IT Solutions for Government Agencies-Sch 70

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Benefits of Using GSA for your Information
Technology Needs Benefits of Using IT Schedule
70 www.gsa.gov/itcenter
Benjamin Taylor and Thomas Corcoran Center for IT
Schedule Program, Office of GWAC and IT Schedule
Programs
Spring 2009
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Agenda

• ITS Great Government Through Technology
  Customer Benefits
• IT Schedule 70 Overview
• Other ITS Products and Services Offerings
• GSA Training Resources/Online Acquisition Tools
• Related Links
• Points of Contact
• Q A

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Great Government Through TechnologyCustomer
Benefits
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Great Government Through Technology Customer
Benefits

• Simpler Acquisitions
• High Quality, Best Value Products, Services
  Solutions
• Flexible Options
• Compliance with FAR

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Traditional Procurement Methods

• Formal Solicitation
• Process/Synopsize procurement
• Very-time consuming, averaging up to 268 days
• High Administrative Costs
• An Increases in the Chance of a Protest

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Customer Benefits IT Schedule 70 Procurement
Methods

• Simpler Acquisitions
• Pre-competed contracts
• Reduced procurement lead-time (less paperwork and
  documentation)
• Direct relationship with contractor
• No synopsis required
• No need to write an RFQ

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Customer Benefits IT Schedule 70 Procurement
Methods

• High Quality, Best Value Products, Services
  Solutions
• Volume discounts and spot reductions
• Robust, state-of-the art commercial technology
  and high quality services
• No additional administrative costs
• On-site training available on how to use the
  Schedule

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Customer Benefits IT Schedule 70 Procurement
Methods

• Flexible Options
• Blanket Purchase Agreements save time money
• Customized Integrated Solutions (Contractor Team
  Arrangements)
• Options of easy online ordering
• Easy payment options (Governmentwide purchase
  card)

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Customer Benefits IT Schedule 70 Procurement
Methods

• Compliance with FAR
• Enable you to comply with Federal Acquisition
  Regulation (FAR)
• Assistance with meeting socioeconomic goals
• Prices, terms and conditions are determined fair
  and reasonable

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Customer Benefits Small Business

• Estimated 80 of all IT Schedule 70 contracts are
  held by Small Business
• More than 40 of all IT Schedule 70 Sales by
  Customer Agencies are with Small Business
• Help you meet your socio-economic goals

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Customer Benefits Small Bus. ProcurementGSA
Can Help!

• All small businesses should have the maximum
  practicable opportunity to participate in
  providing goods and services to U.S. Government
  (Small Business Act)
• The Small Business Administrations (SBAs)
  statutory government-wide procurement goals
• 23 of an agencys prime contracts for small
  businesses
• 5 for small disadvantage businesses (prime
  subcontracts)
• 5 for women-owned small businesses (prime
  subcontracts)
• 3 for HUBZone businesses (prime and
  subcontracts)
• 3 for service-disabled veteran-owned small
  businesses (SDVOSBs)
• (prime subcontracts)
• GSAs Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Program can
  help you identify and include these companies in
  the competition for your agencys business!
• SBA negotiates annual procurement preference
  goals with each federal agency and reviews each
  agencys results. SBA ensures that the mutually
  established cumulative goals for all agencies
  meet or exceed the government-wide 23 small
  business goal.

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IT Schedule 70 Overview
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IT Schedule 70 Sales Trend

• FY08 Sales
• Total Sales
• 16.5 Billion
• Software
• 1.9 Billion
• Hardware
• 3.4 Billion
• Services
• 10.9 Billion

Approximately 5,000 Contracts
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IT Schedule 70 Top-10 Federal Agencies
General Services Administration Department of
Air Force Department of Army Office of
Secretary of Defense Department of Navy
Department of Interior Health and Human
Services Department of Veteran Affairs
Department of Homeland Security Department of
Justice
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IT Schedule 70 The Program

• ID/IQ contracting vehicle to procure IT
  integrated solutions
• Ordering Agency selects commercial products and
  services based on Best Value to the end-user
• IT products and services offered are defined as
  commercial in accordance with FAR Part 12

