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sorry I'm running a few minutes late I can get back to the bank as fast as I thought I would does anybody have a bit do today of five or is anybody in a major hurry wants to start I I received email today from from Carol and I fold it to you she thought he was unqualified because of the next coat okay what you're gonna do is you're gonna reply to her and John another thing if she said she needed both t-shirts no later than March one year and I mean you might take them a little bit longer to make them and plus you want to be you know they want all of them to be a pack I mean like packed individually there will be a problem now where I get Bowden we're getting close there it is okay so we can go about this two ways we can respond to her Anthony are you in the training to make it in we can either respond to her debriefing and send her a copy of that link right there showing it that what she's saying is incorrect or we can go around her and just go straight to the GAO and put in a bid protest okay I think it will be just about it you know okay so here's the link and we're going to do is just respond to her bid protest and just say nicely that you've done some research and the GAO has already covered this in the past that you don't have to have an ax code listed in your Samer FBO to be awarded or to do a contract and here's the link to the GAO s website showing the document that proves it I just put it you know put it in nicely and an email it to her right and if she responds to that and says she's still standing by her guns then we're gonna do a bid protest at a bid protest number one stops the purchasing agent from awarding it you have to they have to put it on hold so whoever the awardee is is not going to be able to ship the t-shirts and if they've already shipped them they're gonna have to take them back so it's a big pain once once there's a bid protest right so it would be better off in her case and she made steak to go ahead and take the contract back and award it to you in order to avoid and what it would yeah but I play in order to avoid additional hassles it'd be easier for her to take this back and award it to you for some ceremony of like they need them like immediately oh well she should have made a mistake any questions nope I'll just apply to her and then see what happens yeah go ahead and do that now because she might late by the way okay anybody else got a bidder proposal solicitation to work on I do Don happening you got attended to you earlier today yeah you sent me the link so I don't have to search it awesome alright what's your question I was a with one of the contracts I was working on I just wanted you to kind of look over it looked at one of the contracts that was awarded and it was awarded to maybe five or six different vendors there was pretty much the same exact contract just a different facility and I was looking at some of the prices they had a copy of the actual bids on the award notice which I thought was interesting but some of the prices man that they they bid was way higher than what I weighed lower I'm sorry than what I was given through one of the distributors here so I'm kind of don't know what to do about that but I just wanted you to kind of look over it tell me if I fill this thing out correctly always make sure you get multiple prices from multiple vendors I mean doing that they the one vendors that I talked to they pretty much kind of signed me off only have one vendor that really got back with me and did either other partners than they get it's gonna happen sometimes but as often as you can obviously get prices from multiple vendors so number one you can tell if you see the price and they're giving you as fair and you've got multiple resources in case it's awarded and one of your vendors falls through you back up lenders to supply it what hey yeah you're gonna run into situations where some of these vendors are selling directly to the government and they're gonna try and mess with you or give you a high ball price so you can't compete it's not it happens as far as the form from what I see so far your discount terms number one you don't want to give them net dirty discounts cuz they have to pay you within 30 days anyway so you're giving them a discount for nothing that was already on there okay then you don't give them a discount at all they're saying they're gonna pay you within 30 days period okay all right so take the minus one off of it and leave it okay need to put your telephone number right here why is the unit price different from the amount my favor we're open and I didn't meet them I'm gonna change that all right make sure you print and sign and date and he wants you to fill out this schedule as well okay I have all of that too so what about me do I just fill it out and then implement my 15% at the key even though at the total balance or for each one of those each one of them okay well do that now will resubmitted our questions may I ask a question Markel with international trace yes hi um when I'm in the CSR website looking at different bids when I conduct a search I'll select like the past 7 days let's say or last week or last month and sometimes bids come up from like 2015 you know what I'm doing wrong there no you're not doing anything wrong you said to see if our website though one thing for the federal Kerala mean that's be alright well I'm going through you fer website B you're going through okay yes right yeah the reason why you see some of those where they have an old date on them it could be several reasons the first thing you want to do when you come across that situation before you invest any time actually putting a bid together is drop an email to the purchasing agent and ask them nicely if it's still an active opportunity because it may not be an active opportunity you don't want to waste any time reviewing the documents and spending a bid when it's not active okay the reason why that happens could be several reasons could be the treadle per kg and put it out for bid and and they passed away and it never got taken down or they retired or they started a new job or they moved to a different division it was never taken down there were archives ironically there was one today fortune agent put a contract out didn't know how to delete it so that's what he titled it don't know how to delete these ok you know so that one's gonna be in there forever is active but just there's another reason why that happens sometimes and that's