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| Welcome Partners | 8:00 - 8:15 |
| Location: Texas A-B & Texas C-D
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| Track A: e-Buy Live with Joey Phelps | |
| Location: Texas A-B |
| This "live" and highly interactive session promotes group learning through contractor participation. The team will walk our Partners through the process for effectively using e-Buy using actual orders from current GSA customers. Come learn the tricks of the trade! |
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| Track B: New Contractor Orientation | |
| Location: Sundance 5 |
| Are you new to managing Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contracts in the federal government? Then, this session is designed just for you. Step out on the right foot and learn how to become successful at GSA venues and programs. Learn about the top 10 best practices to efficiently and profitably manage your MAS contract. |
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| Track C: Green Sustainability: It’s Easy Being Green with GSA! | |
| Location: Texas C-D |
| This session will share GSA's perspectives on current topics relating to environmental sustainability and how GSA is positioning its MAS supply chain to support the sustainability initiatives of the Administration, as well as compliance with current laws, Executive Orders, and the FAR. |
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| Track A: Take a SIP into GSA Advantage!® | |
| Location: Texas A-B |
| There are at least two sides to every story. Now that you have been awarded a Multiple Award Schedule Contract, you have to ensure that you capitalize on new opportunities to generate sales. GSA's Schedule Input Program (SIP) is the gateway to ensuring that your products and services are visible to customers on GSA Advantage. Join our presenters as they provide an interactive and hands on "walk through" the system depicting various steps of the input process from both the contractor and GSA Contracting Officer/Contract Specialist perspectives. |
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| Track B: Networking Session | |
| Location: Sundance 5 |
| Opportunity to network and work closely with experts from GSA on a range of topics including: Schedule Input Program (SIP), Advantage, e-Buy, and uploading documents to the Vendor Support Center. The session will be hosted by Customer Service Directors (CSDs), Contracting Offficers/Contract Specialists (CO/CSs), and other key professionals skilled in using a variety of systems. Whether you need some additional one-on-one attention with a specific challenge or you would just like to put a name with the face, the opportunities to network will be many. |
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| Track C: Congratulations on Your Contract Award! Now That You've Got It, Will They Come? | |
| Location: Texas C-D |
| This no-nonsense panel presentation gets straight to the point, and may be particularly beneficial to contractors who have recently been awarded a GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract. The panel of experts presents the award of a MAS contract as simply a license to hunt. The discussion will cover MAS selling points, and review of a success story in which a MAS contractor in Marketing GSA schedule from $0 to $600,000 per quarter in four years. Additionally, the team will help the audience explore myriad marketing tools available, such as websites, email newsletters, capability statements, GSA Advantage!r and e-Buy. To jumpstart the ability to market to federal customers, this is the session to attend. |
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| Track A: Transitioning to eMods | |
| Location: Texas A-B |
| Effective February 2010, the Greater Southwest Acquisition no longer accepted paper modifications. Understand what is going on and how to ensure that your electronic submission of modifications is smooth and seamless as possible. Explore with us the top issues and some resolutions. Come prepared to discuss your challenges, best practices, and lessons learned. |
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| Track B: Networking Session | |
| Location: Sundance 5 |
| Opportunity to network and work closely with experts from GSA on a range of topics including: Schedule Input Program (SIP), Advantage, e-Buy, and uploading documents to the Vendor Support Center. The session will be hosted by Customer Service Directors (CSDs), Contracting Offficers/Contract Specialists (CO/CSs), and other key professionals skilled in using a variety of systems. Whether you need some additional one-on-one attention with a specific challenge or you would just like to put a name with the face, the opportunities to network will be many. |
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| Track C: Leveraging the Small Business Administration | |
| Location: Texas C-D |
| Navigating through the processes and requirements can sometimes be overwhelming to a new MAS contract holder. Learn how to get ahead and navigate through the processes for managing your contract. |
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| LUNCH BREAK | 11:30 - 1:00 |
| On Your Own |
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| Track A: Transitioning to eMods | |
| Location: Texas A-B |
| Effective February 2010, the Greater Southwest Acquisition no longer accepted paper modifications. Understand what is going on and how to ensure that your electronic submission of modifications is smooth and seamless as possible. Explore with us the top issues and some resolutions. Come prepared to discuss your challenges, best practices, and lessons learned. |
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| Track B: Networking Session | |
| Location: Sundance 5 |
| Opportunity to network and work closely with experts from GSA on a range of topics including: Schedule Input Program (SIP), Advantage, e-Buy, and uploading documents to the Vendor Support Center. The session will be hosted by Customer Service Directors (CSDs), Contracting Offficers/Contract Specialists (CO/CSs), and other key professionals skilled in using a variety of systems. Whether you need some additional one-on-one attention with a specific challenge or you would just like to put a name with the face, the opportunities to network will be many. |
