Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration GSA’s Comprehensive Travel, Employee Relocation and Transportation Solutions Rick Freda and John Blanchard Office of Travel and Transportation Services GSA Training Conference and Expo 2010 May 4-6, 2010
Federal Acquisition Service 2 Agenda Overview Size and Scope of Programs Stakeholder Matrix Center for Travel Management Center for Transportation Management Recap
Federal Acquisition Service 3 Overview The Office of Travel & Transportation Services (T&T) offers government-wide solutions – using an integrated strategy This saves customers time and money, by providing the subject matter expertise and contracting support so customers can stay focused on their mission SCOPE: products and services to enable travel and transportation management at over 100 Agencies and Bureaus
Federal Acquisition Service Programs vary in size, scope, and complexity: Master Contracts that GSA manages for the entire government Multiple Award Schedules – self serve Requirements Contracts Tender of Service Programs T & T pillars of success Access and availability Ease of use Leveraged buying Data for information Transparency and controls Security
Stakeholder Matrix Customers CFO CIO Agency Travel and Transportation Professionals Federal Employees Partners GSA Management Office of Governmentwide Policy Congressional Affairs Public Affairs Oversight Congress OMB Industry Airlines Car Hotel Travel Agents Transportation Providers Relocation Providers Integrators Interested Parties Trade Associations Employee Unions Franchise Fund Centers DoD Press Taxpayer Voice of the Customer
Federal Acquisition Service 6 Who Buys from Us? Varies by program Agency decision makers Federal Employees
Federal Acquisition Service 7 Center for Travel Management
Federal Acquisition Service 8 Integrated shared, government-wide, operational solutions Core competency of products and services for federal employees to travel Backbone is E-Gov Travel Service which tightly integrates air, hotel, car rental and per diem to the vouchering and reimbursement of travel Programs are centralized, and are managed to support transparency and consistency Buy once – share many Due to this leveraged buy, business approach, the savings are significant - estimated $6B is saved annually with our airline program alone If GSA did not provide these products and services customers would have to manage a stovepipe approach costing millions GSA Travel Programs
Federal Acquisition Service Operational solutions or “Programs” include City Pair Airline Program FedRooms ® E-Gov Travel Service (ETS) Travel Services Solution (TSS) schedule Professional Development and Training Travel Management Information Service
Federal Acquisition Service ETS2 coming in 2011 ETS2 Conduct an acquisition in Continue with a commercial solution Emphasis on online optimization and usability Continue to drive toward the managed / shared services model
Federal Acquisition Service 11 Center for Transportation Management
Federal Acquisition Service 12 Multiple business models strategically aligned for best business outcomes Employee Relocation Resource Center – Includes acquisition solutions for Home sales and Centralized Household Goods Traffic Management Programs (CHAMP) and other employee relocation services Transportation Management – Multi-modal freight management services Transportation Delivery Relocation Solutions Schedule 48 (TDRS MAS) GSA Transportation Programs
Federal Acquisition Service 13 Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative (FSSI) – Express and Ground Domestic Delivery Service UPS provides express air and ground service through a blanket purchase order agreement Leverages the government’s buying power with volume discounts Customers have access to quarterly business intelligence reports Annual benchmarking study and high-level spend analysis Over 60 federal agencies are current customers Saved $47M in FY 09
Federal Acquisition Service Transportation Audits Customers – all Federal Agencies including DoD Congressionally mandated, independent auditing division 13M transactions annually - 98% processed electronically Recovers over $12M annually
Federal Acquisition Service 15 For more information on the programs
Federal Acquisition Service 16 Travel Transportation Recap - Questions