GSA Schedule 70

(1) Special features of the supply or service that are required in effective program performance and that are not provided by a comparable supply or service;
(2) Trade-in considerations;
(3) Probable life of the item selected as compared with that or a comparable item;
(4) Warranty considerations;
(5) Maintenance availability;
(6) Past performance; and
(7) Environmental and energy efficiency considerations

(1) Review additional Schedule contractors’ catalogs/price lists or use the "GSA Advantage!" online shopping service;
(2) Based upon the initial evaluation, generally seek price reductions from the Schedule contractor(s) appearing to provide the best value (considering price and other factors); and
(3) After price reductions have been sought, place the Order with the Schedule contractor that provides the best value and results in the lowest overall cost alternative. If further price reductions are not offered, an order may still be placed, if the ordering office determines that it is appropriate.

NOTE: For orders exceeding the maximum order threshold, the contractor may:

(1) Offer a new lower price for this requirement (The Price Reductions clause is not applicable to orders placed over the maximum order in FAR 52.216-19 Order Limitations);
(2) Offer the lowest price available under the contract; or
(3) Decline the order (orders must be returned in accordance with FAR 52.216.19).

(1) Time of delivery/installation quotations for individual orders;
(2) Technical representations and/or warranties of products concerning performance, total system performance and/or configuration, physical, design and/or functional characteristics and capabilities of a product/equipment/service/software package submitted in response to requirements which result in orders under this schedule contract.
(3) Any representations and/or warranties concerning the products made in any literature, description, drawings and/or specifications furnished by the contractor.

(1) Prepare a request (Request for Quote or other communication tool):

(2) Transmit the request to contractors:

(3) Evaluate responses and select the contractor to receive the order:

After responses have been evaluated against the factors identified in the request, the order should be placed with the schedule contractor that represents the best value. (See FAR 8.404)

(1) Inform contractors in the request (based on the agency’s requirement) if a single BPA or multiple BPAs will be established, and indicate the basis that will be used for selecting the contractors to be awarded the BPAs.

(2) Review BPAs Periodically: Such reviews shall be conducted at least annually. The purpose of the review is to determine whether the BPA still represents the best value. (See FAR 8.404)

Minimum/General Experience: Ten years of experience providing business analysis and consulting services, similar to that described under functional responsibility, and having knowledge and understanding of applicable technical concepts and practices.

Functional Responsibility: Manages IT business and technical activities relating to the design, installation, and operations of business and information systems involving multiple projects and personnel. Organizes, directs, and coordinates planning and production of all IT contract support activities. Establishes work breakdown structures and work assignments within project teams. Coordinates and monitors cost, schedule, and performance for client engagements. Ensures conformance to task specifications and contract provisions. Recommends best practices for client business environment to facilitate achievement of client’s business strategy. Provides recommendations to senior management on change leadership and facilitation.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related business, engineering, computer science, physical science, or technical field. In lieu of a degree, an additional combination of education and related experience equaling four years, that provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities is required.

Minimum/General Experience: Eight years of experience providing business analysis and consulting services similar to that described under functional responsibility, and having knowledge and understanding of applicable technical concepts and practices.

Functional Responsibility: Recommends best practices for client IT business environment to facilitate achievement of client’s business strategy. Identifies new information requirements based upon business or functional requirements. Develops business justifications for new process designs and implementation plans. Integrates processes with technology, organization, and client business strategy. Provides recommendations to senior management on change leadership and facilitation. Recommends functional and quality requirements that support the business process architecture and strategy. Develops detailed work plans for implementing new technologies.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related business, engineering, computer science, physical science, or technical field. In lieu of a degree, an additional combination of education and related experience equaling four years, that provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities is required.

Minimum/General Experience: Five to eight years of experience providing business analysis and consulting services similar to that described under functional responsibility, and having knowledge and understanding of applicable technical concepts and practices.

