Slide 1 of 28 Welcome to GSA’s Vendor and Customer Self Service (VCSS) course Section 2: VCSS Account Registration & Requesting Access This presentation is compliant with section 508 standards. This version was last updated on January 12, 2012.

Slide 2 of 28 VCSS Registration Overview  VCSS Account Registration is the process you complete in order to register a customer for a VCSS account.  The first person that registers the account in VCSS must agree to become the account administrator.  As an account administrator, your responsibilities include approving or disapproving all access to the VCSS account.  You can only register for one VCSS account at a time. Note that once you have successfully registered your account in VCSS, you will be assigned a User ID to login to VCSS to access the registered VCSS account, which is discussed later in the presentation.

Slide 3 of 28 VCSS Registration Process  Here is a high level process diagram illustrating the steps to register for a VCSS account.

Slide 4 of 28 VCSS Registration Steps  To register for a VCSS account, perform the following steps covered in the next few slides. Step Number 1: Go to the GSA launch page, which is and select the account registration option to register for a VCSS account.

Slide 5 of 28 VCSS Registration Steps (Continued) Step Number 2: On the GSA launch page, select customer to register for a customer account.

Slide 6 of 28 VCSS Registration Steps (Continued) Step Number 3: On the next screen of the GSA launch page, identify the customer you are registering by entering one of the following three fields:  The first field is Account Code, which you may know as the Billed Office Address Code (BOAC) or Agency Bureau (AB) Code in a legacy system.  The second field is the Agency Location Code (ALC), which is an eight-digit code assigned by Treasury to identify an accounting station within an agency.  The third field is Business Partner Network (BPN) and BPN plus 4 is a unique number to identify your agency. The BPN is nine characters and the BPN plus 4 is four characters and can be optionally entered. Note that if already registered in VCSS, a message displays stating that the account is already registered. You do not need to take additional action and you should cancel this registration. If you would like to request access to this account, then skip to slide 26.

Slide 7 of 28 VCSS Registration Steps (Continued) Step Number 4: On the next screen of the GSA launch page, fill out the registration form information to register for an account.

Slide 8 of 28 VCSS Registration Steps (Continued) Step Number 5: On the next screen of the GSA launch page, review the registration form and then submit the registration. By submitting the registration, you are agreeing to become the account administrator of the VCSS account.

Slide 9 of 28 VCSS Registration Steps (Continued) Step Number 6: After you submit the registration, GSA is responsible for reviewing and approving your registration request.  If GSA approves the account registration, GSA will send you an stating the account registration request is approved and includes a VCSS URL for new registration and a Personal Identification Number (PIN).  If GSA does not approve the account registration, GSA will send you an stating your account registration request is rejected. Note that GSA reviews the registration request to ensure there is a valid government address, except where a government address is not provided to staff.

Slide 10 of 28 VCSS Registration Steps (Continued) Step Number 7: As the account administrator, open the approval from GSA and select the VCSS URL for new registration. Step Number 8: On the VCSS main page, select the New Registration hyperlink.

Slide 11 of 28 VCSS Registration Steps (Continued) Step Number 9: On the VCSS registration page, enter the following registration information:  Address you used to register on the GSA launch page’s registration form.  PIN provided in the approval from GSA.  Select the Next button.

Slide 12 of 28 VCSS Registration Steps (Continued) Step Number 10: On the next screen of the VCSS registration page, enter the following new user information to have a User ID created:  User ID and Password provided in s from GSA.  Your contact information.  Select the Finish button. Note that if you are an existing user, in the User Type group box, select the I am an existing user radio button, fill out your User ID and Password, and then select the Finish button. For example, if you have already registered a VCSS account previously, you are an existing user since you already have a User ID.

Slide 13 of 28 VCSS Registration Steps (Continued) Step Number 11: On the next screen of the VCSS registration page, review the registration information and then select the Submit button.

