V
Value
Applied to GSA
GSA buyers care about CSP-1 pricing discipline and economic price adjustments. VETR's cost-proposal tools build CSP-1 / GSA-equivalent commercial pricing logic so your Schedule offer holds up under modification audits.
All agency playbooks
Agency Playbook · GSA
Proposal management software for GSA bids
General Services Administration
VETR Proposal is proposal management software for firms whose volume comes from a Schedule. Once you hold a GSA MAS, STARS III or OASIS+ position, the work arrives as a steady stream of small task orders — and the economics only work if each response reuses what the last one proved. VETR keeps past performance and win themes in one library that drafting cites directly, so a two-week turnaround does not mean starting from a blank document.
GSA runs the federal government's shared contract vehicles — Multiple Award Schedules, GSA STARS, OASIS, Alliant — through which most other agencies buy. Getting on a GSA Schedule is the single biggest leverage move for a small business entering federal contracting.
Bidding GSA contracts at a glance
Typical NAICS
541611Administrative Management Consulting541512Computer Systems Design Services541330Engineering Services541618Other Management Consulting Services541990All Other Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services
Set-aside friendly
SDVOSB
8(a)
WOSB
HUBZone
Small Business
Common vehicles
- GSA MAS (consolidated from the 24 legacy schedules, incl. IT Schedule 70)
- OASIS+
- STARS III
- Alliant 2
- VETS 2
Typical award size
$50K – $25M task orders; Schedule contracts cover 5+5+5+5 years
GSA SDVOSB performance · FY2026
1.6% over SDVOSB goal
SDVOSB obligations
$1.4B
of $21.6B total
SDVOSB %
6.57%
government-wide goal: 5.0%
Pursuit pressure
Normal
At or above the government-wide 5% benchmark
GSA obligated more to SDVOSBs than the 5% government-wide statutory goal. This is a mature SDVOSB-buying agency — competition for set-aside vehicles is more intense here, but the procurement infrastructure is built for veteran-owned firms.
Source: USASpending.gov · last refresh 2026-08-23
The VETR Framework
How VETR applies to GSA pursuits
Four pillars, calibrated to how GSA contracting officers actually evaluate proposals.
E
Experience
Applied to GSA
Past performance for GSA Schedules requires invoiced commercial / federal work demonstrating the SIN. VETR's past-performance library tags each record with its SIN-eligible elements.
T
Teaming
Applied to GSA
Contractor Teaming Arrangements (CTAs) on GSA Schedules are common and unique. VETR templates CTA agreements with prefilled SIN coverage matrices.
R
Responsiveness
Applied to GSA
GSA mods, refresh cycles, and admin updates require rapid response. VETR's task tracking surfaces deadlines from both your contract calendar and any active RFQ pursuit.
Set-asides used at the GSA
Pair the agency playbook with the relevant program preferences
NAICS codes the GSA buys under
Industry-specific playbooks for this agency's most common procurement codes
Win your next GSA contract
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