US Army Corps of Engineers

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Melea Crouse

Asst. Director, Small Business Programs USACE-SWD

Dallas, Texas

24 April 2014

FEDERAL PROCUREMENT DATA SYSTEM OVERVIEW (FPDS-NG)

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Defining the Federal Procurement Data System

(FPDS-NG)

What’s In It for You; Private Sector Use?

Did You Know…

Open Invitation for Questions

SESSION AGENDA

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Certain ACTIONS have other funding sources and those are

NOT required in FPDS: Financial Assistance Programs (Grants/Subsidies) Government OPEX Funds GSA Consolidated Purchase Program (State/Local Gov)

Authoritative Sources Of Reference Data SAM (CCR) NAICS PSC Codes

Validation rules based on: FAR Individual Agency Regulations (e.g. DFARS)

FPDS-NG DEFINED (cont.)

Agency Hierarchy Zip Code FIPS

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Single Authoritative repository for Federal contract data; Housed at GSA’s Federal Procurement Data Center

Agencies required to log ALL contract actions when: Appropriated funds expensed in excess of $3,000 (3k) Every contract mod is reported, regardless of $ value

FPDS-NG IS…

FPDS-NG

Small Business Data

Budget Trends

Contract Data

Custom Search

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General Contract Data

COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS

(Fed & Private Sector)

Federal Buyers

Contractors

Acquisition Strategy

DatesDate SignedDate EffectiveLast Date to OrderCompletion Date

AmountsAction ObligationValue of Base + Options Contractor InformationSAM informationSocio/Economic Data

Preference ProgramsKO’s Business Size SelectionSubcontracting Plan Req’ments

Legislative MandatesWalsh Healey ActDavis Bacon Act

Service/Commodity InformationService CodeNAICS Code

Competition InformationExtent CompetedType of Set AsidesSole SourceAward Type

Buying Activity’s CustomersFunding Agency IDTAS IdentifierTAS Main Account

Contracting Office Information

FPDS-NG DEFINED (cont.)

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FPDS Provides Detailed Information To Capture Your Marketing/Planning Strategy:

PRIVATE SECTOR USES

Key Contract Vehicle Data Total Contract Value Period of Performance Dates How Many Bids Were Received Scope of Work Place of Performance

Key Task Order Data Who’s winning task orders; most $ and #? What Client(s) use what vehicle(s)? What type of work is acquired?

Is it a bird?

Is it a Plane?

No…it’s a CAR!

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FPDS Facilitates Accelerated Data For Analysis:

PRIVATE SECTOR USES (Cont.)

Prints Directly to PDF Imports Data to Excel Provides Email Capability Provides Data Across 22 Core Elements

Quickly Converts Data Into

Presentable Formats

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FPDS is largest source for BD intelligence providers

FPDS provides visibility into acquisition trends Use data export feature for faster data sorts in

Excel FPDS-NG is USASpending.gov’s source for

contract data; pulls data once a month

DID YOU KNOW…

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ezSearch Standard Reports

TWO SIMPLE WAYS TO START

ONE NOT-SO-SIMPLE WAY TO START

Adhoc Reports

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Searching Keywords541330W912PP (USACE

Albuquerque Dist.)

FPDS HOME PAGE / EZSEARCH

Registration

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Search KeywordsExport FunctionTop 10 VendorsAbility to refine

results and sort

SEARCH RESULTS

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View Delivery Award Info

Find out the following:Type of ActionContract OfficerAward Completion Funding Agency

SEARCH RESULTS – SPECIFIC ACTION

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View Delivery Award Info

Find out the following:NAICS CodesDescription of RequirementType of CompetitionNumber of offers received

SEARCH RESULTS – SPECIFIC ACTION (cont’d)

Other Items of Interest

Find out the following:

• Vendor Information

• Vendor Business Size

• Contract Data

• Principal Place of Performance

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Attributes

•Reference IDV

•Contract ID

•Mods

•Award Type

•Date Signed

•Action Obligation

•Vendor Name

EXPORT CAPABILITY – ALL ACTIONS

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FPDS / STANDARD/ADHOC REPORTS

Registration RequiredStandard ReportsAdhoc Reports

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FPDS / STANDARD REPORTS

The W4HFavoritesMagnifying Glass

Walk-Thru Demonstration

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FPDS / ADHOC REPORTS

Walk-Thru Demonstration

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FPDS / ADHOC RESULTS

Send (email) Export

CSV (over 5K actions)

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FPDS / ADHOC RESULTS

Looking for Construction??? “Save as “ Feature Change filters

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Conclusions

• By using FPDS.gov, you can access non-classified information on previous contracts

• Valuable information for teaming, pricing, and previous task orders can provide a leading edge over your competitors

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY

ANY QUESTIONS????

Additional Details Located at FPDS-NG FAQ Page