ITIGC e-Tools Subcommittee March 2010 GSA Chair- Keith Machen Industry Chair- Julie Kesterson

Charter Understand GSA’s:  Current e-Tool Offerings.  Plans to Change, Consolidate, Increase, or Eliminate e-Tool Offerings. Participate in e-Tool Beta Tests. Using a Structured Process, Identify Industry and Customer Needs/Issues for GSA Comment/Resolution. Offer GSA Recommendations/Guidelines for Successful e-Tool Implementations/Modifications/Communications.

Charter (cont’d.) Communicate with Subcommittees (i.e., IGC e-Tools, Training and Communications). Provide Status of GSA e-Tools to the ITIGC Membership. Be a First-Line Industry Forum that GSA Turns to for Vetting Ideas and Communicating e-Tool Implementations/Modifications.

E-Tool Offerings GSA Advantage! (Virtual Stores)E-Buy Advantage ConnectE-Buy Connect PO PortalFSS Online Apps.GovORS SIP/CORS72A Sales Enterprise Acquisition SolutionSSQ E-Offer SystemITSS and TOS (Evaluate) E-LibraryFAS Vendor Support Website

GSA Plans for E-Tool Offerings GSA Advantage! v12 [Mid-Late 2010]  Modernize design, Web 2.0 features (included in most stores)  Enhance product information (multiple photos, manufacturer data repository)  Improve access to services (new search tools and text file display)  Establish item relationships (items typically bought with this item) (late 2010/2011)  Implement State and Local Virtual store (late 2010/2011) Customized look and feel Purchase Vehicles specific to State and Local Programs Content based on State and Local interests

GSA Plans (cont’d) Advantage Connect  Integrate with Agency Procurement Systems  Enable “Punchout” Capabilities using SOA (xCBL, cXML) PO Portal [Late 2010]  Create a “Master Account” to monitor and manage Dealer Activity. Apps.Gov v2 [Mid-Late 2010]  Pre-qualified Offerors and Lower Prices  Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) – Offering will consist of existing MAS products where BPA pricing has been established.  IaaS orders delivered via Web Service – Orders will be pushed to the service provider.  Calculators - Calculators will be available for users to estimate their monthly usage and calculate monthly costs.

GSA Plans (cont’d) SIP/CORS [Mid-Late FY10]  Support GSA Advantage v12 for multiple photos Enterprise Acquisition Solution  Feature Set 1 Formatted Pricing Data  Feature Set 2 Catalog Submissions  Feature Set 3 Rapid Modification Capabilities E-Offer System  Gained input how the current eMod business processes and system could be improved  Future state enhancements (i.e., robust dashboard)

GSA Plans (cont’d) E-Library v10 [Late 2010]  Modernize design  Search improvements (primary focus)  Cross-schedule searching and cross schedule contractor list  Add secondary contractor catalog (text file) search at SIN level  Add optional product search  “Did you mean” spelling correction  Gold Star  Autonomy Search

GSA Plans (cont’d) E-Buy  Q&A function so buyers can answer questions without doing a modification  CONNECTIONS Contracts  SmartBuy BPAs (adding more)  State and local use E-Buy Connect  Integrate with Agency Contract Writing System  Continue to expand its usage  Create, Post, Respond, Award.

GSA Plans (cont’d) FSS Online  Support for Gold Star  Supply Chain Modernization ORS  Support for Offers and Modifications 72A Sales  Work with VA MAS holders to report their sales and pay on-line. SSQ  Nothing reported. Committee to review pre-formatted reports. ITSS and TOS (Evaluate) FAS Vendor Support Website  Roll-out announcement March 19, 2010