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Jen Camp

Jen Camp is a Proposal Writer for Winvale. Originally from Nashville, TN, she graduated from the University of Richmond with a Bachelor's degree in Biology and minors in English and Gender Studies.

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GSA Schedule | Resources and Insight

First Steps to Take within 30 Days of Your GSA Schedule Award

By: Jen Camp
September 10th, 2025

Upon award of your Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract, you’re likely to be greeted with many tasks and terms you’ll need to get familiar with quickly. Sales reporting, Minimum sales requirement, Order Level Materials Special Item Number (SIN), Mass Modification—these are all terms that might get thrown around by your Contract Specialist during the award process. But what do they actually mean for you? What action items need to get done following the award of a General Services Administration (GSA) MAS contract? As a proposal writer that manages the post award process on a regular basis, I’ll let you know the best way I’ve found to get started on managing your GSA MAS contract.

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GSA Schedule

Alternative GSA Offers: Streamlined Acquisition and Startup Springboard

By: Jen Camp
August 6th, 2025

The process of getting a contract on the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program can be daunting, typically taking months to complete. The items required to submit with a complete Schedule offer are expansive, ranging from your company’s financial statements, to its quality control procedures, to its commercial sales practices (an expanded list of the base requirements of a GSA Schedule offer can be found in our blog).

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Top 10 Reasons to Get on the GSA Schedule

Top 10 Reasons to Get on the GSA Schedule

Do you know what the real benefits of being on the GSA Schedule are? Learn the top 10 reasons (and advantages) why you should consider it.

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GSA Schedule | Technology

Software SINs vs. Cloud SINs

By: Jen Camp
July 7th, 2025

The Information Technology Large Category within the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) accounts for the highest spending through MAS regularly, but it can also be one of the most difficult categories for vendors to determine where their offerings fall. Many of the Special Item Numbers (SINs) in this Large Category are interrelated, and sometimes the scope descriptions struggle to capture innovations in industry.

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Government Business Development

How Small Business Set-Asides Work—And How You Can Help Shape Them

By: Jen Camp
May 30th, 2025

If you’re in the federal contracting world, you probably have some familiarity with small business set-asides and the various socioeconomic types of small businesses that the government is concerned with. Small business set-asides influence every type of federal acquisition strategy, including purchases made off of GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule (MAS), and other government-wide acquisition contracts.

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Government | New Administration

What Federal Contractors Need to Know About the America First Trade Policy

By: Jen Camp
May 9th, 2025

The Trump administration’s actions on foreign trade has dominated the news cycle for weeks now, largely due to the tariffs announced on foreign goods. However, the scope of the administration’s “America First Trade Policy” goes beyond just foreign tariffs. It is a set of Executive Orders (EO) that utilize existing legislation, namely the Buy American Act (BAA), to change the way that the federal government procures goods and services, with an emphasis on prioritizing domestic goods over foreign goods.

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GSA Schedule

FoRGED Act Encourages Best Value Acquisition for GSA MAS Over Lowest Price

By: Jen Camp
April 14th, 2025

The FoRGED Act is the procurement blueprint for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2026 and it could mean an end to the Price Reduction Clause for GSA Schedule holders and applicants.

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