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.

Our government analysis team has brought you all the information you need to know about Alliant 2 and Alliant Small Business (SB) 2 as well as an in-depth look at how the new Health IT SIN is shaking up the OASIS contract in the federal marketplace as part of our ten-part Government Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) series. This week, we’ll be discussing one of the most beneficial contracts for businesses selling IT products.

Most GSA Schedule contractors are familiar with the Schedule Input Program (SIP), how to download it to their computer from GSA’s Vender Support Center and how to post their awarded GSA pricelist and products or services on GSA Advantage. Knowing this basic information is great, but there is a lot more to SIP than what the average GSA contractor knows, including a plethora of helpful shortcuts that can be vital to its utilization.

Back in 2010, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) tasked the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to lead a government-wide effort to ensure that there were sufficient cybersecurity measures in place for each agency. These security protocols needed to be both risk-based and cost-effective in nature.