Functional Responsibility: Designs business solutions aligned with the client’s IT business strategy and incorporating best practices. Applies knowledge of industry initiatives, policies, technologies, trends, issues, and challenges to develop recommendations for improvement of client’s IT business environment. Identifies organizational and technological implications of new processes. Develops process design implementation plans. Applies business consulting tools and techniques to facilitate the change process. Provides assessments of the adequacy and completeness of functional requirements.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related business, engineering, computer science, physical science, or technical field. In lieu of a degree, an additional combination of education and related experience equaling four years, that provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities is required.

Minimum/General Experience: Three to five years of experience providing business analysis and consulting services similar to that described under functional responsibility, and having knowledge and understanding of applicable technical concepts and practices.

Functional Responsibility: Provides assessments of client IT performance relative to industry standards and competitors. Identifies and applies process best practices. Identifies and prioritizes opportunities to create efficient business processes. Identifies gaps between current IT (as-is) and future IT (to-be) environments. Produces hypotheses (business problems and solutions) based on performance data. Performs cost/benefit analysis of new processes. Identifies key functional design issues and recommends possible solutions.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related business, engineering, computer science, physical science, or technical field. In lieu of a degree, an additional combination of education and related experience equaling four years, that provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities is required.

Minimum/General Experience: One to three years of experience providing business analysis and consulting services similar to that described under functional responsibility, and having knowledge and understanding of applicable technical concepts and practices.

Functional Responsibility: Provides business metrics with linkage to key processes or functions. Produces attributes, relationships, and importance of good business processes within client IT environment. Documents business information flow and interaction of functional business areas. Identifies value-added and non-added process components. Identifies key sources of information to analyze business processes. Conducts user interviews and identifies functional requirements. Provides analysis of impacts of current industry issues and trends.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related business, engineering, computer science, physical science, or technical field. In lieu of a degree, an additional combination of education and related experience equaling four years, that provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities is required.

Minimum/General Experience: One to two years of experience providing business analysis and consulting services similar to that described under functional responsibility, and having knowledge and understanding of applicable technical concepts and practices.

Functional Responsibility: Applies functional design concepts and methods to client IT environment. Provides structured documentation of client’s products, services, organization, functions, and processes. Can apply business performance, industry, and functional metrics to analyze client’s performance. Reports on the benefits of business process design and compares/contrasts approaches, tools, and techniques for a client environment. Provides analysis of key attributes and market drivers associated with a client’s industry.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related business, engineering, computer science, physical science, or technical field. In lieu of a degree, an additional combination of education and related experience equaling four years, that provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities is required.

Minimum/General Experience: Three years of experience providing technical expertise within a specific subject area or discipline similar to that described under functional responsibility. Has knowledge and understanding of application of this subject area or discipline within complex and large-scale IT client environments.

Functional Responsibility: Provides unique and/or in-depth IT technical analyses and technical/business support within subject matter areas requiring leading edge or state-of-the-art technical and business expertise. May support a wide variety of technical and business assignments based on the specific needs of the task’s requirements.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related engineering, computer science, physical science, or technical field. In lieu of a degree, an additional combination of education and related experience equaling four years, that provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities is required.

Minimum/General Experience: Ten years' experience in delivering technology solutions similar to that described under functional responsibility, and having extensive knowledge and understanding of applicable technical concepts and practices.

Functional Responsibility: Develops detailed approach for implementing IT technical solutions. Defines release management strategies. Maintains a broad technical understanding of various architectures and technologies. Possesses strong understanding of implementation methodologies. Integrates technical architecture with overall business solutions. Works with client to identify risks, issues, and impacts of implementing and supporting new technologies. Provides a cost/benefit analysis of alternative solutions.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related business, engineering, computer science, physical science, or technical field. In lieu of a degree, an additional combination of education and related experience equaling four years, that provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities is required.

Minimum/General Experience: Nine to twelve years of experience designing or implementing IT technology solutions similar to that described under functional responsibility. Has a minimum of six years of specialized skills in a given technology area. Has extensive knowledge and understanding of applicable technical concepts and practices.

Functional Responsibility: Maintains awareness of new technologies and provides input to projects when appropriate. Develops architecture approach, standards, and policies. Defines what architecture deliverables are required. Defines release management strategies. Defines technical solutions that support broad, complex projects. Validates client’s strategies within an area of specialization. Develops methodologies around the design and implementation of core technologies.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related engineering, computer science, physical science, or technical field. In lieu of a degree, an additional combination of education and related experience equaling four years, that provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities is required.

Minimum/General Experience: Five to eight years of experience designing or implementing technology solutions similar to that described under functional responsibility. Has a minimum of three years of specialized skills in a given technology area. Has extensive knowledge and understanding of applicable technical concepts and practices.

Functional Responsibility: Develops effective conceptual technical designs for a client IT environment. Has experience with multiple products in a given technical area. Possesses deep expertise/knowledge of a given product. Defines knowledge transfer and training procedures for transitioning support. Documents recommendations regarding future technical enhancements. Defines all of the major tasks required to design, implement, and support a solution. Evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of various IT technical products and client solutions.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related engineering, computer science, physical science, or technical field. In lieu of a degree, an additional combination of education and related experience equaling four years, that provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities is required.

Minimum/General Experience: Three to five years of experience designing or implementing IT technology solutions similar to that described under functional responsibility. Has a minimum of two years of specialized skills in a given technology area. Has knowledge and understanding of applicable technical concepts and practices.

Functional Responsibility: Understands a variety of technical architecture components and how they are integrated. Develops high-level and detailed designs of client architectures. Has intermediate understanding of specific products, functions, features, and implementation strategies. Provides input into complex technical issues. Ensures system readiness in preparation for release to production use. Manages the release or upgrade of a new system.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related engineering, computer science, physical science, or technical field. In lieu of a degree, an additional combination of education and related experience equaling four years, that provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities is required.

Minimum/General Experience: One to three years of experience designing or implementing technology solutions similar to that described under functional responsibility. Has a minimum of one year of specialized skills in a given technology area. Has knowledge and understanding of applicable technical concepts and practices.

Functional Responsibility: Capable of implementing components of a specific IT architecture. Executes proper system migration procedures. Recommends solutions to technical problems in area of specialization, including Application Development, System Administration, Enterprise System Management, Security, and Database technology. Resolves complex technical problems within a specific technology. Analyzes technical actions for compliance with standards.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related engineering, computer science, physical science, or technical field. In lieu of a degree, an additional combination of education and related experience equaling four years, that provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities is required.

Minimum/General Experience: One to two years of experience designing or implementing technology solutions similar to that described under functional responsibility, and having knowledge and understanding of applicable technical concepts and practices.

Functional Responsibility: Provides a range of IT functions that may include: assist in monitoring network hardware and computing systems to ensure properly set configuration options, assist in coordinating installation activities by interfacing with hardware and software planners, plans installations, transitions, and cutovers of information technology systems, analyze design specifications and translate detailed design for functional business applications into software, and test, debug, and refine computer software to produce required results.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related engineering, computer science, physical science, or technical field. In lieu of a degree, an additional combination of education and related experience equaling four years, that provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities is required.

Minimum/General Experience: Ten years' experience in delivering training solutions similar to that described under functional responsibility, and having knowledge and understanding of applicable technical concepts and practices.

Functional Responsibility: Evaluates alignment of client strategy, core competence, and performance. Demonstrates expertise in identifying and measuring client IT business performance. Predicts issues and challenges affecting the client’s IT business environment. Recommends best practices to facilitate achievement of client’s business strategy. Develops business justifications for new training programs. Integrates process with technology, organization, and strategy dimensions. Advises senior leadership on change management and facilitation. Uses industry knowledge to help direct client’s strategy and business plans. Develops new models/techniques for communicating business processes. Delivers customized user training through a variety of mechanisms, e.g., stand-up, telephonic, videoconference, Web-based, etc.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related business, education, computer science, physical science, or technical field. In lieu of a degree, an additional combination of education and related experience equaling four years, that provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities is required.

Minimum/General Experience: Five to eight years of experience designing or implementing training solutions. Has knowledge and understanding of applicable training concepts and practices.