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IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need
SIN Description 132 3 Leasing of Product 132
4 Daily/Short Term Rental 132 8 Purchase of
Equipment 132 9 Purchase of Used or Refurbished
Equip. 132 12 Maintenance of Equip./Repair 132
32 Term Software Licenses
SIN Description 132-33 Perpetual Software
Licenses 132 34 Maintenance of Software 132
50 Training Courses 132 51 IT Professional
Services 132 52 E-Commerce Services 132
53 Wireless Services
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IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need
SIN Description 132 60A Electronic
Credentials, Not Identity Proofed 132 60B
Electronic Credentials, Identity Proofed 132 60C
Digital Certificates, including ACES 132 60D
E-authentication Hardware Tokens 132 60E
Remote Identity and Access Managed Service
Offering 132 60F Identity and Access
Management Professional Services 132 61
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Shared Service
Provider (SSP) Program 132 62 HSPD-12
Product and Service Components
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IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

• Special Item Number (SIN) 132-3, Leasing of
  Products
• Lease hardware and software (in support of
  hardware)
• Lease types
• Lease to Ownership
• Lease with Option to own
• Step Lease
• Two sets of terms and conditions
• Option 1 no cancellation clause expires on
  Sept. 30th or sooner
• Option 2 contains cancellation clause

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IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

• Special Item Number (SIN) 132-4, Daily/Short
  Term Rental
• Rental of hardware and software (in support of
  hardware)
• Brief periods of time for purposes e.g. disaster
  recovery, trade shows, short term training
  support
• If rental period is likely to exceed six months,
  then leasing or purchase should be considered

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IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

• Special Item Number (SIN) 132-8, Purchase of
  Equipment
• System Configuration
• Laptop, Portable/Notebook Computers
• Servers
• Input/Output and Storage Devices
• Printers
• Network Equipment
• Fiber Optic Cables
• Communications Security Equipment and Components

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IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

• Special Item Number (SIN) 132-9, Purchase of
  Used or Refurbished Equipment
• System Configuration
• Laptop, Portable/Notebook Computers
• Servers
• Input/Output and Storage Devices
• Printers
• Network Equipment
• Fiber Optic Cables
• Communications Security Equipment and Components

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IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

• Special Item Number (SIN) 132-12, Equipment
  Maintenance and Repair
• Includes radio/telephone/computer equipment
• Types of Maintenance
• Maintenance
• Repair Service
• Repair Parts/Spare Parts
• Third Party Maintenance

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IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

• Special Item Number (SIN) 132-32, Term Software
  Licenses
• Rent the software licenses for period of time
• May convert to perpetual software licenses takes
  ownership
• Software includes
• Operating system
• Application
• EDI translation and mapping
• Database management

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IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

• Special Item Number (SIN) 132-33, Perpetual
  Software Licenses
• Ownership of the software
• Software includes
• Operating system
• Application
• EDI translation and mapping
• Database management

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IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

• Special Item Number (SIN) 132-32 / 132-33,
  Software Maintenance as a Product
• Bill at the time of purchase
• It is for the purpose of maintaining the
  operability and usability of the software
  product by utilizing published fixes to bugs via
  patches, updates, or upgrades
• Example includes the publishing of bug or defect
  fixes via patches to keep the software product
  current

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IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

• Special Item Number (SIN) 132-34, Software
  Maintenance as a Service
• Bill in arrears in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3324
• It is for the purpose of solving user identified
  problems using technical support outside the
  scope of software maintenance as a product
• Example includes when problems arise after
  implementation of software such as softwares
  compatibility with the organizations IT
  infrastructure

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IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

• Special Item Number (SIN) 132-50, Training
  Courses
• Only for IT equipment and software
• Offer training courses either at contractors
  facility or customers location
• Different types of training courses
• Class-room
• Computer-Based Training
• CD-Rom
• Online

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IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

• Special Item Number (SIN) 132-51, IT
  Professional Services
• Includes labor categories and rates
• All non-professional labor categories cannot be
  purchased separately
• IT Professional Services includes
• Programming
• IT Systems Development
• IT Backup and Security
• IT Network Management

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IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

• Special Item Number (SIN) 132-52, Electronic
  Commerce (EC) Services
• EC Services are not intended to supersede or be
  substituted for any voice requirements of FTS2001
• EC Services includes
• Value Added Network (VANs)
• E-Mail
• Internet
• Navigation

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IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

• Special Item Number (SIN) 132-53, Wireless
  Services
• Excludes local and long distance voice, data,
  video, and dedicated transmission services which
  are NOT mobile
• EC Services includes
• Paging
• Cellular/PCS Voice

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IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

