Government contracting: GSA Multiple Award Schedule
GSA schedule consultant support for your MAS offer documents
Bidmere drafts the written parts of a GSA Multiple Award Schedule offer and organizes the documents you upload to eOffer. Your company completes the training, signs and submits. GSA decides the award.
Fixed price in 2 business hours. Pay only after you accept.
- Fixed price agreed before any work starts
- Free review of your situation and documents
- You pay only after you accept the price and delivery date
- Drafted only from facts you approve
- Your authorized negotiator signs and submits
Quick answer
Bidmere offers GSA schedule consultant support limited to offer preparation. For small businesses applying to the GSA Multiple Award Schedule, we draft the corporate experience, quality control and relevant project narratives and organize required documents for eOffer. Your team signs and submits. Federal proposal work is from $6,950, with a fixed quote in 2 business hours.
What does a GSA schedule consultant do, and what does Bidmere do?
A GSA schedule consultant helps a company prepare and submit a Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) offer, then often helps manage the contract after award. Bidmere covers one part of that work: writing and organizing the offer.
| Bidmere does | Bidmere does not |
|---|---|
| Draft corporate experience, quality control and relevant project experience narratives | Register your business in SAM.gov |
| Organize past performance, financial and pricing support documents | Complete Pathways to Success training or the Readiness Assessment for you |
| Build a checklist from the current solicitation and SIN requirements | Act as your authorized negotiator or agent |
| Format entries to eOffer field and page limits | Log into eOffer, sign or submit the offer |
| List open questions and missing documents | Set your prices or negotiate with GSA |
| Prepare responses to clarification requests you receive | Promise an award or a timeline |
GSA reviews each offer and decides whether to award a contract. Nobody outside GSA can guarantee that outcome.
What is the GSA Multiple Award Schedule?
The Multiple Award Schedule, also called the Federal Supply Schedule, is GSA’s program for buying commercial products and services. GSA says federal, state, local and tribal governments and other eligible buyers can use it.
MAS is organized into large categories such as Facilities, Industrial Products and Services, Professional Services, and Security and Protection. Each category contains Special Item Numbers (SINs) that describe what you can sell.
A MAS contract does not guarantee orders. After award, agencies still choose whether to buy from you, and you still have to market to them.
Can construction contractors get on a GSA schedule?
Construction contractors can hold MAS contracts for qualifying products and services, but MAS is not a vehicle for stand-alone construction. GSA’s ordering guide for construction-related services limits that work to ancillary tasks.
Under that guide:
- Ancillary Repair and Alterations (ANCRA) covers non-complex repair and alteration work. It must be incidental to a product or service bought on the same order, from the same MAS contractor.
- Installation and site preparation (SIN 238910) covers work ancillary to products in certain subcategories, priced as a separate line item.
- Major or new construction, complex work on whole facilities and architect-engineer services are excluded.
If your main business is general construction, federal work usually comes through other vehicles. These include sealed bids, negotiated proposals, IDIQ and MATOC task orders, and SF 330 submittals for A-E firms. See how to bid on government contracts for those routes.
What does a GSA MAS offer involve?
A MAS offer is a formal response to GSA’s MAS solicitation. GSA’s roadmap and the solicitation set the steps, and the offeror completes most of them directly.
- Register in SAM.gov. Your entity registration must be active.
- Complete Pathways to Success training. GSA says it takes about 3 to 4 hours. You acknowledge in eOffer that you completed it within the past year.
- Complete the Readiness Assessment. It must be done by a designated authorized negotiator who is an employee of your company.
- Read the solicitation and choose SINs. The MAS solicitation and category attachments set the requirements. Each SIN can add its own.
- Use the new offeror checklist. GSA publishes a checklist of minimum requirements by category.
- Prepare the offer documents. Narratives, past performance, financial statements and pricing, using GSA templates where required.
- Submit in eOffer. You log in with your FAS ID, complete the fields, upload forms, sign and submit.
After submission, GSA reviews the offer, may ask questions and negotiates pricing. Bidmere helps with step 6 and with organizing answers to questions in the review.
Which documents go into a GSA schedule offer?
A MAS offer has administrative, technical and pricing parts. The exact list depends on the current solicitation, your SINs and your business, so always check the solicitation in effect when you submit.
