Federal Business Opportunities (FBO/FedBizOpps)

1. Federal Business Opportunities (FBO/FedBizOpps) PBS Design and Construction Industry Day Richard Clark Program Manager FedBizOpps/FedTeDS GSA Office of Acquisition Systems November 29, 2007

2. Origination of E-Government Projects Integrated Acquisition Environment (IAE) • Summer 01 – Efforts to improve use of Government’s IT investments • 10/01 – President’s Management Council defined 24 E-Gov 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 • IAE fulfills requirement in the E-Government Act of 2002 that calls for “electronic procurement initiatives” • IAE systems include FedBizOpps and FedTeDS egov.gov

3. BPN (Business Partner Network) – Deploy a single point of registration and validation of supplier data accessed by all agencies. Includes CCR, ORCA, eSRS, EPLSRS, EPLS Acquisition Information Reporting (AIR) – Implement a central point for consolidated collection and access of statistical and management information related to Government acquisitions. Includes FPDS 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 E-Gov Initiative | Business Areas and Objectives

5. What is FedBizOpps? • FedBizOpps (www.fedbizopps.gov) is one of the IAE web-based systems that has simplified the federal procurement process • Vendors interested in selling to the Federal government can find announcements of business opportunities – 24x7x365 • Over 550,000 vendors and buyers registered • Government buyers can post announcements of Federal business opportunities – 24x7x365 • Over 54,000 active opportunities (solicitations/synopses)

6. FedBizOpps – Search for Solicitations over $25K Search Search Browse

7. Drilldown List Acronym Alphabetic

8. Agency Drilldown List

9. Drilldown Results

10. Listing Page

11. Synopsis

12. Attachments Page

13. Search Search Search

14. Search

15. Broad Range of Search Options Type of Record Set-Aside Code Classification Code NAICS Agency

16. Search Results

17. Over 500,000 vendors registered for e-mail notifications Email Notification Capabilities • Four Options to Choose From: • Register to receive all notices from solicitation number • Register to receive all notices from selected organizations and product service classifications • Register to receive all procurement notices • Register to receive a report of all vendor notification registrations • Can Select Procurement Classification Codes • NAICS Code Groups • Select Set Aside Types • POP_ZIP: • Not Mandatory for Buyers • Only works with ONE zip code • Select Agency / Office / Location

18. Interested Vendors List

19. What is FedTeDS? Post and Retrieve Sensitive Technical Solicitation Data Safely on FedTeDS • Federal Technical Data Solutions → FedTeDS • Web-based document distribution tool for sensitive but unclassified acquisition-related information • FedTeDS FAR Mandate effective May 19, 2006

20. www.fedteds.gov

21. Vendor Registration • Vendor Users must provide the following information to create an account on FedTeDS: • Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Marketing Partner Identification Number (MPIN) • DUNS Number or CAGE Code • Telephone Number • e-mail address • New CCR registrations take approximately 48 hours to become available in FedTeDS • Upon successful registration, Vendor User accounts are effective immediately

22. How do Vendors get data from FedTeDS? • Vendors locate business opportunities as usual (e.g., FedBizOpps) • A link posted with the business opportunity directs vendors to a specific page on FedTeDS for the data • Registered Vendor Users login to FedTeDS and can download data for that business opportunity • Vendor Users cannot search FedTeDS for business opportunities or data; they must navigate to FedTeDS by way of a link posted with the public solicitation notice

23. On FedBizOpps, under Technical Data Package (TDP), there is a link directing Vendors to • FedTeDS Integration with FedBizOpps.gov

24. 1. Vendor Users access data through a login page specific to a Solicitation Number • 2. Vendor Users do not • search for data in FedTeDS Vendor Login

25. After logging into FedTeDS, • Vendor Users will see a list of all files for the solicitation • if they have the appropriate level of access Vendor Download

26. Vendor Users must accept a security agreement before downloading each • file • FedTeDS can distribute files in any • format; however, it is the Vendor User’s • responsibility to obtain the appropriate • application to view the files (Adobe • Acrobat, WinZip, etc) Vendor Download (continued)

27. Multiple Levels of Control • Solicitation information distributed through FedTeDS may require additional levels of control used to regulate access by Vendor Users • Export Controlled • Requires a FedTeDS username and password • Vendor User’s company must be certified by the DLIS Joint Certification Program to receive unclassified technical data disclosing military critical technology with military or space application • Used primarily by the United States Army, Department of the Navy, and United States Air Force • Explicit Access • Requires a FedTeDS username and password • Vendor Users must be granted access on an individual basis by the Government User

28. FedBizOpps and FedTeDS Customer Support Help Desks E-mail: fedteds@us.ibm.com Telephone: Monday-Friday, 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM and 1:30 PM to 5:30 PM (EST) (877) 815-9487 E-mail: fbo.support@gsa.gov Telephone: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM (EST) (877) 472-3779

29. Integrated Acquisition Environment Contact Information • IAE Program Management Office • Contact: • Rick Clark • 703-872-8542 E-mail: integrated.acquisition@gsa.gov

30. Questions