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Benefits of Using GSA for your Information Technology Needs Benefits of Using IT Schedule 70 www.gsa.gov/itcenter

Benefits of Using GSA for your Information Technology Needs Benefits of Using IT Schedule 70 www.gsa.gov/itcenter. Benjamin Taylor and Thomas Corcoran Center for IT Schedule Program, Office of GWAC and IT Schedule Programs . Spring 2009. Agenda.

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Benefits of Using GSA for your Information Technology Needs Benefits of Using IT Schedule 70 www.gsa.gov/itcenter

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  1. Benefits of Using GSA for your Information Technology Needs Benefits of Using IT Schedule 70 www.gsa.gov/itcenter Benjamin Taylor and Thomas Corcoran Center for IT Schedule Program, Office of GWAC and IT Schedule Programs Spring 2009

  2. Agenda • ITS “Great Government Through Technology” – Customer Benefits • IT Schedule 70 Overview • Other ITS Products and Services Offerings • GSA Training Resources/Online Acquisition Tools • Related Links • Points of Contact • Q & A

  3. Great Government Through TechnologyCustomer Benefits

  4. Great Government Through Technology – Customer Benefits • Simpler Acquisitions • High Quality, Best Value Products, Services & Solutions • Flexible Options • Compliance with FAR

  5. Traditional Procurement Methods • Formal Solicitation • Process/Synopsize procurement • Very-time consuming, averaging up to 268 days • High Administrative Costs • An Increases in the Chance of a Protest

  6. Customer Benefits – IT Schedule 70 Procurement Methods • Simpler Acquisitions • Pre-competed contracts • Reduced procurement lead-time (less paperwork and documentation) • Direct relationship with contractor • No synopsis required • No need to write an RFQ

  7. Customer Benefits – IT Schedule 70 Procurement Methods • High Quality, Best Value Products, Services & Solutions • Volume discounts and spot reductions • Robust, state-of-the art commercial technology and high quality services • No additional administrative costs • On-site training available on how to use the Schedule

  8. Customer Benefits – IT Schedule 70 Procurement Methods • Flexible Options • Blanket Purchase Agreements save time & money • Customized Integrated Solutions (Contractor Team Arrangements) • Options of easy online ordering • Easy payment options (Governmentwide purchase card)

  9. Customer Benefits – IT Schedule 70 Procurement Methods • Compliance with FAR • Enable you to comply with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) • Assistance with meeting socioeconomic goals • Prices, terms and conditions are determined fair and reasonable

  10. Customer Benefits – Small Business • Estimated 80% of all IT Schedule 70 contracts are held by Small Business • More than 40% of all IT Schedule 70 Sales by Customer Agencies are with Small Business • Help you meet your socio-economic goals

  11. Customer Benefits – Small Bus. ProcurementGSA Can Help! All small businesses should have the maximum practicable opportunity to participate in providing goods and services to U.S. Government (Small Business Act) The Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) statutory government-wide procurement goals*: • 23% of an agency’s prime contracts for small businesses • 5% for small disadvantage businesses (prime & subcontracts) • 5% for women-owned small businesses (prime & subcontracts) • 3% for HUBZone businesses (prime and subcontracts) • 3% for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) • (prime & subcontracts) GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Program can help you identify and include these companies in the competition for your agency’s business! *SBA negotiates annual procurement preference goals with each federal agency and review’s each agency’s results. SBA ensures that the mutually established cumulative goals for all agencies meet or exceed the government-wide 23% small business goal.

  12. IT Schedule 70 Overview

  13. Software Software Hardware Hardware Services Services IT Schedule 70 – Sales Trend FY08 Sales • Total Sales: • $16.5 Billion • Software: • $1.9 Billion • Hardware: • $3.4 Billion • Services: • $10.9 Billion Approximately 5,000 Contracts

  14. IT Schedule 70 – Top-10 Federal Agencies General Services Administration Department of Air Force Department of Army Office of Secretary of Defense Department of Navy Department of Interior Health and Human Services Department of Veteran Affairs Department of Homeland Security Department of Justice

  15. IT Schedule 70 – The Program • ID/IQ contracting vehicle to procure IT integrated solutions • Ordering Agency selects commercial products and services based on “Best Value” to the end-user • IT products and services offered are defined as “commercial” in accordance with FAR Part 12

  16. IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need SIN Description 132 3 Leasing of Product 132 4 Daily/Short Term Rental 132 8 Purchase of Equipment 132 9 Purchase of Used or Refurbished Equip. 132 12 Maintenance of Equip./Repair 132 32 Term Software Licenses SIN Description 132-33 Perpetual Software Licenses 132 34 Maintenance of Software 132 50 Training Courses 132 51 IT Professional Services 132 52 E-Commerce Services 132 53 Wireless Services

