No New Solicitation Needed: How to Get Agencies to Use the Vehicle You Already Have

Federal agencies post new solicitations for work that falls under existing small business contract vehicles because contracting officers often do not know those vehicles are available, and 50 percent of government jobs are still going to one or no bidders. Eric Coffie walks through the exact conversation a contractor can have with a contracting officer to redirect a new solicitation onto an existing IDIQ or GSA Schedule vehicle, saving both sides time and paperwork. What you'll learn in this episode: How to find Army contracts posted on SAM.gov that fall under a vehicle you already hold and what to say to the contracting officer to move them over Why having a GSA Schedule is only the first step and what active marketing to agency buyers actually looks like How contract vehicles can be used across commands and even across agencies when one has budget and another has the requirement Why the government is creating specific narrow vehicles like a $5 million roofing IDIQ instead of one general construction award and how to use that to your advantage The one-conversation approach to getting a contracting officer to cut a task order through your existing vehicle instead of writing a new solicitation Chapters: 0:00 - Why agencies still post work you could already win 2:30 - How Sylvia's base vehicle can reach 30 commands 4:30 - Discoverability: the nationwide problem Eric is solving 6:45 - Juliette's IDIQ and three Army site visits 9:30 - The exact words to say to your contracting officer 10:45 - Cross-agency vehicle use and budget transfers   Mindy gives you the federal opportunities, agency signals, recompete intel, and pursuit briefs that tell you not just what contracts exist, but which ones to chase and how to win them. Sign up for free Daily Alerts and get opportunities delivered to your inbox before the day starts. Get your free Daily Alerts here https://getmindy.ai