U.S. GSA to Hold Seminar, Net Gain Marketing to Represent Agencies

Net Gain Marketing today announced plans to attend the U.S. General Services Administration’s (GSA) upcoming seminar, “How to Prepare a Quality Offer,” on behalf of any collection agency interested in Federal contracting opportunities, but unable to attend the seminar in Arlington, VA, slated for October 20.

The seminar will provide an overview of the GSA schedule under which Federal debt collection contracts are administered, including basic proposal requirements, pricing, contract data, and contract administration. Also, the seminar will cover changes between previous proposal submission requirements and new requirements released on July 18, 2005. The goal is to educate interested collection agencies on what it takes to qualify to do business with the Federal government under SIN 520-4.

According to data released earlier this year by the Department of Treasury?s Financial Management Service, approximately $18.3 billion in Federal debt was placed with private collection agencies (PCAs) during fiscal year 2004, a 27% increase over the previous year. During the same time, collections were $610.4 million. These debts were placed mainly by the Departments of Education, Treasury, and Health and Human Services. These numbers are expected to grow dramatically when the Internal Revenue Service begins using private collection agencies.

For a nominal fee, Net Gain Marketing will attend the seminar on your collection agency’s behalf, forward to you materials from the event, and provide you with an online presentation via teleconference on the basics of Federal contracting. For more information, the number to call is 215-533-1680.

Net Gain Marketing principal Nick Bernardo commented, “Lots of agency owners and managers want to get on the GSA schedule, but do not have the time to travel to Washington to even begin to learn about the structure, bureaucracy, and lingo associated with Federal contracting opportunities, let alone the time to dedicate to developing a proposal to GSA. That’s why so many agencies engage us to fill them in.”