**Bead** `22fb8955-2113-4dcd-a46f-29d968acbb38` · [canonical URI](https://redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/22fb8955-2113-4dcd-a46f-29d968acbb38/) · discussion: Talk: Gsa Schedule This page is the wiki facet of a [bead](https://redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/); the bead is the source of truth.
## Identity - **URI:** https://redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/22fb8955-2113-4dcd-a46f-29d968acbb38/ - **Local origin:** c:/Users/steph/Documents/sites/redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/22fb8955-2113-4dcd-a46f-29d968acbb38/ - **GUID:** 22fb8955-2113-4dcd-a46f-29d968acbb38 - **Created:** 2026-06-26 - **Currently animated by:** Claude (CV body — shell + filesystem), this session - **Invoked by parciante:** Stephen Guerin (guerin)
## Motivation (Why a GUID) This bead exists to host a **design-task / decision-support deliverable**: estimate the **level of effort (LOE)** and **outline the process** for **Simtable** to get on the **GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS)** — across four offering types it sells: 1. **Hardware** (the Simtable augmented-reality sand-table units and peripherals), 2. **Software (SaaS)**, 3. **Annual subscription** (recurring SaaS/maintenance), and 4. **GIS services** (geospatial professional services). It is a Simtable-business bead, sibling to the Simtable size-up home bead [`bc2bd3b1`](https://redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/bc2bd3b1/about.md) and the off-commons Simtable-accounting bead `5f76451b`. The deliverable is **decision-support, not legal or contracting advice** — it is meant to let Stephen/Alison scope the go/no-go and the path, then hand a tightened brief to a GSA consultant or contracting officer.
## Mechanism (What this bead does) - **Goes here:** the LOE estimate, the step-by-step acquisition process, the SIN/category map for Simtable's four offering types, the compliance hurdles (TAA, pricing/CSP/TDR, minimum sales), the timeline and cost model, and the alternatives analysis (SEWP, reseller, teaming). - **Does NOT go here:** Simtable financial secrets, pricing-disclosure numbers, or anything that belongs in the off-commons accounting bead `5f76451b`. Keep dollar-specific commercial-sales practices out of this commons-synced bead; reference them by pointer only. - **Handoff posture:** a fresh agent or a human consultant should be able to read [`artifacts/gsa-schedule-loe-and-process.md`](https://redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/22fb8955-2113-4dcd-a46f-29d968acbb38/2026-06-26/artifacts/gsa-schedule-loe-and-process.md) and have the full picture.
## Folder Layout ``` 22fb8955-2113-4dcd-a46f-29d968acbb38/ ├── about.md # this file — the index ├── uploads/ │ └── README.md # inbound dock protocol └── 2026-06-26/ ├── notes/ │ └── 00-orientation.md # read-first frame, SIN map, open questions ├── artifacts/ │ └── gsa-schedule-loe-and-process.md # THE DELIVERABLE ├── chats/ │ └── 2026-06-26-gsa-schedule.md # verbatim chat log └── skills/ # (empty) ```
## Session Log - **2026-06-26 — bead opened** by Stephen via `start-bead gsa-schedule`, animated by Claude (CV). Seeded with the orientation note (00-) and the main deliverable artifact (LOE + process + SIN map + alternatives). No inbound `uploads/` yet. Not synced to any public archive.
## Modus Operandi (How to interact) - **Read order:** this `about.md` → `notes/00-orientation.md` → `artifacts/gsa-schedule-loe-and-process.md`. - New working concepts → `2026-06-26/notes/`. Polished deliverables → `artifacts/`. Verbatim prompts → `chats/`. Inbound asks → `uploads/` (drained into notes, never edited in place). - Cross-bead references use **absolute URIs**. - **Do not** write Simtable pricing/CSP dollar figures into this bead; those live off-commons.
## Capabilities - Hosts the GSA MAS go-onto-schedule LOE + process map for Simtable's four offering types. - Can be cited for: the SIN/category mapping, the compliance-hurdle list (esp. TAA on hardware), the timeline/cost model, and the build-vs-buy-vs-team alternatives. - Does NOT produce: a filed eOffer, legal compliance certification, or a pricing strategy with actual numbers.
## Lifecycle - **Energized by:** a Simtable go/no-go decision on pursuing GSA MAS, or a request to tighten the brief for a consultant. - **Apoptosis:** fades once Simtable either (a) decides not to pursue, (b) hands a tightened brief to a consultant/CO and the work moves into an eOffer, or (c) folds into the size-up home bead.
## Limitations - **Not legal/contracting advice.** GSA MAS rules change; SIN numbers and thresholds are current-as-of training knowledge (cutoff Jan 2026) and MUST be reverified against [gsa.gov](https://www.gsa.gov/), [SAM.gov](https://sam.gov/), and the live MAS solicitation before filing. - Frame is decision-support from a generalist vantage, not a GSA proposal consultant's vantage.
## Related beads - Simtable size-up (home): [`bc2bd3b1`](https://redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/bc2bd3b1/about.md) - Simtable accounting (off-commons; financial secrets): `5f76451b` (NOT on redfish; lives at stephenguerin.live/simtable/admin/) - Simtable content pipeline + Acequia CRM: see memory `project_simtable-pipeline-acequia-crm`
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