1. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration WITS 3 Unit Pricer Training Manual August 11, 2008

2. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 2 WITS 3 Unit Pricer — Released Prices http://publicpricer.wits3.gsa.gov Functions of the Pricer  Unit Pricer  Provides capability to compare unit prices across vendors  Current and past year prices  No login necessary

3. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 3 Main Page

4. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 4 Navigation and Selection Basics If it’s a plus/minus sign, single click on the plus/minus sign to select or double click on the title itself This icon must be double clicked in order to select it A plus sign indicates that there are additional sub-choices

5. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 5 Box 1 – Choose Your Vendors You can choose to see prices from all vendors or choose your own combination of vendors

6. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 6 Box 2 – Choose Your CLIN You can navigate to a CLIN or Service by typing in the Find CLIN box

7. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 7 Box 2 – Choose Your CLIN Available CLINs will appear in a list – Single click to select the appropriate CLIN

8. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 8 Box 2 – Choose Your CLIN You can also navigate through a “tree” of available Services and CLINs

9. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 9 Box 2 – Choose Your CLIN A list of the services within each group is available starting on slide 48 The first step is to choose your Service Group

10. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 10 Choose Your Service Box 2 – Choose Your CLIN

11. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 11 Choose Your Category Box 2 – Choose Your CLIN

12. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 12 Double-Click to Choose Your CLIN Box 2 – Choose Your CLIN

13. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 13 The Choose CLIN Box Will Show Your Selected CLIN Box 2 – Choose Your CLIN

14. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 14 Box 2 – Choose Your CLIN You can also choose from recently selected CLINs

15. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 15 Box 3 – Choose Locations If a location is required, you will be prompted to enter the location information. If a location is not required, Box 3 will appear as below.

16. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 16 Box 3 – Choose Locations Enter your desired location in the text field. Finish by pressing enter.

17. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 17 Box 4 – Choose Date Range Choose from pre-defined ranges or specify your own range Dates must be entered in YYYY-MM-DD format

18. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 18 Box 5 – Pricing Options When in doubt, don’t change the default This panel allows you to set the quantity for the applicable pricing unit such as circuits or miles

19. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 19 Box 6 – Activating the Pricer Once all choices have been made in Boxes 1 through 5, press the “Price Selected CLIN” button to cue the pricer to retrieve your results

20. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 20 Pricing Results Results appear in the Pricing Results panel on the right side of the Web page

21. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 21 Pricing Results: Navigation Hint To see the pricing results full screen, press the << in the Options title bar

22. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 22 CLIN Results ‘n/a’ indicates that the vendor does not offer that particular unit price Unit Price Data by VendorDate Range CLIN Description Price Elements

23. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 23 CLIN Results (Concluded) Each CLIN has a Unit Type. This is the quantity from Box 5. Most CLINs have 5 Price Elements: SIC – Service Initiation Charge CC – Cancellation Charge DC – Disconnect Charge HC – Hard Charge MRC – Monthly Recurring Charge

24. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 24 CLIN Results: Navigation Hint Bolded prices represent the lowest price for that time period

25. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 25 CLIN Results: Options

26. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 26 CLIN Results: Options— Download Choosing the Download option will prompt you to save the results

27. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 27 CLIN Results: Options— Download (Continued) Choose Save when prompted to download the results or Cancel to abort

28. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 28 CLIN Results: Options— Download (Continued) Navigate to your preferred save location and then select Save to download your results or choose Cancel to abort the action

29. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 29 CLIN Results: Options— Download (Continued) A dialogue box will indicate that your results have been downloaded

30. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 30 CLIN Results: Options— Download (Concluded)

31. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 31 CLIN Results: Options— Remove Choosing Remove will generate a yes/no prompt

32. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 32 CLIN Results: Options— Remove (Concluded) Choosing Yes will clear the CLIN prices from the Pricing Results panel

33. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 33 Total Price Summary Total Price Summary shows the sum of all price results by vendor:  If more than one CLIN was priced, the summary will reflect the sum of the results from each CLIN  If the CLIN is an MRC CLIN, results will reflect the multiplication of the # of months in the chosen time period by the price; if the date range encompasses more than a single year, annual results will be summed together  If the CLIN is an NRC CLIN, results will reflect the first price  If the CLIN is a Usage CLIN, results will reflect the CLIN price multiplied by the quantity specified in Box 5 and then multiplied over the # of months in the chosen time period

34. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 34 Pricing Results: Clear Choosing Yes will clear all individual CLIN price results

35. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 35 HOW DO I PRICE SWITCHED VOICE SERVICE (SWS)?

36. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 36 Navigation and Selection Basics  Step 1: Choose Your Vendors  Step 2: Choose Your CLIN  Voice Services  Voice Service  Access  Select Your Speed (e.g. Channelized T1 Trunk)  Step 3: Enter Your Location  NPANXX  Step 4: Choose Your Date Range  Step 5: Input Your Desired Number of Circuits for That Location (or Leave at Default of 1)  Step 6: Activate the Pricer by Pressing the “Price Selected CLIN” Button

37. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 37 Choose Your Vendors

38. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 38 Box 2 – Choose Your CLIN You can navigate by typing in the Find CLIN box … or …

39. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 39 Choose Your CLIN: Voice Services … by browsing through the tree

40. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 40 Choose Your CLIN: Voice Service

41. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 41 Choose Your CLIN: Access

42. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 42 Choose Your CLIN: Select Your Speed (Bandwidth)

43. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 43 Enter Your Location

44. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 44 Choose Your Date Range

45. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 45 Input Your Desired Number of Circuits for That Location (or Leave at Default of 1)

46. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 46 Activate the Pricer by Pressing the “Price Selected CLIN” Button

47. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 47 View Your Results

48. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 48 SERVICE GROUPS

49. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 49 Service Groups

50. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 50 Voice Services

51. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 51 Data Services

52. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 52 Contractor Provided Equipment

53. Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 53 Other Services