consolidation
  • Trade Agreement Act (TAA)
  • Veteran-Owned Small BUsiness Set-Aside (specific to Department of Veterans Affairs)
  • What is a GSA Sale? How do I determine if a sale is reportable?
  • What is the Industrial Funding Fee (IFF)?
  • Where can I obtain information regarding the wage determination (WD) applicable to my contract action?
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Deciding to get a GSA Contract

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  • Does your Company Qualify
  • What are the Sales for each GSA Schedule
  • What Is A GSA Contract?The Definitive Guide
  • Will my SBA Designation help get a GSA Contract?
  • Winning Business with a GSA Contract
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Marketing & Teaming

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  • GSA eBuy Does Not Match My Offerings
  • Mentor/Protege, Joint Venture, and Teaming Relationships
  • Video: How to Search Contract Opportunities by NAICS and PSC
  • What is the Interested Vendors List on Contract Opportunities?
  • Your GSA Webpage
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SAM Record

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  • 8(a) Set-Aside
  • 8(a) Sole Source
  • 8(a) with HUBZone Preference
  • Advanced Search of Contract Opportunities
  • Authority
  • Authorized or required by statute
  • Award Notice
  • Brand Name
  • Buy Indian Set-Aside (specific to Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Services)
  • Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
  • Contract Office Location
  • Contracting Activity
  • Contracting Office
  • DFARS in SAM
  • Do I need a SAM.gov account to view Contract Opportunities?
  • Do we need to add a current MPIN to view restricted documents on SAM.gov?
  • Economically Disadvantaged WOSB (EDWOSB) Program Set-Aside
  • Economically Disadvantaged WOSB (EDWOSB) Program Sole Source
  • Emergency
  • Emerging Small Business
  • Entity
  • Excess Property
  • Federal Contracts
  • Filters I can use to search Contract Opportunities
  • Follow-on Delivery Order Following
  • Government Point of Entry (GPE)
  • Historically Black College or University / Minority Institution (HBCU / MI)
  • Historically Underutilized Business
  • Historically Underutilized Business (HUBZoe) Set-Aside
  • Historically Underutilized Business (HUBZone) Sole Source
  • How can I view the Interested Vendors List?
  • How do I add an attachment to an opportunity?
  • How do I add myself to the Interested Vendors List?
  • How do I create and post a new notice?
  • How do I delete a notice?
  • How do I edit an active notice?
  • How do I enable the Interested Vendors List on my notice?
  • How do I filter by notice types?
  • How do I filter by small business set-asides?
  • How do I find my NAICS Codes?
  • How do I follow contract opportunities in SAM.gov?
  • How do I manage attachments on a contract opportunity?
  • How do I post an award notice?
  • How do I run standard reports for contract opportunities?
  • How do I save my contract opportunities search in SAM.gov?
  • How do I search opportunities by NAICS or PSC?
  • How do I search opportunities by place of performance?
  • How do I update the notice when I issue a solicitation amendment?
  • How do I use contract opportunities data files?
  • How do I view administrative reports for contract opportunities?
  • How to access the Before and After Guide to Contract Opportunities in SAM.gov
  • How to approve or reject role requests as a contract opportunities administrator
  • How to cancel a Contract Opportunity
  • How to edit the Interested Vendors List after the opportunity is published
  • How to search for Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) wage determinations
  • How to search wage determinations
  • Indian Economic Enterprise (IEE) Set – Aside (specific to Department of Interior)
  • Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise (ISBEE) Set-Aside (specific to Department of Interior)
  • Industrial Mobilization; Engineering, Developmental or Research Capability, or Expert Services
  • Initiative
  • Intent to Bundle Requirements
  • International Agreement
  • Justification
  • Limited Source
  • Local Area Set-Aside
  • Mentor/Protege, Joint Venture, and Teaming Relationships
  • Minimum Guarantee
  • National Security
  • National Stock Number (NSN)
  • North American Industry
  • Notice types for Contract Opportunities in SAM.gov
  • Only One Responsible Source (except brand name)
  • Only One Source (except brand name)
  • Other Statutory Authority (e.g. 8(a), etc.)
  • Partial Set-Aside
  • Place of Performance
  • Presolicitation
  • Product Service Code (PSC)
  • Public Interest
  • Reserved for Small Business
  • SAM Record
  • Search Contract Opportunities by Place of Performance (PoP)
  • Service – Disabled Veteran – Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set- Aside
  • Service – Disabled Veteran – Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Sole Source
  • Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP)