# Presentation: 130109

## IT Schedule 

- 70 Solicitation Training
- for
- Solicitation
- FCIS-JB-980001B - Refresh #21
- Center for IT Schedule Programs (FCI)

**Notes:**
No Notes

## Agenda

**ITS Overview **
**Where to Start**
**eOffer/eMod**
**Latest Refresh **
**Solicitation Overview**
**Submission of Offer**
**GSA Assistance**
**Q & A**

**Notes:**
Topics to be covered in this session:
The New ITS and its Mission and Channels to the Market
Specific information on Sch. 70
How to order from Schedule 
Important initiatives at GSA
Cooperative Purchasing
New Disaster Recovery Purchasing
IT Industry Government Council
Online tools
Getting on Schedule 
GSA Links, POCs and Assistance Info

## Integrated Technology Services Overview

**Two Parts of GSA **
**Public Building Service (PBS)**
**Federal Acquisition Service (FAS)**
**Formerly the FSS and the FTS**
**Integrated Technology Services (ITS)**
**Network Services**
**Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs)**
**Strategic Solutions**
**GSA IT Schedule 70**** **

**Notes:**
Top Down Perspective

Ask audience about familiarity with GSA.
Before there were 3 parts of GSA:
PBS
FSS
FTS
There are actually 2 parts to GSA [briefly describe each]
PBS
FAS –May 1st, 2007 –Officially annouced
ITS –Integrated Technology Services

## ITS Mission 

**Enable government agencies to achieve their missions by providing programs that efficiently and cost effectively deliver best value information technology solutions.**

**Notes:**
Serve as the premier source of IT and telecommunications products, professional services, and technology acquisition solutions to meet diverse customer needs
Leverage the government’s buying power to obtain products and services at best value prices for all
Provide easy, flexible access to the most current commercial IT products and telecommunications services 
Deliver quality products, systems, services and acquisition support to customers 
Eliminate need for potentially duplicative customer acquisition efforts, allowing agencies to focus on core missions

## ITS Vision

**To be the technology acquisition service provider of choice for US government customers worldwide while:  **
**Improving their operating efficiency**
**Enabling their appropriate use of technology**
**Enhancing delivery of best value across government**
**To manage an acquisition portfolio offering complementary solutions that satisfy the full range of customers Information Technology needs**

**Notes:**
No Notes

##  ITS Portfolio

**ITS offers customers three channels to the IT market:**
**IT Multiple Award Schedules Program (i.e., GSA Schedule 70)**
**IT Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts (IT-GWACs) Program**
**Governmentwide local, regional, and wide-area Network Service Program**

**Our program channels offer:**
**a diverse means to address varying customer requirements and buying preferences**
**a variety of competitive opportunities in the federal marketplace**

**Notes:**
IT Schedule 70 can be utilized as a stand alone vehicle or 
as a part of an ITS solution.  

ITS offers a common point of purchasing for IT at the federal level with access to state and local markets

## Portfolio – Market Access Channels

- Over 5000 Indefinite Delivery/ Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts for IT and telecom hardware, software, and professional services
- Cooperative purchasing allows state and local access to many of these contracts

- Fully competed IDIQ contracts enabling purchase of complete IT solutions within broadly defined technical categories
- Convenient for purchase of tailored solutions

- Flexible customer access to fixed price commercial telecommunications services and products
- Can be used to acquire network-based IT applications or custom design network solutions

***Information Technology***
***Multiple Award Schedules***
***Program***

***Information Technology***
***Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) Program***

***Local, Regional and Wide Area Network Services Program***

**Notes:**
Multiple Awards Schedules – IT Schedule 70
Significant growth over the past 32 years
Delivers services and technology on more than 5,300 contracts
Hardware
Software
Services
Cooperative purchasing potentially enhances technical interoperability among intergovernmental units 

GWACs deliver broad range of hardware, software, and services
Information systems engineering & integration
Software engineering management 
Systems operation and management 
Information systems security services 
Network management services

Network service contracts deliver reliable and secure foundation 
Local, national, and international voice, data, and video telecommunications services
Wireless, satellite, and paging services 