  17. IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need SIN Description 132 60A Electronic Credentials, Not Identity Proofed 132 60B Electronic Credentials, Identity Proofed 132 60C Digital Certificates, including ACES 132 60D E-authentication Hardware Tokens 132 60E Remote Identity and Access Managed Service Offering 132 60F Identity and Access Management Professional Services 132 61 Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Shared Service Provider (SSP) Program 132 62 HSPD-12 Product and Service Components

  18. Special Item Number (SIN) 132-3, Leasing of Products Lease hardware and software (in support of hardware) Lease types: Lease to Ownership Lease with Option to own Step Lease Two sets of terms and conditions Option 1 – no cancellation clause & expires on Sept. 30th or sooner Option 2 – contains cancellation clause IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

  19. Special Item Number (SIN) 132-4, Daily/Short Term Rental Rental of hardware and software (in support of hardware) Brief periods of time for purposes e.g. disaster recovery, trade shows, short term training support If rental period is likely to exceed six months, then leasing or purchase should be considered IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

  20. Special Item Number (SIN) 132-8, Purchase of Equipment System Configuration Laptop, Portable/Notebook Computers Servers Input/Output and Storage Devices Printers Network Equipment Fiber Optic Cables Communications Security Equipment and Components IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

  21. Special Item Number (SIN) 132-9, Purchase of Used or Refurbished Equipment System Configuration Laptop, Portable/Notebook Computers Servers Input/Output and Storage Devices Printers Network Equipment Fiber Optic Cables Communications Security Equipment and Components IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

  22. Special Item Number (SIN) 132-12, Equipment Maintenance and Repair Includes radio/telephone/computer equipment Types of Maintenance: Maintenance Repair Service Repair Parts/Spare Parts Third Party Maintenance IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

  23. Special Item Number (SIN) 132-32, Term Software Licenses “Rent” the software licenses for period of time May convert to perpetual software licenses; takes “ownership” Software includes: Operating system Application EDI translation and mapping Database management IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

  24. Special Item Number (SIN) 132-33, Perpetual Software Licenses “Ownership” of the software Software includes: Operating system Application EDI translation and mapping Database management IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

  25. Special Item Number (SIN) 132-32 / 132-33, Software Maintenance as a Product Bill at the time of purchase It is for the purpose of maintaining the operability and usability of the software product by utilizing published fixes to bugs via patches, updates, or upgrades Example includes the publishing of bug or defect fixes via patches to keep the software product current IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

  26. Special Item Number (SIN) 132-34, Software Maintenance as a Service Bill in arrears in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3324 It is for the purpose of solving user identified problems using technical support outside the scope of software maintenance as a product Example includes when problems arise after implementation of software such as software’s compatibility with the organization’s IT infrastructure IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

  27. Special Item Number (SIN) 132-50, Training Courses Only for IT equipment and software Offer training courses either at contractor’s facility or customer’s location Different types of training courses: Class-room Computer-Based Training CD-Rom Online IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

  28. Special Item Number (SIN) 132-51, IT Professional Services Includes labor categories and rates All non-professional labor categories cannot be purchased separately IT Professional Services includes: Programming IT Systems Development IT Backup and Security IT Network Management IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

  29. Special Item Number (SIN) 132-52, Electronic Commerce (EC) Services EC Services are not intended to supersede or be substituted for any voice requirements of FTS2001 EC Services includes: Value Added Network (VANs) E-Mail Internet Navigation IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

  30. Special Item Number (SIN) 132-53, Wireless Services Excludes local and long distance voice, data, video, and dedicated transmission services which are NOT mobile EC Services includes: Paging Cellular/PCS Voice IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

  31. Special Item Number (SIN) 132-60A, Electronic Credentials, Not Identity Proofed Allow Government agency systems to use a hosted service to act as its identity authentication agent Validate application users or subscribers as they log into agency applications DOES NOT include requirement to know true identity of user Services and products qualified by GSA-OGP prior to proposal; only approved/qualified products and services can be proposed to IT Schedule 70 IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

  32. Special Item Number (SIN) 132-60B, Electronic Credentials, Identity Proofed Allow Government agency systems to use a hosted service to act as its identity authentication agent and identity proofer Validate application users or subscribers as they log into agency application DOES include requirement to know true identity of user Services and products qualified by GSA-OGP prior to proposal; only approved/qualified products and services can be proposed to IT Schedule 70 IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

  33. Special Item Number (SIN) 132-60C, Digital Certificates, including Access Certificates for Electronic Services (ACES) Managed services that include issuance of digital certificates that subscribers use to access government online systems DOES include requirement to know true identity of user Agencies will rely on validation by Certification Authority (CA) as proof of certificate validity & grant access to user Services and products qualified by GSA-OGP prior to proposal; only approved/qualified products and services can be proposed to IT Schedule 70 IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

  34. Special Item Number (SIN) 132-60D, E-authentication Hardware Tokens Optional hardware token for generation of ACES key pairs & storage of private key Services and products qualified by GSA-OGP prior to proposal; only approved/qualified products and services can be proposed to IT Schedule 70 IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

