.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... Steve Schroeder spent 21 years building Real Time Solutions from scratch into a top web design and management provider in New Mexico, and now his company is poised to hit the federal circuit as a new GSA Schedule awardee. The General Services Administration awarded a five-year, $500,000 GSA Schedule contract to the company on Feb. 10, allowing any federal agency to now directly procure Real Time Solutions’ services without requesting bids from other companies. The award also allows state and local governments to buy RTS services through the GSA contract without a formal “request for proposals,” streamlining the procurement process and potentially opening a lot more doors for Schroeder’s firm.