Slide 14 of 28 VCSS Registration Steps (Continued) Step Number 12: After you submit the User ID registration, GSA reviews the User ID request for approval.  If GSA approves your User ID request, GSA will send you two additional, separate s containing your User ID and password.  If GSA does not approve your User ID request, GSA will send you an stating the new User ID login request is rejected.

Slide 15 of 28 VCSS Registration Steps (Continued) Step Number 13: As the account administrator, access the GSA launch page and select the option to Login to VCSS to verify your User ID and password.

Slide 16 of 28 VCSS Registration Steps (Continued) Step Number 14: On the VCSS main page, select the Login hyperlink.

Slide 17 of 28 VCSS Registration Steps (Continued) Step Number 15: On the VCSS login page, enter the following login information:  User ID and Password sent in two separate s from GSA.  Select the Sign In button. Step Number 16: If your login to VCSS is successful, you now have access to the VCSS account you successfully registered for.

Slide 18 of 28 Request Access Overview  Request Access is the process you complete in order to request access to an existing VCSS account, which is an account that has already been registered in VCSS.  This process covers the following two scenarios: 1.The first scenario is a person needs a User ID to request access to a VCSS account for the first time. 2.The second scenario is a person already has a User ID and needs to request access to another VCSS account, which is identified by an account code. Note that the account administrator is the person that registered the VCSS account. The customer is another person requesting access to a VCSS account and is not the account administrator.

Slide 19 of 28 Request Access Process  Here is a high level process diagram illustrating the steps to request access to an existing VCSS account.

Slide 20 of 28 Request Access Steps  To request access to an existing VCSS account, perform the following steps covered in the next few slides. Step Number 1: As the person requesting access, which can be the customer or account administrator, access the GSA launch page and select the user registration option to request access to an existing VCSS account.

Slide 21 of 28 Request Access Steps (Continued) Step Number 2: On the GSA launch page, select customer as the type of account you are requesting access to.

Slide 22 of 28 Request Access Steps (Continued) Step Number 3: On the next screen of the GSA launch page, search for the existing VCSS account that you would like to request access to. In order to search for VCSS accounts, enter the following search criteria to identify the account:  Account Code, ALC, or, BPN.

Slide 23 of 28 Request Access Steps (Continued) Step Number 4: On the next screen of the GSA launch page, verify the VCSS accounts that you have selected, enter your contact information, and then submit the access request.

Slide 24 of 28 Request Access Steps (Continued) Step Number 5: After submitting the access request, the account administrator is responsible for reviewing the access request for approval.  If the account administrator approves the access request, the access request is sent to GSA for approval.  If the account administrator does not approve the access request, GSA cannot approve the access request.

Slide 25 of 28 Request Access Steps (Continued) Step Number 6: After the account administrator approves the access request, GSA is responsible for reviewing and approving the access request.  If GSA approves the access request, GSA will do one of the following:  If you are requesting a User ID and access to a VCSS account for the first time, GSA will send you two separate approval s containing your User ID and password.  If you are a customer or account administrator that already has a User ID and is requesting access to another VCSS account, GSA will send you one stating the access request is approved.  If GSA does not approve the access request, GSA will send you an stating the access request is rejected.

Slide 26 of 28 Request Access Steps (Continued) If you are a customer that has been issued a User ID and password but have not logged into VCSS for the first time, then follow steps number 7 through 10 in the next few slides. Step Number 7: Go to the GSA launch page and select the Login to VCSS option to verify your User ID and password.

Slide 27 of 28 Request Access Steps (Continued) Step Number 8: On the VCSS main page, select the Login hyperlink.

Slide 28 of 28 Request Access Steps (Continued) Step Number 9: On the VCSS login page, enter the following login information:  User ID and Password sent in two separate s from GSA.  Select the Sign In button. Step Number 10: If your login to VCSS is successful, you now have access to the VCSS account you requested access to. Note that at this point, you should update your security questions. We will review this process later in the presentation.