that sometimes it takes a while for these purchasing agents to put all this data in FBO sometimes they have to do a lot of data entry they can't just cut and paste everything so it takes some time to put stuff in FB oh now let's say they put an opportunity in FBO and they run out of money for it they don't have the budget for it sometimes what they'll do is they'll archive it they'll archive it and they'll wait until next year when they have money in their budget again and then they'll take it back out of the archive so it'll have an old date on it or sometimes they need it and then they realize they don't need it right now so they'll archive it and then six months down the road they need it again they'll come archive it sort of have an old date on it ok and then I have one other question um so when I was in the FedBizOpps - when you're in now the staff Bo I looked at a contract where it sent me to dibs and I signed up to dibs and there were technical documents I clicked on tech Docs and it asks me for another username and password do you know how I get that one they're probably asking for your m-pin you're gonna have to put an imp in in order get access to it ok where do I get an EM pin you have to contact your case manager it's it's a number that was assigned to you and they registered you in Sam so you would either have to log into Sam to get it which I don't suggest you do or contact your case manager no secret to you okay awesome thank you very much got it any other questions anybody else got a bit of solicitation or proposal to work on yeah John this is George email you this this morning okay regarding our occupation send you the link that they were all card use for the world water and you told me that's not common that's what viewers today at 4:00 okay what's your question on this one all kind and having been a water so the questions would ask you know calm as I can be like hi even be propia water well this one's still active this one hasn't been archived oh I feel I'll cut in mind because I'm in the Washington I see all cutting my I just clicked on both of them and they're not showing his archived nothing no I'm saying when I go to my to my lost night and I see all three of them over man has parentheses that makes no sense whatsoever because I just clicked on the link and it's showing it is active because it will be all kite you wouldn't well you wouldn't it will not be anything yeah once it's archived it'll it'll stop showing up in here I normally to find it is to go to the advanced search form and search in an archives okay let me show you something maybe cuz me can they have it on the auto alright because they're all kind of dated supposed to like the one buddy bit wasn't lost first you see and then they automatically well I mean say stolen my end like that I don't know I've never heard of this before this is a first time in five six years I've been here I've I've I've heard it is I can you have you call the federal service desk and see if they can explain it they have any time train to a water usually in the instructions offer and the software you get the 52.2 into that's one which is instructions on how to submit the bid to is how they're going to evaluate 52.2 in 2-3 is how they're going to award and 52.2 and 2-4 is how they if there's a archived date or if there's a bid protest date or if there's a debriefing window they'll tell you in the actual opportunity itself John I have a question for you yes what exactly is the difference between FBO and be in my dibs dibs FBO is the primary government database for opportunities dibs is the DA's internet bid ward system so the DLA has their own database Navy has their own database army has their own database the Marines have their own database you've got several agencies that have their own databases and then you've also got private and for-profit databases sly said bit and said connect all of those have to go through FBO first so there's no sense searching in dibs and an FeO if you search an FeO you'll find all the opportunities and if it redirects you to dibs or NAB CAC or asking or Fed connect or fed bid you have to get on them through those systems there's no way around it do you have any training videos on dibs no I don't all those databases are pretty much idiot proof because they force you to upload documents and you can't move forward until you upload the document so unlike FBO where you have to find the instructions and figure it out what it is the government wants those databases tell you upload your reps and certs once you upload that and it'll tell you the next step upload your copy of your capability statement once you upload that it'll tell you the next step so you can't really screw them up right right okay that makes a lot of sense anybody else got a bid cessation proposal or question let's not add this guy real quick it sends me an email at okay Kristen's client well if I can get your email to come on now alright okay which question what's that the contract income right here click on it and download it and that's the document right there for the insinuate errs the contract you're just working with it's just little anyway to go through today know it's pink but they didn't come to me saying I didn't get the email that's nuts should be D now right there Friday hey yeah click on that link again try it again sometimes HBO does that'll click a link and it'll bring up the preview and it's not not wanting to open see if you can uh give me open it remit to me no Bob take your time anybody else have a question there's something while we're waiting John do you have any videos on single acquisitions on what single acquisitions or what is it called simplified simplified acquisitions yes yes if you go to youtube search simplified acquisitions I'm right there okay what's it called exactly the name of ajahn simplified acquisitions okay very good any other questions John can you hear me yes okay good enough my audio it shows that it's not connected by another chat a toast I just sent you the elicitation number it looks like it's a very simple elicitation I just wanted to get your kind of input on this they're asking just for the the pricing quote without reps and certs and everything on it so I just want to make sure that we perceive that a corrugated fan folds right in the future to make it easy on yourself and on me and everybody else in the training when you got a list something you want to work on like that when you're in it right here copy you address bar up here and then