Administrative:
- Pathways to Success and Readiness Assessment acknowledgments
- Active SAM.gov registration
- Financial statements, usually for the prior two years
- Conditional items such as a subcontracting plan, agent authorization letter or Trade Agreements Act information
Technical:
- Corporate experience narrative
- Quality control plan
- Relevant project experience narratives for each SIN
- Past performance information from clients
Pricing:
- GSA’s Price Proposal Template
- Supporting documents for each proposed price, such as invoices, contracts or quotes
- Commercial Sales Practices disclosure, unless the offer falls under Transactional Data Reporting
GSA says companies with fewer than two years of relevant experience may qualify under Startup Springboard if they meet the stated criteria.
Have a solicitation or a deadline? Send the RFP or bid documents. Fixed quote within 2 business hours. Plan review is free, and you pay only after you accept.
Get a fixed quoteHow does Bidmere prepare a MAS offer package?
We work from the current solicitation and the facts you approve. Every claim in a narrative must trace to something your company did.
- Scope review. You tell us your SINs, your company history and where you are in the process. We reply within 2 business hours with a fixed quote or our questions.
- Requirements checklist. We map the solicitation, category attachment and SIN requirements to a list of documents, owners and status.
- Fact gathering. You send past projects, client references, financials, pricing support and any earlier proposals.
- Drafting. We draft each narrative within eOffer limits and organize supporting files with clear names.
- Review. Your team checks facts, prices and commitments. We revise to your comments.
- Hand-off. You receive the organized package and a checklist. Your authorized negotiator uploads, signs and submits in eOffer.
Pricing decisions stay with you. We format and organize the support, but we do not set rates or discounts.
What should you send before hiring help with a GSA schedule?
Send what you already have. Gaps become the first items on your open questions list.
- Your UEI, NAICS codes and the SINs you plan to offer
- A short company history and organization chart
- Descriptions of recent projects for each SIN, with permission to name each client
- Contacts willing to give past performance information
- Financial statements, or notes on why they are not available
- Your commercial price list, invoices or contracts that support pricing
- Your existing quality control process, even if informal
- Any capability statement or earlier federal proposals
The first inquiry form takes text only. Do not paste financial details into it. We arrange secure document sharing after confirming the work.
Before you send plans
Common questions about handing off the work
Can you guarantee a GSA contract award?
No. GSA evaluates every offer and decides. We help make your package complete and clear.
Who is responsible for the offer?
Your company. Your authorized negotiator reviews, signs and submits. Bidmere never signs or submits.
Will you set our GSA pricing?
No. You set prices and discounts. We organize the pricing support and check it against the template.
Do we still need to do the training?
Yes. Pathways to Success and the Readiness Assessment must be completed by your company.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
How much does a GSA schedule consultant cost?
Consultant fees vary widely, and many firms also charge for post-award support. Bidmere prices MAS offer preparation as a fixed quote after reviewing your SINs and documents. Federal proposal work is from $6,950. You get the price within 2 business hours, and you pay only after you accept it.
Is Bidmere a full-service GSA schedule consultant?
No. Bidmere handles offer writing and document organization. We do not register your business, complete GSA training for you, act as your agent, submit in eOffer, negotiate with GSA or manage the contract after award. Many companies use us alongside their own team or an APEX Accelerator.
How long does it take to prepare a GSA MAS offer?
Our delivery date depends on your SINs and how many documents you already have, and it is set in the fixed quote. GSA’s review time is separate and outside our control. Starting with SAM.gov registration and the required training early helps avoid delays.
Can a construction company get a GSA schedule?
Yes, for qualifying products and services. GSA limits construction-related work on MAS to ancillary repair and alteration and to installation and site preparation tied to products on the same order. Major or new construction and architect-engineer services are excluded, so most construction work is bid through other vehicles.
What do we need before starting a MAS offer?
Start with an active SAM.gov registration and the SINs you plan to offer. Then gather recent project descriptions for each SIN, client references, financial statements and pricing support such as invoices or contracts. Your company must also complete Pathways to Success training and the Readiness Assessment.
Do we need two years of financial statements?
GSA says companies usually need two years of financial statements, and may submit other documentation of financial responsibility if they do not have them. Companies with fewer than two years of relevant experience may qualify under Startup Springboard. Check the current solicitation for the exact rule.
Where can we get free GSA schedule help?
GSA’s National Customer Service Center answers questions, and APEX Accelerators offer free counseling to businesses pursuing government contracts. They are a good first stop. Use Bidmere when you are ready to draft the narratives and need the package written and organized.
Is our company information confidential?
Yes. The first inquiry form takes text only, so do not paste financials or pricing into it. After we confirm the work, we arrange secure document sharing. Your documents are used only to prepare your offer and are not shared with others.
Get a fixed quote
Share the project basics. You get a fixed price and delivery date within 2 business hours. Plan review is free, and you pay only after you accept.