• Special Item Number (SIN) 132-60A, Electronic
  Credentials, Not Identity Proofed
• Allow Government agency systems to use a hosted
  service to act as its identity authentication
  agent
• Validate application users or subscribers as they
  log into agency applications
• DOES NOT include requirement to know true
  identity of
• user
• Services and products qualified by GSA-OGP prior
  to proposal only approved/qualified products and
  services can be proposed to IT Schedule 70

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IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

• Special Item Number (SIN) 132-60B, Electronic
  Credentials, Identity Proofed
• Allow Government agency systems to use a hosted
  service to act as its identity authentication
  agent and identity proofer
• Validate application users or subscribers as they
  log into agency application
• DOES include requirement to know true identity of
  user
• Services and products qualified by GSA-OGP prior
  to proposal only approved/qualified products and
  services can be proposed to IT Schedule 70

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IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

• Special Item Number (SIN) 132-60C, Digital
  Certificates, including Access Certificates for
  Electronic Services (ACES)
• Managed services that include issuance of digital
  certificates that subscribers use to access
  government online systems
• DOES include requirement to know true identity of
  user
• Agencies will rely on validation by Certification
  Authority (CA) as proof of certificate validity
  grant access to user
• Services and products qualified by GSA-OGP prior
  to proposal only approved/qualified products and
  services can be proposed to IT Schedule 70

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IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

• Special Item Number (SIN) 132-60D,
  E-authentication Hardware Tokens
• Optional hardware token for generation of ACES
  key pairs storage of private key
• Services and products qualified by GSA-OGP prior
  to proposal only approved/qualified products and
  services can be proposed to IT Schedule 70

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IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

• Special Item Number (SIN) 132-60E, Remote
  Identity and Access Managed Service Offering
• Allow agencies to interface to hosted service
  that is aggregating multiple identity sources
  into single interface
• Use policy compliant sources to validate
  application users or subscribers as they log into
  agency applications
• DOES include requirement to know claimed identity
  of user
• Services and products qualified by GSA-OGP prior
  to proposal only approved/qualified products and
  services can be proposed to IT Schedule 70

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IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

• Special Item Number (SIN) 132-60F, Identity and
  Access Management Professional Services
• Supports planning, risk assessment, deployment,
  implementation and integration of Identity
  Access Management (IAM) with customer agency
  applications
• Applies to certificate-based and
  non-certificate-based
• Services and products qualified by GSA-OGP prior
  to proposal only approved/qualified products and
  services can be proposed to IT Schedule 70

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IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

• Special Item Number (SIN) 132-61, Public Key
  Infrastructure (PKI) Shared Service Providers
  (SSP) Program
• Offers PKI services and digital certificates for
  internal use in Federal agencies and systems
  (federal employees contractors)
• Is In accordance with the X.509 Certificate
  Policy for the U.S. Federal PKI Common Policy
  Framework
• Services and products qualified by GSA-OGP prior
  to proposal only approved/qualified products and
  services can be proposed to IT Schedule 70

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IT Schedule 70 Products and Services You Need

• Special Item Number (SIN) 132-62, HSPD-12
  Product and Service Components
• Offers Personal Identity Verification (PIV)
  Credentials and Services
• Helps agencies to implement requirements of
  HSPD-12, FIPS-201 associated NIST special
  publications
• HSPD-12 implementation components includes
• PIV enrollment and registration services
• PIV systems infrastructure
• PIV card management product services
• Services and products qualified by GSA-OGP prior
  to proposal only approved/qualified products and
  services can be proposed to IT Schedule 70

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IT Schedule 70 State Local Cooperative
Purchasing

• Section 211 of the e-Gov Act of 2002
• Applies to Consolidated schedule with IT Special
  Item Numbers (SINs)
• Authorized Users
• All states, counties, municipalities, cities,
  towns and townships
• Tribal Governments
• Public Authorities
• School Districts and Colleges

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IT Schedule 70 Disaster Relief Purchasing

• Section 833 of the John Warner National Defense
  Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007
  establishes
• Use of Federal Supply Schedules by State Local
  governments for disaster recovery
• Advanced purchasing for disaster preparedness
  only if major disaster is declared by the
  President or deemed necessary to facilitate
  recovery, e.g. terrorism, nuclear

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Other ITS Products Services Offerings
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ITS GSA Organizational Chart
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ITS Portfolio

