--- title: An Introduction to the GSA eBuy System description: Video provides briefly demonstrates eBuy's functionality for GSA contractors. image: https://www.turbogsa.com/hs-fs/images/c--documents_and_settings-robert-my_documents-client_dimensions-website_turbogsa-federal-inbound-marketing.png --- [![Turbo GSA Logo](https://www.turbogsa.com/hs-fs/file-14156912-png/images/logo.png "Turbo GSA Logo")](https://www.turbogsa.com/) 866-291-5238 [![manage-my-gsa-contract](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/46415/df46f48f-f7a1-4f2e-a097-6b0662481cf5.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/46415/df46f48f-f7a1-4f2e-a097-6b0662481cf5) ## [An Introduction to the GSA eBuy System](https://www.turbogsa.com/blog/bid/74788/An-Introduction-to-the-GSA-eBuy-System) Posted by [Robert Kelly](https://www.turbogsa.com/blog/author/robert-kelly) on Oct 7, 2011 3:18:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Updated March 17, 2014 GSA’s eBuy system, is an online system that allows federal agencies to post requests for Quotations (RFQ) and requests for proposals RFP.  eBuy is a nice benefit of having a GSA contract that is exclusively available to GSA schedule contract holders.  This video briefly demonstrates how contractors can access the eBuy System and provides a synopsis of system functionality.  GSA's eBuy system provides GSA contractors with access to exclusive RFQ (RFP) so that vendors can bid on simplified contracts.Welcome. I would like to briefly show you how to get into GSA eBuy system and show you around the system so you are a little bit more familiar with it. First thing you should do is go to gsaadvantage.gov and once you arrive on that page you'll see the tab for GSA eBuy. You can click on that and then you'll come to a welcome screen. At the welcome screen you can learn more about eBuy, take some eBuy training, which I encourage you to do. But then you can simply type in your contract number, and then your password. Be careful with your password because of course it's arcane letters, symbols, numbers. Click Login. OK, once you arrive, you'll see a number of links. One is the home, where we are now, my quotes, which would be quotations that you've submitted previously, a listing of RFQs that are available to people possessing your schedule and your SIN numbers, and then a profile, which has basic information about your firm, which you should complete early on. On the left side, we have a listing of messages that have been left for you. In this case there's a listing for a new RFQ you've been asked to look at. Again, My Quotes, same as above. There's an RFQ finder, where you can specifically type in an RFQ that you've become aware of. And what I like to do is to click on the RFQs listing, and you come to the comprehensive listing of all the RFQs that are available to a person or a company with this particular schedule. In this case, Schedule 70 is the Information Technology schedule. This particular contract had one SIN, SIN number 13251, which is for IT professional services. And then you'll see in the rest of the table a listing of all the RFQs by ID number, brief title, when it was posted, and when the bid is due, and a brief summary of the person and agency that's requested it. If you're interested in looking at an RFQ, you can simply go over, click on the ID, and up will pop the instructions for completing this. So again at the top, you'll see a summary of the RFQ title, number, due date, issue date, and so forth. Brief description, and then information on who to contact if you have any questions. Before you contact that person, I would recommend you should scroll down to see if there any other instructions. I don't see any-- oh yes I do, right here-- prior web design. If you were to click on this, up would pop very descriptive information about what they're looking for, along with some additional instructions. At that point you could prepare the response according to what they want. In all likelihood they'd want a brief scope of work on how you'd meet their objectives. You'd put in how long your quote is good for, which is always important to do, don't give too much time. If your product's firm, that is subject to price changes, that's very important. And of course you would be putting in your price down in this area. Some of these get a lot more extensive, especially if projects are broken out into phases, or there are multiple products to be listed. This part of the page would be much longer. But again, you can put in comments, attach the document, submit your bid, or if you do have questions you can click on this link to email the person. Or, you could do further searches on the person's name at the website and try to find the phone number. If they don't list the phone number, in all likelihood they don't want you calling, so you probably should just go with the email approach. I'd encourage you to look at the eBuy training that's in the eBuy system when you first login, and good luck. ## Key Take–Aways ### eBuy is limited to GSA Contractors These RFQs and RFPs are available to  GSA contractors who hold a specific schedule contract and SIN. For example, if an agency posts an RFP for management consulting under the MOBIS contract (Schedule 874), then only those contractors with a MOBIS contract containing SIN 874-1 will be able to see it. ### Before you Begin - Register your GSA Contract at the Vendor Support Center You must first register your contract at the GSA Vendor Support Center (vsc.gsa.gov). The person who will primarily monitor this GSA contract should register, although you can add others in your firm to the profile you build.  This will allow others to see when RFPs are posted.  You add other names to your profile page after logging into the system. ### Not all Opportunities are applicable to your Firm Some of GSA’s special item numbers are quite broad in scope, and it is likely that many of the opportunities you see are not appropriate for your firm.  For example, if you are a network engineering firm with a Schedule 70 contract  for IT professional services (SIN 132-51), you may see some RFPs for network engineering, but you may also see many for custom programming. Or, if you are a leadership development firm with a MOBIS contract (SIN 874-1), you may see some opportunities for business process engineering or strategic planning. Even if the opportunity is outside the scope of your contract, you can turn this into a marketing opportunity.  Email the contracting person specified on the RFP and let them know that while you appreciate the opportunity to bid, that the subject is outside your area of expertise.  Then concisely explain what your firm does and ask them to consider you for future opportunities in your area. ### Some GSA Schedules have more Postings than Others IT Schedule 70 and MOBIS Schedule 874 have lots of RPFs posted.  Other schedules may not.   In either case, you should not sit back and wait for RFPs. 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