On June 7, 2012, the
General Services Administration announced that they are cutting 8,000 contracts
from the GSA Schedule. I have been taking many calls where people are afraid the
GSA is going away or being reduce in its size and scope due to the Nevada
Convention Incident. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is true that
the GSA is cutting 8,000 contracts however these are in most cases schedules
that contain outdated items that are rarely if ever purchased by the federal
government such as typewriters, photographic equipment, and other obsolete
equipment not seen in most businesses in the past decade. Keeping these
schedules open was costing $24 million dollars annually as each schedule is
reported to have cost $3,000 per year.
This cost is regardless of whether there
was any business activity in those schedules. I am actually very excited by this
move as it will move these skilled GSA contract administers to other areas
decreasing time to obtain a schedule, and allowing the GSA to focus on newer and
more innovative products. As I have not taken on a client selling typewriters in
quite some time, but I have had other clients with high-tech products that fit
on a schedule, but they are clustered with many other products that makes
visibility and comparisons for government buyers more difficult.
I think the single biggest statistic that shows the
overall success of the GSA schedule contract program is the fact that in recent
years “the number of modifications to existing contracts has tripled”. This
means that firms who are getting on schedule and are adding additional products
and services to their schedules, and increasing the breadth of product
offerings. The only logical reason one would do this is because you are being
successful with your current schedule.
I would like to reiterate that
this is a positive change taking place at the GSA, and if you have any questions
regarding whether a GSA schedule makes sense for your firm feel free to give me
a call at (201) 916-9799 or email me at sean@seaninc.biz.
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