These folks were offering me assistance with the General Services Administration application process. I first received a call from Nikki - then a follow up call from a woman who identified herself as Tayler Center, and identified herself as working for a company called Contract Award Services.
Their listing on manta.com is this:
Contract Award Services
125 Half Mile Road
Suite 200
Red Bank, NJ 07701
Phone: (732) 933-2641
This is a Regus Business Center office.
On the follow-up call with Tayler Center, they offered to assist our business with getting lucrative government contracts (worth up to several $million per year). After a few questions, she said the business qualified. I was told that the fee for doing the application and getting us accredited as a government vendor was $7500.
I listened and asked a lot of questions - Tayler Center gave really good answers - she handled all my objections like a pro - she is a pro...
After our call she sent me a follow up email which had her return email address as
[email protected].
The email also listed the businesses addresses:
Physical Address:
7005 Pelham Road, Ste. A
Greenville, SC 29615
Mailing Address:
Box 122
8595 Pelham Road, Ste. 400
Greenville, SC 29615
When I looked up the domain whois govmarketingadvisors.com, I discovered that the domain is owned by:
GSA Application Services
3925 Tampa Road
Oldsmar, Florida 34677
United States
GSA Application Services (GSA 1000 LLC and affiliates) have over 290 complaints nationally.
There is a ton of information about this less than reputable company right here on 800notes. The Florida attorney General has investigated them.
They use dozens of ficticious names, so before you get burned and lose your hard earned (we would have spent $7500) money - do your due diligence first.
BEWARE of this company.