Custom task orders can satisfy full range of IT solutions

## On-going ITS Strategic Solutions

**HSPD-12 program - implements common identity standard to enhance security and efficiency**
- Managed Services Office established in Sep 2006
- Initial capability implemented in Oct 2006
- New infrastructure acquisition in Feb 2007
**SmartBUY program - consolidates commercial software requirements for optimal pricing, terms and conditions**
- Eight agreements currently in place
- Generated $100M savings to Federal agencies in FY06 on sales of about $500M
**E-authentication program - supports secure online identity verification for agencies’ public-facing Web services**
- Critical foundational e-Gov initiative
- Supports authentication infrastructure, credential issuance and verification services, and interoperability testing

## ITS Organization Chart

**Integrated Technology Services**
**John C. Johnson,**
**Assistant Commissioner**

**Office of Acquisition Operations**

**Office of Planning and Strategic Solutions**

**Office of GWAC and IT Schedule Programs**

**Office of Network Services Programs**

**National Security Programs **

**Administrative**
**Support **

**ITS Organization Chart**

## Where to Start  

_**Obtain Solicitation**_
**   ****1)  Go to: **_[www.gsa.gov/schedule70solicitation](http://www.gsa.gov/schedule70solicitation)_

**Notes:**
I will explain there are 2 ways to obtain our schedule 70 solicitation.  This is for our IT Center website.

## Where to Start

_**Obtain Solicitation**_
**   ****2) Go to **_**www.fbo.gov**_

**Notes:**
This is Fed Biz Opps.

## Schedule 70 Sales Trend

**4.0**

**Over 5,200 Contracts**
**Over 3400 ****  CP Vendors**
**        ****FY06 $239+M****        for COOP Sales**

**16.9**

**17.3**

**16.8**

**13**

**14.9**

**Notes:**
GSA Schedule 70 sales trend
Saw tremendous growth through 2004.  Lots of acquisition changes in 2005 and we saw a slight decrease in sales, but in 2006 we soared back.

## eOffer / eMod

**eOffer / eMod**

- “**eOffer” / “eMod” is the web based application that helps companies electronically prepare and submit Multiple Award Schedule contract proposals and modification requests to FAS**
**Please Note: Technical enhancements are being applied to this system.  Limitations and/or corrections may occur.**
**For Information : **_[www.eoffer.gsa.gov](http://www.eoffer.gsa.gov/)_** or **
**For Technical Assistance with eOffer or Digital Certificates contact: 1-866-472-9114**

## Refresh #21

*** ******Sections in the Solicitation:***
***   ******- ******Section B.2 ******–****** Products & Service Offered/Schedule Of Items***
***   ******- Section C.4 – Scope Of Contract (Eligible Ordering Activities)***
***   ******- Section C.7 – Placement Of Orders***
***   ******- Section C.29  – Modifications***
***   ******- Section C.34 - Disputes***
***   ******- Section C.65 – Authentication Products & Services***
***   ******- Section C.67 – Use of Federal Supply Schedule ******                       Contracts By Certain Entities-******                       Recovery Purchasing  - Section***
***   ******- Section G.4 – Commercial Sales Practices Format***
*** ***

**Notes:**
List Updates in Refresh #20

Section C.28 (d) (3)– Price Reduction - Made to State and local government entities when the order is placed under this contract (and the State and local government entity is the agreed upon customer or category of customer that is the basis of award)

Section G.1 OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS (h) Place of Manufacture. (Does not apply unless the solicitation is predominantly for the acquisition of manufactured end products.)  For statistical purposes only, the offeror shall indicate whether the place of manufacture of the end products it expects to provide in response to the solicitation is predominantly – 
[   ]	(1)	In the United States (Check this box if the total anticipated price of offered end products manufactured in the United States exceeds the total anticipated price of offered end products manufactured outside the United States); or
[   ]	(2)	Outside the United States.

G.2 Trade Agreements – Countries added to the TAA were Guatemala, Bahrain, Honduras, Morocco, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.

## Refresh #21 (continued)

***FAR Clauses Incorporated By Reference (IBR)****** ***
*** ******- 52.219-9  ******–******  Small Business Subcontracting Plan***** **
*** ******- 52.222-6  ******–******  Davis-Bacon Act***** **
*** ******- 52.222-39 – Notification of Employee Rights Concerning ******                        Payment of Union Dues or Fees                                                            ***
*** ***
** ****- 52.222-41 – Service Contract Act**** **
** ****- 52.222-42 – Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires**** **
***             ***

