OVERVIEW OF SPG SCHEDULE SERVICES

PRE-AWARD SERVICES

CONTRACT AWARD
Successful organizations, often begin with market awareness training. Southern Procurement Group offers one-day workshops to companies.  Seeking to do business with GSA or additional with GSA.

Southern Procurement Group’s Three Step Comprehensive Program offers the following techniques and procedures in strategy development, business analysis, and contract review:

Strategy Development

• Determine the offer

• Establish pricing

• Access appropriate timing for offer

• Specify form offer will take

• Identify correct schedule

• Identify correct special item number(s)

• Identify personnel, prime contractors, 8 (a) firms and teaming partners
  
  Analyze Company Standard Business Practices
  

• Analyze current business practices vs. terms and conditions of schedules contract for compliance.

• Review pricing and discounting practices

• Recommend the pricing and discounts to be proposed in offer.
  
  Review the following Business Processes
  

• Examine the pre-award contract clauses

• Participate in customer presentations

• Review certification and other contract requirements

• Assist with the structuring of your submission in relationship to price vs. profit

• Assist with the submission and negotiation of your offer

• Respond to requests for additional information 

• Negotiate the final pricing, terms, and conditions of award

POST AWARD

CONTRACT MANAGEMENT SERVICES

Companies need assistance with their existing Schedules contracts. Southern Procurement Group will analyze and conduct an in-depth review of your Schedules contract award. The purpose of the review is to insure that your business practices and the award context are complementary. The review will also include examination of compliance regulations with the requirements of the contract so as to monitor any possible violations of the Price Reduction Clause, quarterly reporting, and payment of the Industrial Funding Fee (IFF). We will also assist in economic price adjustment for any possible area and assist with any additional Special Item Number you may want to add or delete.

To assist you in managing your award, SPG will

Provide continuous contract administration management support of your Schedules contract to include preparation, submission and negotiation of modifications to your award as needed.

Review your contractual obligations in terms of this contract

• Maintenance of order tracking system

• Price reductions considerations

• Economic price adjustments

• Collecting, reporting, and submitting the Industrial Funding Fee (IFF)

• Quarterly reporting of Schedules sales

Assist in getting additional items on the schedule

Provide representation for audit and record review to assist you in getting the most out of your contract.

Offer comprehensive training to your sales and marketing personnel regarding the most effective sales strategy of your Schedule contract.

Monitor federal government policy and regulations as they relate to federal supply schedules, issues, and concerns.

Prepare, submit, and negotiate any modifications such as additions or deletions of products or services or price changes.

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