1. eTools Presentation for ITIGC Joseph R. Castle Systems Management Center (FXS) Office Of Acquisition Management

2. Introduction Contact Information –Joseph R. Castle –joseph.castle@gsa.gov –703-605-2504 Office Information –Program Lead –Systems Management Center (FXS) –Office of Acquisition Management (FX) –Federal Supply Service (FSS) –U.S. General Services Administration Experience/Education –PMP, MBA, MS, PhD (current) –2 years with GSA (eBuy and Catalog Management Initiative) –3 years with private government contracting company; PM for the development of custom web-based systems for the FAA training division (AFZ-100) –Professorial Lecturer at The George Washington University –U.S. Army Veteran – 10 th Mountain Division (LI), Ft. Drum, NY

3. Overview  External Systems  Advantage!, eBuy, eLibrary, Contracts Online, Virtual Stores  Internal Systems  eOffer, eMod, SWS

4. GSA Advantage!  425,000 Registered Users  15,000 Catalogs  Over 11M products  100,000 Searches per day  3 Searches each second  $268M spent in FY04  23% increase over FY03  $359M spent in FY05  34% increase over FY04

7. Advantage! Enhancements FY 2006 – Version 9  Special categories (disaster relief, environmental, JWOD, etc.)  Updated profile section  Improved sorting for search results  Simplified shopping cart  Streamlined checkout process  Enhanced order history FY 2005 – Version 8  Categorization with UNSPSC  18,000+ categories  Product description and name used to determine appropriate category  Special categories

8. E-Buy Stats  25,582 RFQs posted in FY04  41,179 RFQs posted in FY05  61% Increase over FY2004  Average of 3 quotes per RFQ  94% of RFQs receive a response  67% receive a quote

10. E-Buy Enhancements FY 2006 – Version 6  TBR in August  Training page with conference, tutorial, and webcast information  Updated profile section to match A!  RFQ sorting update  RFQ modification update FY 2005 – Version 5  Released in April  GWACs  Refined RFQ page for Sellers  Dialog Boxes – Reason for Award

12. E-Library Enhancements  Release in February  GWACs  XL Format Download  New Banner  News Area

13. Other GSA Systems  Contracts Online  Contract clauses (FAR, GSAR, FSS)  Contract specific T’s & C’s, pricelists  19 of 43 = 91% of total MAS sales (Current schedules - 03 FAC, 36, 51 V, 520, 541, 56, 66 II J, 66 II N, 66 II Q, 70, 71 I, 73, 736, 78, 84, 871, 873, 874, 899)  Virtual Stores  Special Aisles  BPAs on GSA Advantage

18. eOffers and eMods  Rollout FCI SolicitationMay 2004  Rollout MAS ModsJuly 2004  Rollout FCX SolicitationsMay 2005  Professional Engineering Services (PES)  Financial and Business Services (FABS)  Advertising and Integrated Marketing Solutions (AIMS)  Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services (MOBIS)  Solicitation Writing SystemFY 2006  Rollout remaining solicitations (eOffer)FY 2007 *Two free digital certificates per DUNS number

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