Do your offerings fit?
Start with the products or services you actually sell. A potential Schedule category needs to match your offering and the applicable solicitation requirements.
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How to Get on the GSA Schedule
GO GSA prepares your GSA Schedule proposal using the business information and supporting documents your team provides.
We write your GSA proposal. You provide the business documents.
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Start with the right question
Is a GSA Schedule the right next step for your business?
Getting on the Schedule involves more than completing an application. The useful first step is understanding whether your offerings, records, and goals support pursuing an offer now—and what you may need to strengthen first.
Can you support the offer?
Expect to substantiate your business history, commercial practices, experience, and pricing with records that tell a consistent story.
What happens after award?
A Schedule is a contracting vehicle, not a purchase order. Winning work still takes a federal sales plan and ongoing contract management.
Free initial guidance. Not an official GSA eligibility decision.
The process
Four stages of a GSA Schedule offer
A Schedule offer brings together business records, pricing, technical information, and past performance. The work continues after submission through GSA review.
1. Review readiness and identify SINs
Review your business operations, commercial history, and offering. Match products or services to appropriate Special Item Numbers (SINs), rather than selecting a category by name alone.
2. Organize records, experience, and pricing
Gather registrations, financial and commercial records, relevant past performance, price lists, and a supportable approach to pricing. Check that the source records agree.
3. Prepare and submit the offer
Develop technical narratives and pricing materials, check consistency across the package, and submit through the appropriate GSA eOffer system.
4. Respond during GSA review
GSA may request clarifications or supported revisions. Prepare responses and work through pricing and terms negotiations; GSA makes the final award decision.
The practical side
What you will need to prepare
The exact requirements depend on your offering and the applicable GSA solicitation. These are the kinds of inputs a readiness review can help you organize before you commit to an offer.
Your offering
Clear descriptions of what you sell and the customers you serve.
Business records
Registration, company details, and other information relevant to the solicitation.
Commercial history
Sales practices, pricing records, and supporting documentation that apply to your offer.
Experience
Examples of relevant work or performance that support the capabilities you propose.
Pricing approach
A supportable explanation of what you charge and how your proposed pricing fits the offer.
Time for review
A person on your team who can provide records, answer questions, and approve business decisions.
Not sure what you already have?
You do not need a perfect folder of documents to start a conversation. Tell us what you sell and where you are in the process; we can talk through the gaps with you.
EXPERIENCE BEHIND GO GSA
Meet Kevin McKew
Founder & Principal Consultant
Kevin McKew brings more than 20 years of experience across technology and government contracting, including over a decade leading GO GSA. His work helps businesses enter and grow in the federal marketplace through readiness assessments, proposal preparation, pricing, negotiations, and contract management.
That experience shapes GO GSA’s approach: understand the requirements, present each client’s capabilities clearly, and connect the proposal process to a broader federal growth strategy.
Work with GO GSA
We write your GSA proposal. You provide the business documents.
Once we agree on the scope, GO GSA takes ownership of preparing and managing your proposal, from identifying requirements and developing technical and pricing materials to submitting through eOffer and coordinating responses during GSA’s review. Your team provides accurate supporting records and approves business decisions. GSA makes the final contract award decision.
Your service agreement defines the deliverables and support included in your engagement.
Support is scoped to your engagement. GSA makes the final award decision. Explore GSA consulting pricing.
Free GSA readiness check
See How Ready Your Business Is for a GSA Schedule
A preliminary assessment provided by GO GSA, a private consulting firm, not an official GSA eligibility determination.
What does your business offer?
Choose an option to begin. Takes just a few minutes.
At the end, enter your name, email, and company to view your personalized report. No obligation.
This is general, non-binding guidance, not legal advice, a statement of your company's compliance, an application to GSA, or a guarantee of eligibility or award. Requirements vary by offering and solicitation.
Still deciding whether federal contracting fits?
If you are still considering federal contracting in general, start with the broader Federal Market Readiness Check. If you know you want to explore a GSA Schedule, the assessment above focuses on that starting point.
Common questions
What is a GSA Schedule?
The GSA Multiple Award Schedule is a federal contracting program through which awarded contractors can offer eligible products and services to government buyers.
Do I need every record before starting?
A readiness review can identify which business records, commercial history, and offering details are already available and which need attention.
What happens after submission?
GSA reviews the offer and may request clarifications or additional information before negotiations and award processing.
Can GO GSA guarantee an award?
No. GSA makes all eligibility, acceptance, and award decisions.
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