Glossary / Solicitations, Contracts
GSA eBuyeBuy
eBuy is the request-for-quotation system that sits on top of the GSA Multiple Award Schedule and GSA's governmentwide vehicles. A buyer posts an RFQ or RFP against a category and chooses which holders see it, or opens it to all holders in that category; only companies holding the relevant contract can view and respond. The postings never appear on SAM.gov. eBuy orders range from a few thousand dollars to multi-year blanket purchase agreements.
Why it matters to your pipeline
A large stream of federal buying is visible only to Schedule holders through eBuy, which is one of the main reasons companies pursue a Schedule contract. For a holder, watching eBuy daily by category is a job of its own. GovSmith takes the notices a client forwards from its eBuy inbox into its Search so they sit beside the public openings, and never reads the portal with a client's credentials.
When this term shows up in an opening GovSmith finds for you, your vCM explains what it means for that pursuit and does whatever it calls for. You decide; we do the work.
Example
A Schedule holder in the IT category receives an eBuy RFQ for a $420K network-monitoring deployment, open to all holders in the special item number. It quotes within the seven-day window and wins on price and past performance.
Find out what applies to you
Some terms will matter to your business right away and some won’t for years. A vCM can tell you which are which.