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GSA eBuy RFQs, graded against the Schedule you hold.

samsearch indexes GSA eBuy, the quote request portal inside the Multiple Award Schedule programme. It runs the same AI recommendation engine over eBuy that grades federal and SLED opportunities. Every RFQ is scored against the SINs on your Schedule, your past performance and your capabilities, with the reasoning shown.

eBuy windows are four to ten days. A graded, summarised RFQ means that window is spent quoting rather than reading.

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AI recommendations run on eBuy too

eBuy is a closed channel with short windows. Grading is worth more here than almost anywhere else.

GSA eBuyRecommendationsRFQ1729384

Dept of Veterans AffairsCloses in 4 days

High value asset cybersecurity assessment services

54151HACS54151SMAS

%Strong fit

Why it matches

You hold 54151HACS on your Schedule and three assessments of this size sit in your past performance. This buying office has awarded twice under the same SIN in eighteen months.

Graded on arrival, so a four-day window is not spent reading.

Matched to your SINs, not your keywords

Grading uses the special item numbers on your Schedule. An RFQ issued under a SIN you hold is weighted differently from one that merely uses similar words. A keyword alert cannot make that distinction.

The reasoning comes with the score

Why it matched, in plain English, citing the passage it was scored from. A number on its own is a number nobody trusts twice.

The same engine as everything else

One profile, one scoring model, one feed. eBuy is not a separate tool with separate settings, it is one more source alongside SAM.gov, SLED and DIBBS.

Buyer history where it exists

Which buying offices have awarded under your SINs before. A repeat buyer is recognisable as one rather than looking like a cold RFQ.

The RFQ, read before you open it

On a four-day window, reading a paragraph instead of a package is most of the value.

AttachmentsRead on arrival5 files · 214 pages

PDFSolicitation W912DR26R001468 ppRead
PDFAttachment 1, Statement of work94 ppRead
PDFAttachment 2, Wage determination11 ppRead
XLSXAttachment 3, Pricing schedule4 ppRead
PDFAmendment 000237 ppRead

What it says

ScopeFacilities O&M across 14 buildings, 1.2M sq ft

EligibilityTotal small business set-aside, NAICS 561210

EvaluationTechnical significantly more important than price

WatchMandatory site visit added by Amendment 0002

214 pages, summarised before anyone opened the package.

Scope and deliverables, plainly

What is actually being bought, in how many places, over what period. Written from the whole RFQ and its attachments rather than the subject line.

The evaluation basis

Lowest price technically acceptable, best value tradeoff, or something in between. This changes how you quote, and it is frequently buried.

Terms that decide it

Period and place of performance, delivery requirements, labour categories, and any clause added on top of your Schedule terms.

Every extraction cited

Each field points back to the document and page it came from, so you check a citation rather than trusting a summary.

Ask the RFQ anything

Sammy reads the quote request and its attachments, then answers with the source beside the answer.

SammyReading 5 attachmentsEvery answer cited

You

Do we meet the eligibility criteria, and what is the page limit on Volume I?

Sammy

Yes. This is a total small business set-aside under NAICS 561210 and your profile is registered small under that code. Volume I is capped at 30 pages, raised from 25 by Amendment 0002.

Section L p.41Attachment 1 p.12Amendment 0002 p.3

Amendment 0002, p.3

“Paragraph L.3.1 is revised to read: the Technical Volume shall not exceed thirty (30) pages, excluding…”

Questions worth asking fast

Which SIN is this actually under
Are the labour categories ones we hold
Is this LPTA or best value
What is the period of performance
Are there terms beyond our Schedule

Answered against

The RFQ and every attachment
Your Schedule contract and SINs
Your past performance
Prior awards by the same buying office

With the receipts

Document and page on every answer
The phrase it came from, highlighted
An honest 'not stated' when it is not stated

Quote faster, from the same place

The response is still submitted in eBuy. Everything that goes into it does not have to be.

A first draft, grounded

A quote narrative written from your approved content and past performance, structured to what the RFQ asks for. Grounded in the RFQ and your own material, nothing else.

Requirements tracked

Everything the RFQ asks you to address, extracted and tracked against the draft, so nothing is missed in a four-day turnaround.

Deadlines beside everything else

eBuy response dates sit on the same calendar and board as your SAM.gov, SLED and DIBBS deadlines, rather than in a portal someone has to remember to check.

The pursuit is shared

Move an RFQ into a journey and it carries its documents, tasks, owners and comments like any other pursuit, tracked through to submission.

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How it works

Tell samsearch which Schedule you hold
Your contract number and the SINs on it. This is what grading runs against, so it is the one piece of setup that matters.
Set alert frequency and filters
Real-time, daily or weekly. Filtered by SIN, NAICS, keyword, buying agency or value threshold, depending on how much volume your categories generate.
Read the summary, not the package
Each RFQ arrives summarised and scored, with the reasoning behind the score. Deciding to pursue takes minutes.
Respond in eBuy, track in samsearch
Quotes are still submitted through the official GSA eBuy portal. The pursuit, its documents and its deadline live alongside every other opportunity.

