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July 17, 2007. Networx Unit Pricer — Training Manual. Networx Unit Pricer — Released Prices. http://releasedprices.networx.gov. Functions of the Pricer. Unit Pricer Provides capability to compare unit prices across Universal, Enterprise, and FTS2001 vendors (where available)
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July 17, 2007 Networx Unit Pricer—Training Manual
Networx Unit Pricer — Released Prices http://releasedprices.networx.gov Functions of the Pricer • Unit Pricer • Provides capability to compare unit prices across Universal, Enterprise, and FTS2001 vendors (where available) • Current and past year prices • No login necessary
Networx Unit Pricer — Released Prices http://releasedprices.networx.gov • Unit Pricer • Provides capability to compare unit prices across Universal, Enterprise, and FTS2001 vendors (where available) • Current and past year prices • No login necessary Functions of the Pricer
Navigation and Selection Basics A plus sign indicates that there are additional sub-choices If it’s a plus/minus sign, single click on the plus/minus sign to select or double click on the title itself This icon must be double clicked in order to select it
Box 1 – Choose Your Vendors You can choose to see prices from all vendors or choose your own combination of vendors
Box 2 – Choose Your CLIN You can navigate to a CLIN or Service by typing in the Find CLIN box
Box 2 – Choose Your CLIN Available CLINs will appear in a list – Single click to select the appropriate CLIN
Box 2 – Choose Your CLIN You can also navigate through a “tree” of available Services and CLINs
Box 2 – Choose Your CLIN The first step is to choose your Service Group A list of the services within each group is available starting on slide 50
Box 2 – Choose Your CLIN Choose Your Service
Box 2 – Choose Your CLIN Choose Your Category
Box 2 – Choose Your CLIN Double-Click to Choose Your CLIN
Box 2 – Choose Your CLIN The Choose CLIN Box Will Show Your Selected CLIN
Box 2 – Choose Your CLIN You can also choose from recently selected CLINs
Box3 – Choose Locations If a location is not required, Box 3 will appear as below. If a location is required, you will be prompted to enter the location information.
Box 3 – Choose Locations Enter your desired location in the text field. Finish by pressing enter. You can enter any of the following information and the pricer will map results to the nearest wire center: street address with city/state; NPANXX; NSC; SWC; zip code; or city and state.
Box 4 – Choose Date Range Choose from pre-defined ranges or specify your own range Dates must be entered in YYYY-MM-DD format
Box 5 – Pricing Options This panel allows you to adjust any applicable pricing parameters such as quantity or bandwidth When in doubt, don’t change the default
Box 6 – Activating the Pricer Once all choices have been made in Boxes 1 through 5, press the “Price Selected CLIN” button to cue the pricer to retrieve your results
Results appear in the Pricing Results panel on the right side of the Web page Pricing Results
Pricing Results: Navigation Hint To see the pricing results full screen, press the << in the Options title bar
CLIN Results ‘n/a’ indicates that the vendor does not offer that particular unit price CLIN Description Date Range Unit Price Data by Vendor
CLIN Results (Concluded) Each CLIN has a frequency. Frequency types are MRC, NRC, and Usage. Each CLIN has a Unit Type. This is the quantity from Box 5. CLINs are either Routine or Critical.
CLIN Results: Navigation Hint Bolded prices represent the lowest price for that time period
CLIN Results: Options—Download Choosing the Download option will prompt you to save the results
CLIN Results: Options—Download (Continued) Choose Save when prompted to download the results or Cancel to abort
CLIN Results: Options—Download (Continued) Navigate to your preferred save location and then select Save to download your results or choose Cancel to abort the action
CLIN Results: Options—Download (Continued) A dialogue box will indicate that your results have been downloaded
CLIN Results: Options—Remove Choosing Remove will generate a yes/no prompt
CLIN Results: Options—Remove (Concluded) Choosing Yes will clear the CLIN prices from the Pricing Results panel
CLIN Results: Associated CLINs If there are CLINs that are associated with the priced CLIN, they will be listed under the Associated drop down Single clicking on an associated category will automatically pull the relevant CLINs in Box 2 to allow you to choose them for pricing
CLIN Results: Associated CLINs (Concluded) For example, choosing CONUS to CONUS PVC from Associated CLINs will pull up the appropriate CLINs in the Options panel Choices will be constrained to CLIN characteristics that are equivalent to the original CLIN (grayed out CLINs are not appropriate choices)
Navigation Hint Choosing Clear Association Filter will allow all CLINs to be available for pricing when pricing associated CLINS
Total Price Summary • Total Price Summary shows the sum of all price results by vendor: • If more than one CLIN was priced, the summary will reflect the sum of the results from each CLIN • If the CLIN is an MRC CLIN, results will reflect the multiplication of the # of months in the chosen time period by the price; if the date range encompasses more than a single year, annual results will be summed together • If the CLIN is an NRC CLIN, results will reflect the first price • If the CLIN is a Usage CLIN, results will reflect the CLIN price multiplied by the quantity specified in Box 5 and then multiplied over the # of months in the chosen time period
Pricing Results: Clear Choosing Yes will clear all individual CLIN price results
Navigation and Selection Basics • Step 1: Choose Your Vendors • Step 2: Choose Your CLIN • Telecommunication Services • Dedicated Access (DAA all services) • Domestic Wireline Building MRC • Select Your Speed (Bandwidth) • Step 3: Enter Your Location • City and State • NPANXX, NSC, SWC • Building address • Step 4: Choose Your Date Range • Step 5: Input Your Desired Number of Circuits for That Location (or Leave at Default of 1) • Step 6: Activate the Pricer by Pressing the “Price Selected CLIN” Button
Box 2 – Choose Your CLIN You can navigate by typing in the Find CLIN box … or …
Choose Your CLIN: Telecommunication Services … by browsing through the tree
Input Your Desired Number of Circuits for That Location (or Leave at Default of 1)
Activate the Pricer by Pressing the “Price Selected CLIN” Button