email that to me and that way when I get when when I come in to look at it instead of having to search it I can just click on the link doctor she just wanted my opinion on it or yeah I mean because that down as you scroll through it it says you know do not send reps insurance or so we just I mean we're looking at going okay because everything that we've heard and the times we've been honest let's make sure you know on this one it's anything and that's fine just saying if you if we need anything we'll let you know yeah I mean that's some of these some of these opportunities are really easy to bid on some of these you can throw together in five minutes you know on one word there AB not asking for the reps and certs and all this other thing I do still suggest doing the whole proposal process exactly what they're asking for that's it okay this all they're looking for I've been sitting there here's her additional information they were saying on page 23 follow the instructions on here quote submission in all quotes misfit of our few is Santa for this boat none at all try and only send it once email quotes to that address do not attach documents to do before 9 o'clock to 13th and you'll notice in this Virgin agents marking stuff in red that's important so they're making it really easy on you I just want to make sure it's like wow it's just like looks really really simple comparison yeah sometimes they're really simple and people become way more complicated than they are I worked on one earlier and I me the same thing everything that was required was in red and I'm like no this version is idiot-proof this is do you guys why I just seemed too easy that you know we were we were afraid I'm like don't don't overthink it you know across my mind it's just like your words to reason yep no give them exactly what they asked for all right one other thing then we can move on to other people with questions few weeks ago you had put out a template for an index page I'm not sure if it's because I'm on a Mac but I was unable to open that you had a temple for cover page template for an index page I was ok with the cover page but cutting open the reason why you can't open it is because it's on a Windows notepad and Apple doesn't recognize no pads I'll show you the index page real quick it's it's actually another very simple document so index pages are not used very often it's used more often when you're printing and your hand delivering or physically mailing a printed copy of the document in which case you know you're gonna have all these documents and in one big thick book your one index page to tell them what pages certain things are on so for example here it would be your cover page would be page number one signature pages number two index pages three your reps and certs has pages four through 80 for your capability statement is page 85 your price proposal is page 86 through 97 that just tells them we're in that big thick document each of these documents are its makes it easier on them so if we're like uploading it electronically or emailing it you don't suggest have it in the next page not you don't really need it because each of these documents is named in itself so they can just go to the document you know any other questions all right so I was able to find a supp
ier that can fill the order and they're getting me a quote right now their one that delivered the due date is on the 8th they want to delivered by the 13th they say you can deliver it earlier but so since it to do on the 8th my question is is one I get the quote can I submit the bid like on Monday cause 8th is Wednesday get a hold of the purchase engage in and do it my question is do they award contracts before the respond state or do they wait for the response state and then review everything they usually wait till the response date but it doesn't hurt to submit your your proposal ahead of time absolutely not it gives them time to to look it over and let you know if they want you to modify or make changes or sharpen your pencil okay and so then since they want to deliver by the 13th I take it Wednesday morning is when they're going to award it and start the ball rolling probably yeah most likely okay and on another question on that is the financing like you were saying yesterday on you on a little contract like that does it only be about like 15 to 20 K would I be able to call just call the purchasing agent be like a can you put down upfront payment no like 20% so I'll get this order started you can do that I mean worst case scenario they're gonna tell you no in which case you need to get it financed let me know I can see if we can get you financed to be half okay asked about if you can submit the bid ahead of time all we submitted ahead of time if you can at least 24 hours in advance if not more because sometimes though I ask you to make modifications or changes and if you submitted at the last minute you're not gonna have time I actually had a client she said I always submit everything at the last minute because I worked much better under pressure and I'm like you could lose a contract because of it if they don't have time to modify it or change it then you just lost because you waited to the last minute you know yeah now when I submit the bid should I like drop a call to the purchasing agent with my email I introduce myself and say can I send you an email with my cap statement etc now there's usually instructions that tell you that they want you to submit it electronically in which case it's gonna you're going to do that through email okay sorry I'm sending it through a gmail account would it be a good idea to give them a call just to verify that you can but the more you call the more you're being a pain in the butt you know and I can show you an example of that as well it's an article with a can of spam on it oh yeah I know the videos out there yeah it discusses you know what when you do and don't want to call it for federal purchasing agent and you know what you can do to make sure that they get your email so if anyone hasn't seen it or read it as soon as I find it there it is so I've had I've had people call the purchasing agent and asked to make sure the person agent received the email I've had people email a blank email first saying the proposals coming next with nothing attached on it another way if they don't get the second email with the attachment they might respond and say they didn't get it I've had people when they submit the email they go into the options and they do a read and