Functional Responsibility: Identifies future IT competencies and performance for the client and recommends approaches for achievement. Implements IT training solutions aligned with the client’s business strategy and incorporating best practices. Assesses trends, issues, and challenges affecting the client’s business environment. Defines steps necessary to achieve the desired knowledge retention and user acceptance. Identifies organizational and technological implications of new processes. Develops training implementation plans. Applies approaches and tools to facilitate successful knowledge transfer. Assesses the adequacy and completeness of client deliverables. Delivers customized user training through a variety of mechanisms, e.g., stand-up, telephonic, videoconference, Web-based, etc.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related business, education, computer science, physical science, or technical field. In lieu of a degree, an additional combination of education and related experience equaling four years, that provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities is required.

Minimum/General Experience: Three to five years of experience designing or implementing IT training solutions. Has knowledge and understanding of applicable training concepts and practices.

Functional Responsibility: Assesses client IT performance relative to industry standards. Develops exercises based on course requirements and business goals. Determines and develops appropriate training solutions applying knowledge of the client’s business. Understands and applies best practices. Defines and applies guiding principles to training and documentation design. Advises clients on changes of scope, pace, and sequence. Identifies key functional design issues and recommends possible solutions. Understands a "day in the life" of training audience. Delivers customized user training through a variety of mechanisms, e.g., stand-up, telephonic, videoconference, Web-based, etc.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related business, education, computer science, physical science, or technical field. In lieu of a degree, an additional combination of education and related experience equaling four years, that provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities is required.

Minimum/General Experience: One to three years of experience designing or implementing IT training solutions. Has knowledge and understanding of applicable training concepts and practices.

Functional Responsibility: Functions as an IT instructional designer and defines business metrics and linkages to key processes or functions. Applies the importance, attributes, and relationships of good IT business processes to software functionality. Documents business information flow and maps to software functions. Identifies value-added and nonvalue-added process components. Understands the impact of scope and pace of change. Conducts user interviews and identifies functional requirements. Conducts knowledge transfer sessions with trainers and documentation specialists.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related business, education, computer science, physical science, or technical field. In lieu of a degree, an additional combination of education and related experience equaling four years, that provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities is required.

Minimum/General Experience: Ten years' experience providing IT technology support solutions similar to that described under functional responsibility, and having extensive knowledge and understanding of applicable technical concepts and practices.

Functional Responsibility: Defines deliverable requirements and release management strategies. Performs Quality Assurance on technical work performed by project team(s). Develops detailed approaches for supporting new technologies. Works with vendors to understand the pros and cons of various products within the client environment. Maintains a broad technical understanding of various IT architectures and technologies. Develops Service Level Agreements, client reports, continuous improvement plans, and other tools for enhancing the quality of service. Works with client to develop client’s support organization and vision. Aids in the definition of solutions sets and/or methodologies. Analyzes technical impacts on support capability. Provides a cost/benefit analysis of alternative solutions.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related business, engineering, computer science, physical science, or technical field. In lieu of a degree, an additional combination of education and related experience equaling four years, that provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities is required.

Minimum/General Experience: Nine to twelve years of experience providing technology support solutions. Has a minimum of six years of specialized skills in a given technology area similar to that described under functional responsibility. Has extensive knowledge and understanding of applicable technical concepts and practices.

Functional Responsibility: Can design custom technical architectures that meet the client’s IT business requirements. Estimates impact of enhancements on cost, resource consumption, and system performance. Assesses the feasibility of a given technical solution/enhancement. Recommends architecture upgrades and/or modifications. Develops architecture approach, standards, and policies. Defines release management strategies. Validates client’s strategies within an area of specialization. Identifies and articulates trends within area of specialization.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related engineering, computer science, physical science, or technical field. In lieu of a degree, an additional combination of education and related experience equaling four years, that provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities is required.

Minimum/General Experience: Five to eight years of experience providing technology support solutions. Has a minimum of three years of specialized skills in a given technology area similar to that described under functional responsibility, and having knowledge and understanding of applicable technical concepts and practices.