• ITS offers Federal Customers four business
  channels at best overall prices
• IT Schedule 70 Program (State and Local customers
  also)
• IT Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs)
  Program
• Network Services
• Infrastructure Optimization

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ITS 4 Access Channels to Markets
Information Technology Governmentwide Acquisition
Contracts (GWACs) Program
Information Technology Schedule 70 Program
Network Services
Infrastructure Optimization

• Approximately 5000 Indefinite Delivery/
  Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contracts
• IT and telecom, hardware, software, professional
  services, Cyber Security Cloud Computing, and
  Trusted Internet Connectors
• Cooperative Purchasing, Disaster Recovery and
  Preparedness Emergency

• Flexible customer access worldwide to full-suite
  of commercial telecommunications, networking
  solutions, and managed services
• Delivering security, wireless, IPv6,
  collaboration, and hosting support to agency
  missions

• Forward thinking Agencies are implementing tools
  to drive down costs and improve efficiencies
• Optimizing Computer InfrastructureHardware and
  Software Applications
• Standardization, automation, tighter control of
  the IT infrastructure

• Fully competed IDIQ contracts enabling purchase
  of complete IT solutions within broadly defined
  technical categories
• Convenient for purchase of tailored solutions

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GSA Training Resources/Online Acquisition Tools
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GSA Portal gsa.gov

• www.gsa.gov
• ITS commercial and service offerings under
  business channels

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Cooperative Purchasing Web Presence

• www.gsa.gov/cooperativepurchasing

• The GSA Cooperative Purchasing site offers
• General Information
• FAQs on the Programs and authorized users
• Links to the sites for Schedule 84 and
  Consolidated Schedule
• Link to the Center for Acquisition Excellence
• And Much More!

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Disaster Recovery Web Presence

• www.gsa.gov/disasterrecovery

• The GSA Disaster Recovery site offers
• General Information
• FAQs on the Programs
• List of all GSA Schedules subject to Disaster
  Recovery Purchasing

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Schedules eLibrary

• www.gsaelibrary.gsa.gov

• A great resource for market research
• Information on the Terms and Conditions of the
  Schedule 70 Contract
• Listing of Contractors and Special Item Numbers
  (SINs)
• Access to most eCatalogs of IT Schedule 70
  Contractors

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GSA Advantage!

• www.gsaadvantage.gov

• Federal Governments premier online shopping
  superstore
• Facilitates access to more than 40 million
  commercial products and services
• Enables convenient search feature by keyword,
  part number, manufacturer, contractor, and
  contract
• Streamlines acquisition for Supply Chain and
  Schedule Purchases under IT 70

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eBuy

• www.ebuy.gsa.gov

• Facilitates the request for submission of quotes
  or proposals for commercial products, services,
  and solutions offered through GSA Federal Supply
  Schedules and Governmentwide Acquisition
  Contracts (GWACs)
• Customer prepares RFQ or RFI Online
• Helps Customer to find viable sources of supply
• Prepares RFQs/Define Parameters
• Allows the buyer to procure big-ticket items

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FedBizOpps

• www.fbo.gov

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Center for Acquisition Excellence

• www.gsa.gov/centerforacquisitionexcellence

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Related Links

• Integrated Technology Services www.gsa.gov/its
  
• Center for IT Operations
  www.gsa.gov/itcenter
• IT Schedule 70 Solicitation www.gsa.gov/schedule
  70solicitation
• Cooperative Purchasing www.gsa.gov/cooperativepu
  rchasing
• 833 Disaster Recovery Program www.gsa.gov/disaste
  rrecovery
• GSA www.gsa.gov
• Schedules eLibrary www.gsa.gov/elibrary
• GSA Advantage! www.gsaadvantage.gov
• eBuy www.gsa.gov/ebuy
• FedBizOpps www.fbo.gov
• Center for Acquisition Excellence
  www.gsa.gov/centerforacquisitionexcellence

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Points of Contact Center for IT Operations

• Customer Support Line (General Information)
• 703-605-2700
• (M-F 800 am - 430 pm EST)
• email it.center_at_gsa.gov
• Customer Service Team
• Mitzi Ford 703-605-0522
• Bernice Walker 703-605-1884
• Walter Herald 703-605-5799
• Dee Faulkner 703-605-1897
• GSA Advantage! /eBuy
• Antoinette Scott 703-605-0526
• Small Business Advocate
• Stephanie Turner 703-605-2765

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