1. GSA SmartPay 27th Annual NNAPA Procurement Training Conference
May 1-3, 2017
presented by
Florence Francis

2. Value to the Customer
Gain a general understanding of the GSA SmartPay2 Charge Card Program
Understand the value of using the GSA SmartPay Program
Learn about the eligibility and application process.
GSA SmartPay3 Program Updates and Enhancements

3. GSA SmartPay Program Overview
The GSA SmartPay® program, established in 1998, enables over 560 Federal agencies/organizations to obtain charge card products and services through master contracts that GSA established with three banks: Citibank, JP Morgan Chase, and U.S. Bank
Agencies/organizations issued task orders against these master contracts to obtain charge card products and services
Agencies/organizations pay no direct fees to use the program
Period of performance for existing contracts is through 2018

4. GSA SmartPay2 Program Stakeholders
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Perform oversight of the government-wide charge card program
Agencies/ Organizations
Use charge card products and services to support their missions and operations
Office of Charge Card Management (OCCM)
Provides overall program management and advocacy
MasterCard/ VISA
Provides the transaction network for GSA SmartPay® 2 charge cards
Banks
Provide charge card products and services through GSA SmartPay® 2 Master Contracts; partner with MasterCard/VISA to issue cards

5. GSA SmartPay2 Charge Card Benefits
Provides administrative savings and efficiency
• Using the GSA SmartPay Program, agencies or organizations avoided more than $7.1 Billion in administrative processing costs in FY 2010*
Enables refunds based on dollar volume and payment performance
Productivity refunds: based on the timeliness and/or frequency of payments to the bank (faster payments = higher refunds)
Sales refunds: based on the dollar or spend volume during a specified time period
Utilizes electronic transaction data, enabling better reporting and ability to detect fraud, waste, and abuse; using commercial best practices
Improves financial controls
Provides government wide transparency to Federal charge card spending, performance, and trends
City Pair Program

6. GSA SmartPay2: Master Contract Overview
Fixed price, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) type contract
Three year base period (11/08 – 11/11)
• One four-year option & one three-year option (ending November 29, 2018)
• The base year period began on 11/30/2008
To use the contract Agencies/Organizations can:
• Place task order with selected banks based on identified needs and best value
• Pool with other agencies/organizations, or
• Tag-along with other agencies/organizations

7. Application Process
If your organization wishes to utilize the GSA SmartPay Charge Card Program, please follow these steps:
Fill out an application and submit supporting documentation**
Determine if you would like to issue your own task order, or tag/pool with an existing task order
Wait for guidance from your GSA SmartPay Point of Contact
Work with your GSA SmartPay bank to set up your charge card program.
**Documentation may vary. Check with OCCM

8. Application Process, cont.
Native American Housing Assistance Self Determination Act(NAHASDA) HUD
Indian Self Determination and Education ACT (ISDEA) DOI & DHHS
**Documentation may vary. Check with OCCM

9. Why use the GSA SmartPay Program?
If eligible, here are three reasons you should be using the GSA SmartPay program:
Save Money for your Organization
Sales and productivity refunds, City Pair fares, and tax exempt status for CBA accounts.
Save Time
Streamlined procurement process
Save Resources
Administrative cost savings

10. GSA SmartPay3: IT’S COMING!!
The current SmartPay2 contract expires on Nov 29, 2018.
The future program is referred to as SmartPay 3 or SP3.
Tribes who already participate in SmartPay2 will all need to complete an application again and get their eligibility determination done again. They will all get new cards. All tribes are under the GSA Pool.

11. GSA SmartPay3: Enhancements
Easier for banks to calculate refunds
Online payments/cardless solutions
Making sure taxes are exempt at point of sale for those eligible.
These are some of the enhancements we are working on.

12. GSA SmartPay3 Visit website: www.smartpay.gsa.gov
Where do I find the SmartPay application?

13. Office of Charge Card Management Responsibilities
Provide a comprehensive and flexible master contract
Offer strong customer orientation and frequent customer contact/support through:
Test and share best practices
Engage in continuous market research and regular meetings with industry
Provide balanced customer advocacy and program leadership
Training workshops, guides and GSA SmartPay Annual Training Conference
GetSmart quarterly newsletters
Monthly meetings
Agency POCs
Strong web presence
Ad hoc working groups
Customer satisfaction surveys
Social Networking exploration

14. Thank you! Questions? SmartPay POC Varuna Singh varuna.singh@gsa.gov
(703)
You will find a wealth of contract and program information, training, publications, the GSA SmartPay2 Master Contract, and points of contact at our NEW website: