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Does My Firm Qualify for a GSA Schedule?

To be considered for a schedule, a company will be evaluated against a range of criteria having to do with the Government's need for the firm's products or services, financial stability, responsiveness and past performance with other clients, ethics and responsibility, and the firm's willingness to make the Government its most favored customer. There are scores of different Schedules, and some may have slightly different criteria, but consider the following before applying for a Schedule:

	Have you already sold your product or service in the commercial marketplace?
	Does the company have at least 4 customer references ?
	Can you document past sales practices through product or labor rate sheets, proposals, internal pricing policies or similar documentation?
	Is the firm financially able to support task orders should the Government approve your Schedule proposal?
	For service firms, do you have written job descriptions, quality control plans, and employment and compensation policies?
	For resellers, can you obtain a letter from manufacturers authorizing you to sell their products?
	Has your firm or its principals been disbarred from doing business with the Federal government or, within the last three years, or had a criminal or civil judgment against it with regard to Federal, state, or local government contracting?
	If you answered yes to all but the last question, then your firm can be awarded a schedule.

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