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| Track C: Congratulations on Your Contract Award! Now That You've Got It, Will They Come? | |
| Location: Texas C-D |
| This no-nonsense panel presentation gets straight to the point, and may be particularly beneficial to contractors who have recently been awarded a GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract. The panel of experts presents the award of a MAS contract as simply a license to hunt. The discussion will cover MAS selling points, and review of a success story in which a MAS contractor in Marketing GSA schedule from $0 to $600,000 per quarter in four years. Additionally, the team will help the audience explore myriad marketing tools available, such as websites, email newsletters, capability statements, GSA Advantage!r and e-Buy. To jumpstart the ability to market to federal customers, this is the session to attend. |
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| Track A: eBuy Live with Joey Phelps | |
| Location: Texas A-B |
| This "live" and highly interactive session promotes group learning through contractor participation. The team will walk our Partners through the process for effectively using e-Buy using actual orders from current GSA customers. Come learn the tricks of the trade! |
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| Track B: Networking Session | |
| Location: Sundance 5 |
| Opportunity to network and work closely with experts from GSA on a range of topics including: Schedule Input Program (SIP), Advantage, e-Buy, and uploading documents to the Vendor Support Center. The session will be hosted by Customer Service Directors (CSDs), Contracting Offficers/Contract Specialists (CO/CSs), and other key professionals skilled in using a variety of systems. Whether you need some additional one-on-one attention with a specific challenge or you would just like to put a name with the face, the opportunities to network will be many. |
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| Track C: Leveraging the Small Business Administration | |
| Location: Texas C-D |
| Navigating through the processes and requirements can sometimes be overwhelming to a new MAS contract holder. Learn how to get ahead and navigate through the processes for managing your contract. |
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| Track A: Take a SIP into GSA Advantage!® | |
| Location: Texas A-B |
| There are at least two sides to every story. Now that you have been awarded a Multiple Award Schedule Contract, you have to ensure that you capitalize on new opportunities to generate sales. GSA's Schedule Input Program (SIP) is the gateway to ensuring that your products and services are visible to customers on GSA Advantage. Join our presenters as they provide an interactive and hands on "walk through" the system depicting various steps of the input process from both the contractor and GSA Contracting Officer/Contract Specialist perspectives. |
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| Track B: Networking Session | |
| Location: Sundance 5 |
| Opportunity to network and work closely with experts from GSA on a range of topics including: Schedule Input Program (SIP), Advantage, e-Buy, and uploading documents to the Vendor Support Center. The session will be hosted by Customer Service Directors (CSDs), Contracting Offficers/Contract Specialists (CO/CSs), and other key professionals skilled in using a variety of systems. Whether you need some additional one-on-one attention with a specific challenge or you would just like to put a name with the face, the opportunities to network will be many. |
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| Track C: Green Sustainability: It’s Easy Being Green with GSA! | |
| Location: Texas C-D |
| This session will share GSA's perspectives on current topics relating to environmental sustainability and how GSA is positioning its MAS supply chain to support the sustainability initiatives of the Administration, as well as compliance with current laws, Executive Orders, and the FAR. |
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| Welcome | 8:00 - 8:15 |
| Location: Texas Ballroom E |
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| Customer Panel: Our Customers Speak | 8:15 - 9:15 |
| Location: Texas Ballroom E |
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| Hearing from the Hill - Legislative View Point on Current Initiatives | 9:15 - 9:45 |
| Location: Texas Ballroom E |
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| BREAK | 9:45 - 10:00 |
| Location: Texas Ballroom E |
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| eTools Initiatives & Updates | 10:00 - 10:30 |
| Location: Texas Ballroom E |
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| Center Updates | 10:30 - 10:50 |
| Location: Texas Ballroom E |
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| Branch Chief Panel Discussion | 10:50 - 11:30 |
| Location: Texas Ballroom E |
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| LUNCH BREAK | 11:30 - 1:30 |
| On Your Own |
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| Track A: Schedule 56, Buildings and Building Materials - Industrial Services and Supplies | |
| Location: Sundance 5 |
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| Track B: Schedules 66, 541, 736, Scientific Equipment and Services, Advertising and Integrated Marketing Solutions, and Taps | |
| Location: Stockyard 3 |
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| Track C: Schedule 73, Food Service, Hospitality, Cleaning Equipment and Supplies, Chemicals and Services | |
| Location: Stockyard 1 |
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| Track D: Schedule 84, Total Solutions For Law Enforcement, Security, Facilities Management, Fire, Rescue, Clothing | |
| Location: Texas Ballroom E |
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