1. Proposed GSAR Transactional Data Rule
May 18, 2015

2. Transactional Data Proposed Rule
Published March 4
Contractors to report transactional data from orders and prices paid by ordering activities
FSS contract and GSA non-FSS contract orders (not VA)
Report transactional data at the order and BPA level to GSA monthly
1. Contract or BPA Number
7. Unit Measure (each, hour, case, lot)
2. Order Number/Procurement Instrument Identifier (PIID)
8. Quantity of Item Sold
3. Non Federal Entity, if applicable
9. Universal Product Code (UPC), if applicable
4. Description of Deliverable
10. Price Paid per Unit
5. Manufacturer Name
11. Total Price
6. Manufacturer Part Number

3. Transaction Data Survey Results
Approx 70 member company responses
Small, medium and large businesses
98% GSA Schedule contractors
42% have GWACs through GSA
One quarter small business
Based on survey estimated total cost to implement transactional data is $814,700,534—30 times GSA’s estimate of $24 million

4. Transactional Data Reporting- Comments
The proposed rule is not reasonably constructed to achieve GSA’s stated objectives of:
Improving GSA’s ability to conduct meaningful price analysis and reduce price variability
Validating fair and reasonable pricing
Improve GSA customers ability to compare prices
A system that continually drives down prices without regard to terms and conditions negatively impacts the supplier base, particularly small businesses, and ultimately the Federal customer
The proposed rule does not adequately protect confidential commercial information
Transactional data is already available from government and independent commercial sources

5. Transactional Data Resources
Coalition Public Comments
Comment Summary
GSA IG Public Comments
Off the Shelf radio interview with former GSA IG Brian Miller
Friday Flash Legal Corner by Jonathan Aronie
Friday Flash Legal Corner by Brian Miller

6. Section 508 NPRM
Accessibility standards for ICT (Information and Communication Technology) published Feb 27
Applies to ICT developed, procured, or used by Federal agencies
Conformance through VPAT
Draft standards Ch 3 and 4 (Functional performance criteria and Hardware)
Applicability of requirements to MFDs (e.g. 402 Closed Functionality)
US Access Board interested in committee feedback
Comments due May 28

7. Upcoming Events
Webinar: Big MACs - Inside the Government's Super-sized Opportunities
Bloomberg
May 28 | 2:00- 3:00 p.m.

8. Questions?