a read in the delivery request that that's legitimate I've I actually asked 100 purchasing agents if that works and most of them said yes some of them said their systems designed so it doesn't send you a response to tell you that they got it but they still got it you know so there's ways to make sure that they get to email the main thing is don't have anything attached to your email right you want the regarding the name and guarding solicitation number the description and the question in the subject line and also in the body and don't have anything on there that could get your email blocked like your website whoops when you put your website on something sometimes it's gonna make a liar me now watches you don't want any of these attachments just stuff like that you want to get rid of all that let's see how it turned blue turn into a hot link that can't get your email block that might look like a virus and it's gonna block it and it's not gonna go through their firewalls through their security and they're never gonna get it don't even put your email address on here because it turns into a hot link it can get your email blocked alright just your name phone number you can have your address confidentiality us whatever but no no links no attachments I had a woman spend all this time putting her bid together and submitted it and didn't win the contract requested a debriefing purchasing agent said I never got your email I never got it and it's because she had a picture of her kids on the background of her email don't use colored backgrounds don't know nothing fancy you know the government doesn't care about butterflies and kittens so just straight raw information you know she had a picture of her kids in the background and she had a link to the breakfast optimist Citizen of the Month Club showing that her son was president of their citizen the month or whatever you know and that got her email blocked well I'm assuming did she ask the purchasing agent why he didn't get it he's like I don't know it's not my problem it's your problem you know like okay good thank you any other questions yes subculture I have some companies here that are trying to bid on a contract Ranger you wanna see if I can join them but since you know my own be asking for past performances and some key position I did it on a personal level not but NASA company so I don't know if we can respond to do you want to tell them think the last three meshes yes sir alright what's your question again okay yeah beyond this contract I just want you to read the email that the work they highlighted there so doing he Adam how do you want me to work on it so this is a prime that's reached out to you that's offering to work with you either as teaming agreement or they want to hire you as a subcontractor I thought immunity meant to get on that contract okay yeah I mean I'd respond to him you know work with anybody you can accompany with the own personal level yes you can use personal experiences past performance you can use your subcontractors experiences past performance you can use any of your other full-time employees experiences past performance or partners okay so when I'm some personal level NASA company has 18 persons can you hear me now okay yeah yeah you just tell them what experience you have that's all past performance can be your experience your your business experience your partner associates experience your subcontractors experience any of your full-time employees experience that's all past performance yeah and I no no not that one that's an email that's one I mean the one I said before you add me to the the meeting it's this is my inbox is the only email I've gotten from you today okay I sent you the link good time today I just receive a notice that Apple my certification as a small business and small this is when they I have my first Earth today yes this one right here for so SOT yeah alright what's your question yes yes between Dino addition Sources Sought means they're looking for sources they're seeking sources that are interested and all you can do on a Sources Sought is follow the instructions and I feel opening they have an instruction and a stapler I had two other other three attachment yeah you can do on a Sources Sought whatever they tell you to do for them for time being just follow the instructions if they tell you to email a copy of your cap statement or add yourself to the interested vendors list they tell you to put on your watch lists whatever they tell you to do a lot of times they just ask you to sit him over a copy of your first for state contract yeah yeah find something to bid on let me know we'll work on it together I have some experience with state contracts as well any other questions ah yeah I mean you are talking to someone about financing iPad know if they'll and to be able to bid on some code and they give suggestion that I should take a credit line from them is that Google to take it from them or yeah [Music] deal I'll give you a credit line that's awesome okay they have to pick from them from now we don't have to but if they're gonna give you a credit line then you don't have to pay anything out of pocket this government pays within 15 to 30 days oh no so don't give me that dirty by the time your bill is due the government's already paid you any other questions and the anybody else have any questions or a bit of solicitation proposal to work on we've got a few more minutes no7 for acquisition - show me where to look for those bid again this solicitation again position simplified acquisitions are not put out for bid so they don't have a list of them to go look at them yeah the only way is to get those is to be registered for them so they can find you or to do a bid contract and do a good job and improve the did you're trustworthy and build that relationship with that purchasing officer he could hire you for simplified acquisitions down the road or do a subcontract for the prime and do a good job and build that relationship or actually calling federal purchasing agents and introducing yourself and letting them know that you're registered and you're compliant for simplified acquisitions and sometimes they'll have one sitting on their desk they'll just give it to you all right yeah no problem any other questions anybody else no all right well guys have a good good weekend I'll be back on your Monday same bat-time same bat-channel you guys want to join your new email you anything just drop me an email I'll take care of it got it have a good weekend guys