Functional Responsibility: Provides support for multiple products in a given technical area. Possesses deep expertise/knowledge of a given IT product. Develops procedures for the ongoing support of a given solution. Documents recommendations regarding technical enhancements. Evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of various technical products and client IT solutions. Proactively identifies risk of proposed technical enhancements. May lead one or more project teams.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related engineering, computer science, physical science, or technical field. In lieu of a degree, an additional combination of education and related experience equaling four years, that provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities is required.

Minimum/General Experience: Three to five years of experience providing technology support solutions similar to that described under functional responsibility, and having knowledge and understanding of applicable technical concepts and practices.

Functional Responsibility: Intermediate understanding and skills in IT product functionality and development. Stays current with new product development, function, features, and implementation strategies. Follows guidelines of established methodologies and procedures. Possesses a broad understanding of general technical architectures. Ensures that environments are installed and configured correctly. Designs documentation and procedures for a given IT technical function. Provides input into complex technical issues. Manages teams of 2-8 persons.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related engineering, computer science, physical science, or technical field. In lieu of a degree, an additional combination of education and related experience equaling four years, that provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities is required.

Minimum/General Experience: One to three years of experience providing technology support solutions similar to that described under functional responsibility, and having knowledge and understanding of applicable technical concepts and practices.

Functional Responsibility: Executes proper IT system migration procedures. Specialized skills/certifications in a given technology area such as information systems, networks, or applications. Recommends solutions to technical problems in areas of specialization. Resolves complex technical problems within a specific technology. Analyzes technical actions for compliance with standards. Performs a variety of support activities related to the operation, performance, and maintenance of information systems, networks, or applications.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related engineering, computer science, physical science, or technical field. In lieu of a degree, an additional combination of education and related experience equaling four years, that provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities is required.

Minimum/General Experience: One to two years of experience providing technology support solutions similar to that described under functional responsibility. Has knowledge and understanding of applicable technical concepts and practices.

Functional Responsibility: Has general awareness of major platforms and programming concepts. Performs basic technical support for network devices and/or operating systems. Monitors information technology devices such as networks, systems, and database severs, etc. for proper operation. Performs basic troubleshooting and problem resolution. Provides phone and in-person technical and operational support to information systems and network users. Develops/updates maintenance status reports and records.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related engineering, computer science, physical science, or technical field. In lieu of a degree, an additional combination of education and related experience equaling four years, that provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities is required.

Note: Agencies are advised that the Group 70-Information Technology Schedule is not to be used as a means to procure services which properly fall under the Brooks Act. These services include, but are not limited to architectural, engineering, mapping, cartographic production, remote sensing geographic information systems, and related services.

Haverstick Government Solutions, Inc. provides commercial products and services to the federal government. We are committed to promoting participation of small, small disadvantaged and women-owned small businesses in our contracts. We pledge to provide opportunities to the small business community through reselling opportunities, mentor-protégé programs, joint ventures, teaming arrangements, and subcontracting.

To actively seek and partner with small businesses.

To identify, qualify, mentor and develop small, small disadvantaged and women-owned small businesses by purchasing from these businesses whenever practical.

To develop and promote company policy initiatives that demonstrates our support for awarding contracts and subcontracts to small business concerns.

To undertake significant efforts to determine the potential of small, small disadvantaged and women-owned small businesses to supply products and services to our company.

To insure procurement opportunities are designed to permit the maximum possible participation of small, small disadvantaged, and women-owned businesses.

To attend business opportunity workshops, minority business enterprise seminars, trade fairs, procurement conferences, etc., to identify and increase small businesses with whom to partner.

To publicize in our marketing publications our interest in meeting small businesses that may be interested in subcontracting opportunities.

We signify our commitment to work in partnership with small, small disadvantaged and women-owned small businesses to promote and increase their participation in federal government contracts. To accelerate potential opportunities please contact:

Haverstick Government Solutions, Inc.
ATTN: Donna Fernandez
2900 Presidential Dr., Suite 260
Fairborn, OH 45324
Tel: 937.458.2700
Fax: 937.458.2701
e-mail: donna.fernandez@haverstickinc.com