Federal glossary · Contract type
Pre-negotiated government-wide contracts. Being on a GSA Schedule lets agencies buy from you without separate competition.
GSA IT Schedule 70 for technology products and services
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General Services Administration Schedule
Also known as
Pre-negotiated government-wide contracts. Being on a GSA Schedule lets agencies buy from you without separate competition.
Meaning in practice
GSA Schedule describes how the government structures the work, price, and risk.
Where you’ll see it
You will see it in solicitations, CLIN schedules, pricing tables, and award summaries. Example: GSA IT Schedule 70 for technology products and services.
Common confusion
People often confuse a contract type with a vehicle, a task order, or a program name.
What to do next
Check payment timing, scope, and risk allocation before you bid or price the work.
(General Services Administration Schedule) is a contract type concept federal contractors and grant writers run into across solicitations, regulations, and award filings
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GSA Schedule describes a specific contract structure that the federal government uses. For example: GSA IT Schedule 70 for technology products and services The contract type controls risk allocation, payment timing, reporting cadence, and how performance is measured — all of which affect whether the work is profitable and whether it fits a contractor's capability profile. Knowing whether a solicitation is structured as a GSA Schedule versus another vehicle is one of the first signals of how the government expects the work to be executed and what kind of contractor they're trying to attract. Misreading the contract type can mean either over-pricing risk you don't actually carry or under-pricing risk you do. The related terms above name the adjacent vehicles GSA Schedule most commonly competes with or rolls up under.
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GSA IT Schedule 70 for technology products and services
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