Eight crucial steps are outlined: assessing risk, determining deposit content, budgeting, selecting an escrow agent, negotiating contracts, prompt verification. This RFP Addendum will also be posted on the GSA Contracting.Five working days' notice is required. If you have questions regarding the agenda, please call . Once the terms are agreed upon, the software developer deposits the escrow materials with the escrow agent. In a sequence and manner necessary to complete Work within the Contract Time. In the traditional source code escrow agreement, the deposit materials are generally only updated a few times a year.