Government Guru and GSA Guru Exhibiting at GSA Opening Doors Conference August 9-11

Bishop, CA, June 20, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Ted Erlwein, the driving force behind the dynamic new small business tools – The Government Guru and The GSA Guru – has announced that he will be exhibiting at the GSA Opening Doors Conference which is being held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles. During this conference, Erlwein will be discussing the tools available through his new subscription sites as well as discussing business development with the Federal government and how a company could increase their win ratio and bottom lines through an aggressive Government contracting program.

When queried about the reason for launching The Government Guru and The GSA Guru, Erlwein stated, “Small businesses have both goals and budgets. In today’s economy there is a challenge to achieve both effectively. Our mission with the Guru sites is to provide the information necessary for small business to learn Federal Government contracting, effectively bid, proactively market, and ultimately win government contracts.” Erlwein further stated, “The Government awards about $525 billion in contracts each year and 23% of that is supposed to be setaside for small business but each year Federal agencies come up short. The Small Business Administration (SBA) reports that only 21% was achieved last year. If you take that down to a daily level, small businesses are leaving over $6 million on the table each day – contract awards that should go to small businesses but are not. Our mission is to give small business the tools needed to meet their goals at prices that meet their budget.”

The General Services Administration Schedules program is a process where small and large businesses pre-negotiate a long term contract which is accessible by every Federal agency for ease of purchasing. These GSA Schedules are for a five year term with three five year option periods providing a potential 20 year contract with the Federal Government. Because of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 8.404, the contracting process for achieving awards is faster and more efficient for Schedule holders. This contracting vehicle can provide a dynamic potential for winning business and increasing revenue. GSA Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) administers these GSA Schedules but they are available to all agencies.

There are approximately 26 million businesses in the United States. Of those, less than 500,000 are registered to do business with the Federal Government on the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. And of those, only about 18,000 have GSA Schedules. Having a GSA Schedule can significantly reduce a company’s competition. Information Technology is the largest GSA Schedule with sales last year of almost $16 billion. But GSA Schedules are more than IT and cover most products and services that a business would offer from office supplies to law enforcement to engineering to consulting.

Subscribers to each service receive a weekly newsletter with success strategies and a complimentary live webinar each month discussing up to date news and topics relating to Government contracting, GSA Schedules, GSA proposals, and GSA Schedule management. The fees for these services are only $19.95/month for The Government Guru, $29.95/month for the GSA Guru or can be combined for only $39.95/month.

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