Why the native portal is not enough

It is siloed from your pipeline

eBuy lives on its own. Your team checks it separately from SAM.gov, DIBBS and every other source. samsearch brings them into one feed.

GSA eLibrary

Short windows, weak notification

RFQs often run five to ten days. Without a real alert, teams miss them entirely, and the first day is the most valuable one.

No triage across many SINs

A holder with SINs across several categories sees more quote requests in a week than anyone can read properly. Volume without grading is noise.

No memory of the buyer

The portal does not tell you this office has bought under your SIN twice before. That context changes whether an RFQ is worth a serious response.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is GSA eBuy?

GSA eBuy is the request for quotation system inside the GSA Multiple Award Schedule programme. Federal buyers use it to solicit quotes from companies that already hold the relevant Schedule contract, across every MAS category. It is a closed channel: if you do not hold the Schedule, you never see the RFQ.

Does samsearch run AI recommendations on eBuy RFQs?

Yes, and it is the main reason to use samsearch for eBuy rather than the portal. Every RFQ is graded on arrival against the SINs on your Schedule, your past performance and your company profile, using the same recommendation engine that scores federal notices, SLED bids and DIBBS solicitations. Each score comes with a plain-English explanation of why it matched, so you can disagree with it.

Does samsearch summarise eBuy RFQs?

Yes. The RFQ and its attachments are read on arrival, and you get scope, deliverables, period and place of performance, labour categories, the evaluation basis and any clause added on top of your Schedule terms. Every extraction cites the document and page it came from. On a four-day response window that is most of the value.

How is eBuy different from SAM.gov?

SAM.gov publishes open-market solicitations that any registered company can compete for. eBuy is restricted to holders of the relevant GSA Schedule, so the competitive field is smaller and the procurement is faster because the contract vehicle is already in place. They are separate systems, and work posted to one does not appear on the other.

Does samsearch replace the eBuy portal?

No. eBuy remains the system of record and quotes are still submitted there. samsearch is the intelligence layer over it: finding the RFQs worth your time, summarising them, grading them against your Schedule, drafting the response, and keeping deadlines alongside every other opportunity you are working.

Can I get alerted when an RFQ posts under my SIN?

Yes. Configure alerts by SIN, NAICS code, keyword, buying agency or value threshold, at real-time, daily or weekly frequency. Alerts are qualified with AI before they are sent. Because eBuy response windows are frequently four to ten days, being notified on day one rather than day four is a material share of the time available to quote.

Can Sammy answer questions about an eBuy RFQ?

Yes. Sammy reads the quote request and its attachments and answers plain-English questions: which SIN it falls under, whether the labour categories are ones you hold, whether it is lowest price technically acceptable or best value, and what the period of performance is. Each answer links to the source and highlights the phrase it came from.

Who should use samsearch for eBuy?

Any company holding a GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract for which eBuy is a real revenue channel. IT services and product resellers, professional services and management consultancies, facilities and maintenance firms, staffing and language services providers, and product vendors across the MAS categories. The more SINs you hold, the more volume you have to triage and the more the grading is worth.

What kinds of RFQs appear on eBuy?

Everything the Schedule programme covers: IT hardware, software and cloud, cybersecurity, management and professional consulting, HR and training services, facilities operations and maintenance, language services, logistics, and office and industrial products. Volume varies considerably by category, which is why filtering to your own SINs matters more than browsing.

Do I need to connect my GSA account?

You tell samsearch which Schedule contract and SINs you hold so grading and alerts can run against them. Quotes are still submitted through the official eBuy portal with your own credentials, and samsearch does not submit on your behalf.

Can samsearch help write the quote?

Yes. It drafts a quote narrative from your approved content and past performance, structured to what the RFQ asks for, and tracks every requirement against the draft. The draft is grounded in the RFQ and content you own, nothing else, so every claim traces back to something checkable.

Can I track eBuy and SAM.gov opportunities together?

Yes. eBuy sits alongside federal, SLED, education, DIBBS, grants, SBIR and STTR, forecasts, recompetes and subcontracting in one feed. Anything you pursue moves onto the same pipeline with its documents, tasks and deadlines. There is no switching between portals to see the full picture.

How quickly do new eBuy RFQs appear in samsearch?

New RFQs are ingested continuously and are searchable and graded shortly after posting. Given the response windows involved, latency matters more here than on almost any other source, which is why alerting is real-time rather than batched for teams that want it that way.

See eBuy graded against your own Schedule.

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GSA eBuy RFQs, graded against the Schedule you hold.

eBuy windows are four to ten days. A graded, summarised RFQ means that window is spent quoting rather than reading.

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