Ilene Giles

Ilene has dedicated over twenty years to federal contracts and is the author of, "Road to Business Growth in the GSA Program" Ilene is known for working with vendors who struggle with GSA contracts and its processes. She is a former GSA contract specialist who has helped over five hundred vendors worldwide in winning federal business with a GSA schedule, contact Ilene for a free consultation

What You Should Know About GSA Consulting Contracts

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GSA currently offers government contracts to vendors that supply consulting services.  That contract is available under GSA’s Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services (MOBIS) schedule, also known as schedule 874. This schedule focuses on the services the vendor can provide in regards to management and consulting services that will improve the federal agencies performance and meet […]

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Service Contract Reporting Requirements

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There are new requirements in accordance with Section 743(a) of Division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111-117) for all service contracts that contain FAR clauses 52.204-14 or 52.204-15. Contractors subject to the SCR requirement must provide the following information in System for Award Management (SAM) by October 31, 2014: 1) Total

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7 Key Steps To Qualify For A GSA Contract

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There are stages in the GSA requirement process that each applicant must abide by before receiving award of a contract, this post will be focusing on the pre-proposal requirement stage.   At the pre proposal stage you want to make sure the required registrations are complete in its entirety and most importantly you want to ensure that you in fact qualify for a

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Research Federal Contracts In 3 Easy Steps

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Performing market intelligence is essential when pursuing government contracts because you don’t want to walk into the federal marketplace blindly.  You need to be able to know what agencies buy what you sell and how often.  There are several reasons why you perform your market research but in this article I am just going to focus

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