GSA’s IT Schedule 70 not only boasts the largest amount of awarded contracts with more than 4,700, and the largest amount of dollars procured at $14 billion, but it’s also one of the quickest schedule contracts to be awarded.

In the near future, a possible update to Human Resources and Equal Employment Opportunity Services, formally known as Schedule 738x, will be introducing significant changes to the Special Item Number (SIN) structure and will directly affect several schedule holders on this contract.

Proposals are one of the most important documents contractors will have to develop. After assisting clients from nearly every market segment for more than a decade, we have quite a bit of proposal experience under our belt. These are the top ten things we believe every government contractor should know about public sector proposal writing in order to succeed in the federal marketplace. Let us know what you think of the list, or if there's anything you would add, on Twitter @Winvale.

After the recent release of a Special Item Number (SIN) for cloud products and services on IT Schedule 70, GSA is now looking to create two more SINs for targeted technologies. Specifically, these SINs will be related to health IT and cybersecurity. GSA also expanded their agreement with the Defense Health Agency (DHA) regarding health IT spending.

Many small businesses build a federal practice by partnering with companies that act as a reseller to the government. There are enormous benefits to partnering on a reseller’s GSA Schedule as part of your government sales strategy.

For the better part of a decade, the General Services Administration (GSA) has been working hard to answer one key question: “How can we improve how the federal government buys goods and services?” The answer: “Become more strategic!” [Click to Tweet]