  35. Special Item Number (SIN) 132-60E, Remote Identity and Access Managed Service Offering Allow agencies to interface to hosted service that is aggregating multiple identity sources into single interface Use policy compliant sources to validate application users or subscribers as they log into agency applications DOES include requirement to know claimed identity of user Services and products qualified by GSA-OGP prior to proposal; only approved/qualified products and services can be proposed to IT Schedule 70 IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

  36. Special Item Number (SIN) 132-60F, Identity and Access Management Professional Services Supports planning, risk assessment, deployment, implementation and integration of Identity & Access Management (IAM) with customer agency applications Applies to certificate-based and non-certificate-based Services and products qualified by GSA-OGP prior to proposal; only approved/qualified products and services can be proposed to IT Schedule 70 IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

  37. Special Item Number (SIN) 132-61, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Shared Service Providers (SSP) Program Offers PKI services and digital certificates for internal use in Federal agencies and systems (federal employees & contractors) Is In accordance with the X.509 Certificate Policy for the U.S. Federal PKI Common Policy Framework Services and products qualified by GSA-OGP prior to proposal; only approved/qualified products and services can be proposed to IT Schedule 70 IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

  38. Special Item Number (SIN) 132-62, HSPD-12 Product and Service Components Offers Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Credentials and Services Helps agencies to implement requirements of HSPD-12, FIPS-201 & associated NIST special publications HSPD-12 implementation components includes: PIV enrollment and registration services PIV systems infrastructure PIV card management & product services Services and products qualified by GSA-OGP prior to proposal; only approved/qualified products and services can be proposed to IT Schedule 70 IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

  39. IT Schedule 70– State & Local Cooperative Purchasing • Section 211 of the e-Gov Act of 2002 • Applies to Consolidated schedule with IT Special Item Numbers (SINs) • Authorized Users: • All states, counties, municipalities, cities, towns and townships • Tribal Governments • Public Authorities • School Districts and Colleges

  40. IT Schedule 70– Disaster Relief Purchasing • Section 833 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 establishes: • Use of Federal Supply Schedules by State & Local governments for disaster recovery • Advanced purchasing for disaster preparedness only if major disaster is declared by the President or deemed necessary to facilitate recovery, e.g. terrorism, nuclear

  41. Other ITS Products & Services Offerings

  42. Public Building Service (PBS) Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) [formerly FSS and FTS] Integrated Technology Services (ITS) IT Schedule 70 (ID/IQ) Infrastructure Optimization Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) Network Services ITS – GSA Organizational Chart

  43. Network Services Network Services ITS – Portfolio • ITS offers Federal Customers four business channels at best overall prices: • IT Schedule 70 Program (State and Local customers also) • IT Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) Program • Network Services • Infrastructure Optimization

  44. ITS – 4 Access Channels to Markets Information Technology Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) Program Information Technology Schedule 70 Program Infrastructure Optimization Network Services • Approximately 5000 Indefinite Delivery/ Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contracts • IT and telecom, hardware, software, professional services, Cyber Security Cloud Computing, and Trusted Internet Connectors • Cooperative Purchasing, Disaster Recovery and Preparedness –Emergency • Flexible customer access worldwide to full-suite of commercial telecommunications, networking solutions, and managed services • Delivering security, wireless, IPv6, collaboration, and hosting support to agency missions • Forward thinking Agencies are implementing tools to drive down costs and improve efficiencies • Optimizing Computer Infrastructure—Hardware and Software Applications • Standardization, automation, tighter control of the IT infrastructure • Fully competed IDIQ contracts enabling purchase of complete IT solutions within broadly defined technical categories • Convenient for purchase of tailored solutions

  45. GSA Training Resources/Online Acquisition Tools

  46. GSA Portal: gsa.gov • www.gsa.gov • ITS commercial and service offerings under business channels

  47. The GSA Cooperative Purchasing site offers: General Information FAQs on the Programs and authorized users Links to the sites for Schedule 84 and Consolidated Schedule Link to the Center for Acquisition Excellence And Much More! Cooperative Purchasing Web Presence • www.gsa.gov/cooperativepurchasing

  48. The GSA Disaster Recovery site offers: General Information FAQs on the Programs List of all GSA Schedules subject to Disaster Recovery Purchasing Disaster Recovery Web Presence • www.gsa.gov/disasterrecovery

  49. Schedules eLibrary • www.gsaelibrary.gsa.gov • A great resource for market research • Information on the Terms and Conditions of the Schedule 70 Contract • Listing of Contractors and Special Item Numbers (SINs) • Access to most eCatalogs of IT Schedule 70 Contractors

  50. GSA Advantage!® • www.gsaadvantage.gov • Federal Government’s premier online shopping superstore • Facilitates access to more than 40 million commercial products and services • Enables convenient search feature by keyword, part number, manufacturer, contractor, and contract # • Streamlines acquisition for Supply Chain and Schedule Purchases under IT 70

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