**Notes:**
List Updates in refresh #20

–52.219-9	 SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTING PLAN - Assurances that the offeror will include the clause of this contract entitled “Utilization of Small Business Concerns” in all subcontracts that offer further subcontracting opportunities, and that the offeror will require all subcontractors (except small business concerns) that receive subcontracts in excess of $550,000 ($1,000,000 for construction of any public facility) to adopt a subcontracting plan that complies with the requirements of this clause 

##     IT Schedule 70 Solicitation

**Agenda**
**Solicitation: Sections A - G**
**Commercial Sales Practices**
**Information for Dealers**
**Submission of Offer**

**Notes:**
I will explain the components of the Schedule 70 Solicitation.

## 1. Solicitation: Section A  

**Section A: *****Continuation of Standard Form 1449*****.**
**	**
** ***** Offerors use this section to determine business size and North American Industry Classification System (NAIC)  codes for each Special Item Number (SIN) being offered.**

**1. Solicitation: Section A**

## 1. Solicitation: Section B

**	***** Requires Offerors to indicate if they would like ****  to include:**
**   ****(1) Cooperative Purchasing ****(for Schedule 70 only)**
**   ****(2) Recovery Purchasing**
-    **(3)** **Identify what SINs are being offered **

**1. Solicitation: Section B**

## State and Local Cooperative Purchasing

**For more information, visit www.gsa.gov/cooperativepurchasing. **

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**Section 211 of the e-Gov Act of 2002 authorized GSA sales of Schedule 70 IT products and services to State & Local Governments through the introduction of Cooperative Purchasing.**
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-   **Scope:**
-   GSA IT Schedule 70
-   Consolidated Schedule with IT Special Item Numbers (SINs)
-   **Authorized Users:**  The 50 states, All counties, municipalities, cities, towns and townships, Tribal Governments, Public Authorities (Public or Indian Housing agencies under the U.S. Housing Act of 1937), school districts, and colleges

**Notes:**
Cooperative Purchasing is always open to state and local governments.  GSA always grants
authority to state/local governments, but they must have the authority to purchase in their 
regulations and legislation.   

## Section 833 – Disaster Relief Purchasing

**Section 833 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 established Use of Federal Supply Schedules by State and Local Governments for Goods and Services for Disaster Recovery. **
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-   Advanced Purchasing for Disaster Preparedness
-   Only if Major Disaster is Declared by President or deemed
-    necessary to facilitate recovery from:
-  terrorism, nuclear, biological, chemical or radiological attack
-   Secretary of DHS determines eligible goods and services

**Section 833 – Disaster Relief Purchasing**

**For more information, visit www.gsa.gov/disasterrecovery**** **

**Notes:**
Authorization may be granted in the event that  a major disaster is declared by the president or to facilitate recovery from terrorism or nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack. The Secretary of Homeland Security will determine which goods and services are eligible. 
The program is voluntary for vendors.  Current vendors will have to modify their contracts to participate. 

## Special Item Numbers (SIN’s)Covered under Schedule 70 

- 132-3    Leasing of Products
- 132-4    Daily/Short Term Rental
- 132-8    Purchase of Equipment
- 132-12  Maintenance of Equipment, Repair Service,             and Repair Parts/Spare Parts
- 132-32  Term Software Licenses
- 132-33  Perpetual Software Licenses
- 132-34  Maintenance of Software

## Special Item Numbers (SIN’s)covered under Schedule 70 

- 132-50  Training Courses
- 132-51  IT Professional Services
- 132-52  EC Services
- 132-53  Wireless Services
- 132-60  Access Certificates for Electronic Services             (ACES) Program
- 132-61  Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Shared Service             Provider (SSP) Program
- 132-62  HSPD-12 Product & Services Components

## HSPD-12 Information

**1) HSPD-12 & E-Authentication Applicable SINs:**
**	***** 132-60: Access Certification for Services (ACES) ****	****	****Program**
**	***** 132-61: PKI Shared Service Providers**
**	***** 132-62: HSPD-12 Product and Service ****	****	****	****	****Components**
**2) ****	****Services and products qualified by NIST and/or GSA prior to award**

**HSPD-12 Information**

**Notes:**
Define HSPD-12 Process 
Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12), “Policy for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors” establishes the requirement for a mandatory Government-wide standard for secure and reliable forms of identification issued by the Federal Government to its employees and contractor employees assigned to Government contracts in order to enhance security, increase Government efficiency, reduce identity fraud, and protect personal privacy 

1) 132-60 - (ACES)  Access Certificates for Electronic Services: PKI and digital certificates for business and public to do electronic commerce with the government

2) 132-61 - PKI Shared Service Providers: PKI and Digital Certificates for government employees and contractors that require physical and or logical access to government buildings and IT systems.

