<html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> <h3>Preparing To Succeed With a GSA Schedule Contract</h3> Last year, the federal government spent more than $40 billion through the GSA Schedules program. This year it may well spend even more. A GSA Schedule contract is, quite simply, the easiest point-of-entry into government contracting – the most effective way to get your products or services in front of the world's largest buyer of products and services. A GSA Schedules contract gives you access to more than 260 federal, state and local government buyers who have an easier time buying from you than they do your competition. If you know that, you've already applied, or you're planning to. After all, it seems hard to fail once you have that contract in hand. Yet a remarkable number of companies do just that. That's not just a one-time missed opportunity. It can mean the end of future opportunities as well. The GSA requires schedule-holders to do at least $25,000 worth of business through their contract in the first two years they hold it, and another $25,000 every year thereafter. Fall short of that number, and they may terminate your contract. Once, that was mostly an idle threat. But in recent years we're seeing more and more GSA schedule contracts terminated. After all, the GSA, like every government agency, needs to trim its budget right now – and they pay to administer every contract, whether they're getting anything out of it or not. It's no surprise they're trimming the wasted ones now. It’s more important than ever before that you make the most of the opportunity a schedule contract gives your company. Thankfully, you can position yourself to do that right now, before you even have your contract in hand. Thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to webstore-china@redhat.com. No longer interested email from us?. Please click here to <a data-unsubtag="_UNSUBSCRIBE_URL_" href="http://brandvoices.pw/mw/index.php/campaigns/pn363vlboab4b/track-url/xr920sfabxb7f/4f2f5c95b2bca12b20f0db9170bfca88f20dfa96">unsubscribe</a> <img width="1" height="1" src="http://brandvoices.pw/mw/index.php/campaigns/pn363vlboab4b/track-opening/xr920sfabxb7f" alt="" /> </body> </html>