Jennifer Schaus hosts a series of government contracting webinars. Full list: http://JenniferSchaus5.eventbrite.com Anna Urman joins us for a webinar on how to use FOIA Request to propel your government sales forward. Full audio & video avail at: http://youtu.be/un-GQrLSsSM
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• Agenda
– Introductions
– Presentation
–Q&A
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– Introductions:
• Fed Bid Speed
• Fierce Government
• Anna Urman – Tactical Insight, LLC
• Jennifer Schaus – JS & Associates
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• Fed Bid Speed
* Software program to manage B2G Opps
* Single click integration with FBO.gov
* Share notes & project manage RFP’s
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• Fierce Government
* Free Govt IT Newsletter
* IT in Govt Agencies / Defense / Cloud / Cyber
* White Papers / Events / Analysis
* In-depth & Quality = Differentiator
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Tactical Insight, LLC
* Federal & State/Local Market Research
* Opportunity Identification
* Competitive Analysis
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• Jennifer Schaus & Associates
• B2G Services and Events
GSA Schedules
Federal Sales / Marketing
Full Webinar Series:
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9. FOIA as Government Sales Tool
1. What is a FOIA?
2. What Can I get?
3. How Do I Get It?
4. What do I Do with It?
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1. What is a FOIA
“Freedom of Information Act” allows access to
government documents, including contracts
• Some restrictions apply – including sensitive / trade
secret data
• Note: States have FOIA / FOIL laws as well!
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2. What Can I Get?
– RFPs
– Contracts
– Task Orders
What Can’t I Get? The List
- Classified
- Trade Secret – including proposals & labor rates
- Bidder lists
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3. How Do I Get It?
- ASK: the “right” office – the one that
issued the contract/RFP
- Last resort: Departmental FOIA office
- Specify what you want – contract
with all mods; “all releasable data”,
electronic or hard copy
- Agree to a nominal sum ($20?) as a
commercial requestor
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3.5 What to Expect
- A letter in 20 days, “we’re working on it”
- Your documents, in about 60 days
- Rarely, a transfer / non-existent documents
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4. What do I Do with It?
- If Proposal is incorporated, some insight into
past awardee / competitor
- Set expectation based on existing work
- RFP Sections L&M – evaluation & award
criteria – help make bid/no bid decision
- Contact info
15. Thank You !!
Dear Participants,
Please submit your questions here……..
The webinar is recorded and available at:
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Anna Urman
Tactical Insight
+1–571–339–9548
anna@tacticalinsight.com
Jennifer Schaus & Associates
JSchaus@JenniferSchaus.com
www.JenniferSchaus.com
+1–202–365–0598