1. US Army Corps of Engineers BUILDING STRONG ® Finding Opportunities in Northwestern Division (NWD) Mike Pearson Procurement Analyst Northwestern Division Regional Contracting Office June 2015

2. BUILDING STRONG ® District Unique Identifiers DistrictDoDAAC* Kansas City (NWK)W912DQ Omaha (NWO)W9128F Portland (NWP)W9127N Seattle (NWS)W912DW Walla Walla (NWW)W912EF *Department of Defense Activity Address Code

3. BUILDING STRONG ® Government Point of Entry  FAR 5.003 – Government Point of Entry - For any requirement in the FAR to publish a notice, the contracting officer must transmit the notices to the GPE.  FAR 5.201(d) – General - The GPE may be accessed via the Internet at http://www.fedbizopps.gov. http://www.fedbizopps.gov

4. BUILDING STRONG ® Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) User Guides SB Events Search

5. BUILDING STRONG ® Getting Started Tab (FedBizOpps) Demo Videos User Guides

6. BUILDING STRONG ® Search for Opportunities Single District Enter DoDAAC Step 1: Enter District’s DoDAAC in “Keyword/Solicitation #” box (Ex. W912DQ for Kansas City District) Step 2: Click “Search”

7. BUILDING STRONG ® Search for Opportunities Single District (Results of Search)

8. BUILDING STRONG ® Search for Opportunities Multiple Districts (Step 1) Advanced Search Step 1: Click “advanced search form” to expand search criteria

9. BUILDING STRONG ® Search for Opportunities Multiple Districts (Step 2) Specific Agency Step 2: Click “Specific Agency/Office/Locations” to expand search criteria

10. BUILDING STRONG ® Search for Opportunities Multiple Districts (Steps 3 and 4) Specific Agency Step 3: Enter “Corps of” in “Specific Agency/Offices” field and select “Department of the Army/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers” Step 4: Click “Show/Update Office Locations for Selected Agencies” Office Locations

11. BUILDING STRONG ® Search for Opportunities Multiple Districts (Step 5) USACE Districts Step 5: Select the five (5) NWD Districts and scroll to the bottom of the page and click “Search” Number Selected Specific Agency

12. BUILDING STRONG ® Search for Opportunities Multiple Districts (Results of Search)

13. BUILDING STRONG ® Federal Business Opportunities Search Agents  Registered vendors in FedBizOpps can also set up “search agents” within the vendor interface based on detailed search elements that highlight newly added opportunities aligning with their search criteria.  Refer to FBO Vendor Guide for registration and search agent instructions https://www.fbo.gov/downloads/FBO_Vendor_Guide.pdf

14. BUILDING STRONG ® Army Single Entry Point  AFARS 5105.101 Methods of Disseminating Information - (a)(1) Contracting offices will post all solicitations to the Army Single Face to Industry (ASFI) Acquisition Business website (https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/). ASFI provides industry partners with a single Army entry point and a simplified method for conducting new business opportunities searches. Army encourages industry partners to register in ASFI for submission of proposals via the secure bid response system. ASFI sends data to the Government point of entry, the Federal Business Opportunities website (http://www.fedbizopps.gov/).https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/http://www.fedbizopps.gov/  ASFI is another search vehicle; however, as stated above, the information uploaded to ASFI is also available on FedBizOpps

15. BUILDING STRONG ® How to Reach Us  Julie Anderson ► Regional Contracting Chief ► julie.a.anderson@usace.army.mil julie.a.anderson@usace.army.mil ► 503-808-3797  Cheryl Anderson ► Deputy Regional Contracting Chief ► cheryl.a.anderson@usace.army.mil cheryl.a.anderson@usace.army.mil ► 253-967-3475  Mike Pearson ► Procurement Analyst ► mike.pearson@usace.army.mil mike.pearson@usace.army.mil ► 503-808-3870 15