## HSPD-12 Information

**	****a) Stephen Duncan:****	****SIN 132-60 **
**	****	****	****	****	****Phone: 202-219-0815**
**        ****b) Judith Spencer         SIN 132-61**
**                                               ****Phone: 202-208-6576**
**	****c) April Giles :****	****	****SIN 132-62 for Approved FIPS ****	****	****	****	****	****201 Compliant**
**	****	****	****	****	****Phone: 202-501-1123**
**	**

**HSPD-12 Information**

**Notes:**
Here are the POCs who are responsible for reviewing and qualifying services and products.  

1) Steve Duncan handles SIN 132-60 & 132-61 – the PKI and Digital certificates.

2) April Giles handles SIN 132-62, FIPS 201 Compliant.  She approves the products in GSA Lab.

3) Mike Brooks handles SIN 132-62, the Integration Services.

4) David Temoshok is from Office of Government Wide and who oversees this HSPD-12.

## HSPD-12 Information

**	**
**	****d) Mike Brooks:****	****	****SIN 132-62 for Integration ****                                       Services**
**	****	****	****	****	****Phone: 202-501-2765**
**	**
**	****e) David Temoshok:****	****Phone: 202-208-7655 – OGP**
**   ****Web Address: http://idmanagement.gov**

**HSPD-12 Information**

**Notes:**
Here are the POCs who are responsible for reviewing and qualifying services and products.  

1) Steve Duncan handles SIN 132-60 & 132-61 – the PKI and Digital certificates.

2) April Giles handles SIN 132-62, FIPS 201 Compliant.  She approves the products in GSA Lab.

3) Mike Brooks handles SIN 132-62, the Integration Services.

4) David Temoshok is from Office of Government Wide and who oversees this HSPD-12.

**Notes:**
This is the website that everyone needs to be familiar with if they are interested in HSPD-12 offering.

To see who has approved HSPD-12 products and services, click on “Government Approved Services and Products”.

## HSPD-12 Information

**5)    For products that do not need to be approved/qualified, they must either be removed from SIN 132-62 and proposed them under another SIN, or must be sold as part of the total solutions.**
**6) ****	****Each product must be approved.  Contractor will receive either one letter that lists all the approved products or one letter with one product from April Giles.**

**HSPD-12 Information**

**Notes:**
Couple of things to note.

## HSPD-12 Requirements

**8) ****	****Is there a qualification letter?**
**9)****	****What is the contractor/offeror proposing?  Services and/or products?  Do the products need to be qualified?**
**10)****	****If proposing labor categories, follow the same procedures as if adding labor categories under SIN 132-51.**
**11)****	****If proposing products, follow the same procedures as if adding products under SIN 132-8 or 132-33.  Also ask about manufacturer vs. dealer. **

**HSPD-12 Requirements**

**Notes:**
What Contracting Officer looks for when reviewing an offer or modification for HSPD-12.

## 1. Solicitation: Section C

-    **Section C: *****Contract Clauses***
**   ****There are approximately 65 contract clauses in****this section. Here are some examples:**
**	**
**	***** C.1 – Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items (FAR 52.212-4)**
**	****T****his clause provides the various contract terms and conditions for commercial items such as termination for convenience/cause, limitation liability or order of precedence.****	**

**1. Solicitation: Section C**

## 1. Solicitation: Section C  

**	****	**
**	***** C.23 – Industrial Funding Fee (IFF) and Sales Reporting (GSAR 552.238-74) (Jul 2003)**
**	****T****his clause states the requirements for reporting and payment of the IFF.  The IFF is .0075%.**
**	****	**

**1. Solicitation: Section C**

## 1: Solicitation: Section C 

**	****	****	**
**	***** C.41 – Contract Sales Criteria (I-FSS-639) ****  (Mar 2002)**
**           ****- ****Defines minimum sales requirement for contract ****        performance periods.**
**	****	****- ****Anticipated sales of contract are expected to exceed****       at least $25,000 within first 24 months following ****       contract award.****	**
**	****	****- Expected to exceed $25,000 in sales each 12-month ****	****period thereafter.  **
**	****	****- Government reserves the right to cancel contract if ****	****reported sales fall short of expected sales.**

**1: Solicitation: Section C**

## 1. Solicitation: Section D

**	**
**	****This section list various FAR clauses, which are incorporated by reference and are applicable to this solicitation and/or task orders.**

**1. Solicitation: Section D**

## 1. Solicitation: Section E

-     **Section E: *****Solicitation Provisions***
**	**
**	***** Provides instruction for the preparation and submission of an offer to GSA.  **
**	***** Requires a justification/rationale when exceptions are taken to any terms and conditions of the solicitation.**

**1. Solicitation: Section E**

## 1. Solicitation: Section F

**	****Identifies additional information and documentation that may be required to complete the evaluation and negotiation of the proposed offer.**
**	***** F.2 – Past Performance (F-FCI-003) (Mar 2005)**
**	****Offeror is required to submit a Dun & Bradstreet Open Rating Report.**

**1. Solicitation: Section F**

## 1. Solicitation: Section F

**	**
**	***** F.5 – Information Technology (IT) Professional Services – Past Performance Responsibility Determination (F-FCI-005) (Mar 2005)**
**	****The o****fferor must provide their current corporate experience, their IT professional services and their organizational structure****.**

**1. Solicitation: Section F**

## 1. Solicitation: Section G

**	**
**- The offeror certifies to size status,**
**  ****TAA compliance, and legal business entity. **
**- The offeror provides evidence of established****commercial sales for the proposed SINs. **

**1. Solicitation: Section G**

## G.4 – Commercial Sales Practices Suggested Format

**Notes:**
I will explain G.4 Commercial Sales Practices Chart.

## Information for Dealers

**Please refer to E.4 and G.4 for further information.**
**1) Need to submit a signed letter of commitment from the manufacturer (Letter of Supply)**
**2) Manufacturer’s Commercial Sales Practices Chart **
**3) Dealer’s Commercial Sales Practices Chart**
**4) Manufacturer’s commercial pricelist**

**Information for Dealers**

**Notes:**
If the offeror is not the manufacturer of the end products being supplied, before award the offeror must supply either a letter of commitment or other evidence that they will have an uninterrupted source of supply from which to satisfy the Government’s requirements for the contract period.  In addition, the offeror must supply a 

## Information for Dealers

**5) Dealer’s spreadsheet**

**Information for Dealers**

**Notes:**
I will explain the dealer’s spreadsheet.

## Submission of Offer

**Submission of Offer**

**Notes:**
The Checklist for the Schedule 70 Solicitation will be used as a guide for completing the solicitation.  Per paragraph F.5, the entire solicitation must be returned, not just the following sections.

If submitting an eOffer, identify which documents can be submitted electronically.
If submitting a hardcopy, please fill in all applicable sections of the solicitation.  If a section does not apply to you, please
 fill in “Not Applicable” and submit the full text of the solicitation.  By the signing the offer, the Offeror attests to the fact that there have been no changes to the text of the solicitation, except as noted in the cover letter.

*Please Note: All applicable documents are required. 

##             Submission of Offer (continued)

-             **Submission of Offer** (continued)
**           ****B. *This is for IT Professional Services**

**Notes:**
Labor Matrix for IT Professional Services.

## Submission of Offer (continued)

**C. Small Business Subcontracting Plan (if applicable)**
**	*****Please refer to Attachment III for guidelines.**
**D. One copy of current published pricelist**
**E. Two copies of Proposed IT Schedule Pricelist per Refresh #21**
**	***** Please refer to Attachment I for guidelines**
**F. Duns & Bradstreet Open Rating Report**

**Submission of Offer** (continued)

**Notes:**
Identify which documents can be submitted electronically.

## Need More Info?

** ****IT Acquisition Center Customer Service Line: 703-605-2700**
**  ****Solicitation and Related Downloads: **_[www.gsa.gov/schedule70solicitation](http://www.gsa.gov/schedule70solicitation)_
** ****Web address:  **_[http://](http://www.gsa.gov/itcenter)__[www.gsa.gov/itCenter](http://www.gsa.gov/itcenter)_
** ****E-mail:  **_[it.center@gsa.gov](mailto:it.center@gsa.gov)_
** ****Fax:  703-605-9839**
** ****Mailing Address:**
**IT Acquisition Center**
**2200 Crystal Drive            **
**Crystal Plaza 4**
**Arlington, VA 22202**

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