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Integrated Acquisition Environment (IAE) AGA-DC and GWSCPA 6 th Annual Conference Teresa Sorrenti May 9, 2007. Origination of E-Government Projects. Summer 01- Efforts to improve use of IT investments 10/01- Presidents’ Management Council defined 24 projects as a starting point to lay
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Integrated Acquisition Environment (IAE) AGA-DC and GWSCPA 6th Annual Conference Teresa Sorrenti May 9, 2007
Origination of E-Government Projects • Summer 01- Efforts to improve use of IT investments • 10/01- Presidents’ Management Council defined 24 projects as a starting point to lay foundation for a citizen-centric government • www.egov.gov • IAE is one of these - developed as shared services environment that promotes competition, transparency and efficiency in the federal acquisition life cycle • Reports to Acquisition Committee for E-Government (ACE) under CAOC • GSA is managing partner • Funded by all agencies in proportion to their acquisitions
Vision Goals IAE Partner/OMB agreement Feb 2002 • Create a simpler, common, integrated business process for buyers and sellers that promotes competition, transparency and integrity. • Increase data sharing to enable better business decisions in procurement, logistic, payment and performance assessment. • Take a unified approach to obtaining modern tools to leverage investment costs for business related processes. • A secure business environment that facilitates and supports cost-effective acquisition of goods and services in support of agency mission performance A shared services environment
IAE Achievements • Collaboration among all major Departments to define requirements • over 300 team membersfrom over 65 federal agencies since 2002 • Enables agencies to align with OMB’s governmentwide policy to turn over operations to a shared services provider • Redundant systems have been shut down, paper forms have been eliminated and procurement and financial systems are sharing data • Business processes have been streamlined and standardized • Launched or expanded 10 centralized shared systems • Commercial software packages for contract writing systems will have to meet testing standards to ensure interoperability
IAE Business Areas = Objectives • BPN (Business Partner Network) -Deploy a single point of registration and validation of supplier data accessed by all agencies. Includes CCR, ORCA, eSRS. • Acquisition Information Reporting (AIR) - Implement a central point for consolidated collection and access of statistical and management information related to Government acquisitions. Includes FPDS-NG • eMarketplace - Create online directory of interagency tenders to simplify and facilitate leverage of Government buying. Includes: FedBizOpps, FedTeDS, WDOL.gov. • Standard Transactions - Develop a standard glossary and vocabulary to facilitate exchange of data between and within agencies
IAE Systems Throughout the Acquisition Life Cycle WDOL FBO CCR FedTeDS FPDS-NG Market Research Solicitation WDOL Ordering CCR Acquisition ICD/Catalogs Portal ORCA Evaluation FPDS-NG Contract Administration Requirements Performance eSRS Award EPLS Performance P-card Future FPDS-NG FBO Acquisition Requirements Acquisition Lifecycle Shared Service
Vendors Register in CCR Over 430,000 activevendors www.ccr.gov
D-U-N-S Number • Unique 9-character identification number provided by Dun & Bradstreet • When registering in CCR, identifies each physical location, each different address, and each legal division that may be co-located • D-U-N-S + 4 identifies different CCR records for the same registrant at the same physical location with more than one bank account to facilitate EFT • “+4” is self-assigned by registrant, not by D&B • Data only entered once and used many times • Enables synchronization of data across multiple federal acquisition systems- from sourcing to reporting • Retained for the life of an entity • Enables rapid, accurate reporting by: geography, congressional district, corporate ownership, etc.
Federal Agency Registration - FedRegFind Government Sources • OMB Memo M-03-01,10/4/02, required all Government agencies that engage in buying or selling goods/services to other federal agencies register in FedReg. (OMB Memo M-06-09 modified business Rules #20 and #21 of Attachment A on 3/29/06 ) • D-U-N-S numbers used as unique ID for each registration • DOD uses “DOD” followed by their 6-character DODAAC • Annual re-validation required to ensure accurate data • Searchable to other federal agencies looking for sources. Federal sellers who are registered will be visible as potential sources • Provides offices engaged in intragovernmental transactions better information for matching disbursements • TFM Bulletin No. 2007-03, 11/16/06 regarding dispute resolution reaffirmed that registration in FedReg is still required • Go to www.ccr.gov/fedagency.aspx
FBO - Search for Solicitations >$25K 27,399 registered buyers +50,000 active opportunities (combined solicitations, /synopses) +700,000 vendors registered for e-mail notices www.fbo.gov
FPDS-NG - Report/Search Contract Actions over $3,000 Over 8 million contract actions in FY 06 totaling over $4B https://www.fpds.gov
EPLS - Search for Excluded Entities 8 million hits/March 07 Includes DUNS validation www.epls.gov
eSRS- Review Subcontracting Accomplishments Over 700,000 hits/ March 07 20,000 reports Over 8,000 registered users www.esrs.gov
FFATA (Federal Funding Accountability Act of 2006) • Signed by President 9/26/06 • To reduce “wasteful and unnecessary spending” • Requires that OMB establish a free, public, online database containing full disclosure of all entities and organizations receiving federal funds • Will include data sourced from FPDS-NG, eSRS, grants.gov, and loans • Pilot program scheduled to begin 7/1/07
ART (Acquisition Requirements Team) • Team developed government-wide system requirements that all commercial acquisition/contract writing COTS packages will have to satisfy to qualify for federal agency use, including interfaces with finance systems • Also gathered information from relevant vendors on architecture and technical capabilities of existing products • “Internal Draft of the Acquisition System Requirements” vetted by CAOC, CFOC, and governmentwide team • Undergoing final review to ensure consistency with Core Financial System • Will go out for public comment summer ‘06
IAE Offers • Improved data quality • Facilitates reconciliations and eliminations • Standard interface for buy/sell transactions • Identification of trading partners and one-stop source of information • Centrally provides information needed for transactions with private and public partners • Enables registration of all vendors; source for on-line representations and certifications; and electronic funds transfer data source. • Links to other files that are vendor centric (not contract specific), provides a central source to check Past Performance, Excluded Parties Listing, Treasury Offset Program, and other files.
Future Plans • New FBO system launch • Summary socio-economic p-card data in FPDS-NG • Update for multiple FAR changes • Cross-agency group revising Best Practices Guide and FAR governing collection and use of past performance data - will affect existing agency feeder systems such as NIH CPS, and Navy CPARS
Contact Information – www.acquisition.gov IAE Program Management Office Teresa Sorrenti 703-872-8610 Earl Warrington 703-872-8609 email: integrated.acquisition@gsa.gov