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How to Market to the Federal Government
Geri Haworth Professional Services Category Management - Branch Chief General Services Administration June 6, 2017
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Overview
➢GSA’s Role
➢Your Role
➢e-Tools -- best use
➢Best Practices/Ideas
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GSA’s Role ➢Conduct Market Research ➢Advertise & Promote ➢Develop Marketing
Material ➢Attend Events/Shows and
conferences ➢Interact with Agencies ➢Train Agencies
➢Manage Web Page ➢Manage 1-800# ➢Assist Contractors with
GSA Advantage ➢Assisted Services ➢Assist agencies with SOW reviews ➢Provide resources to GSA Contractors
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Customer Service Directors
gsa.gov/csd
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Your Role
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Understand Federal Contracting
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Understand Federal Contracting ➢Sources of Information
• DOD -- OSD (www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/docs/government_contracting_the basics.pdf)
• (Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (www.aptac-us.org)
• Federal Acquisition Institute (www.fai.gov)
• Defense Acquisition University - Continuous Learning Module (https://learn.dau.mil)
• Where in Federal Contracting? (www.wifcon.com)
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Environmental Scanning Free Fee-Based
➢ Periodicals
• Government Executive
• Federal Computer Week
• Federal Times (Army, AF, etc.)
➢ FPDS
➢ FedBizOpps
➢ Federal Acquisition Jump Station
➢ Agency Web Sites
➢ Gov Loop
➢ ASI Government - Virtual Acquisition Office
➢ CEB Procurement Leadership Council
➢ Bloomberg Government
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interact.gsa.gov
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Guide to Marketing to the DoD A Step-by-Step Approach to the DoD Marketplace:
www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/sb/guide.shtml http://www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/docs/Mark
etingToDoD.pdf
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A Source of Federal Procurement Data
fpds.gov
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Forecast of Contract Opportunities
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Other Resources ➢Federal Procurement
Data System (FPDS) • www.fpdc.gov • Requires some training
➢FedBizOpps • www.fedbizopps.gov
➢Federal Acquisition Jump Station
• http://nais.nasa.gov/fedproc/home.html
➢Search Gov.com • http://www.searchgov.c
om
➢ USA.gov (A-Z Index) • Gov’t agencies Link
➢ Carroll Publishing • www.carrollpublishing.co
m ➢ Federal Yellow Book
Mailing List • www.leadershipdirectorie
s.com
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GSA Digital Resources
E-Tools
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http:/ /www.ebuy.gsa.gov
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Teaming and Subcontracting
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Small Business Administration’s Sub-net
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Best Practices/Ideas
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Capability Statement What to Include ● Point of Contact: Include name, phone number and email address
● Company Credentials: Taxpayer ID, DUNS and CAGE Code
● Business Size: Include any small business classifications your company fits Under
● NAICS: Include the NAICS that cover your company capabilities
● Contract Vehicles: Highlight what contracting vehicles your company has such as GSA
Schedules or GWAC’s
● Past Federal Clients: Provide a list of agencies you have worked to demonstrate past
performance
● Statement on Core Competencies- Briefly identify your competitive advantage and
how you can fulfill a customer’s needs better than another company
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➢Why “low price?” • PM’s say “you did nothing to differentiate yourself so I
had to go off price.” • Proposal neutrality: Offering to do the work required will
not help you stand out. ➢Evaluators are looking for strengths for each of
the factors • Have a third party review your quote/proposal and give
you feedback • Build a company strength library / playbook • Example: NASA looks for 2 significant strengths per
factor and 8 other strengths ➢Analyze your “no-wins” ➢Understand the acquisition shop dynamics ➢Look forward. Don’t just give history.