3073-C-E-Business and End-to-End Procurement Process Flashcards
What is The mandatory “Governmentwide point of entry (GPE)” for posting of Government business opportunities greater than $25,000 to advertise upcoming business opportunities?
Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps)
What does ASFI stand for?
Army Single Face to Industry
What is the Standard Procurement System (SPS)?
The Department of Defense’s Standard Procurement System (SPS) program was created to bring the advantages of automation and standardization to the procurement process throughout DoD
Primary software application sustained is Procurement Desktop Defense or PD Squared (PD2)
What is Procurement-Desktop Defense (PD2)?
Commercial-off-the-shelf software package
Developed by American Management Systems (AMS)
Selected as DoD’s SPS
Wide Area Work Flow – Receipts and Acceptance (WAWF-RA)?
Paperless Contracting DoD-wide application designed to eliminate paper from the receipts and acceptance process of the DoD contracting lifecycle.
What is Electronic Document Access (EDA)
Electronic filing cabinet for storage and retrieval of DoD procurement documents
What is Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA)?
E-Government initiative to replace paper-based representations and certifications
ORCA reuses data pulled from CCR – then vendor complete remaining certications.
Examples: Small business size Buy American Act certification Place of manufacture Taxpayer identification number (TIN)
What is the Excluded Parties List (EPLS)?
Located in the SAM
Electronic list of parties excluded from federal procurement (debarred list).
Identifies parties excluded throughout the U.S. government from:
Receiving federal contracts; and
Receiving certain types of federal financial and non-financial assistance and benefits.
What is the Contractor’s Performance Assessment Review System (CPARS)?
Provides access to Government personnel about contractors and their performance
May be used as a source selection tool when selecting a competitive contractor
Motivates contractors to improve their performance
May be used to determine Award Fee
What is the importance of e-Business?
DoD Directive 8190.2 (June 23, 2000)
Established DoD Electronic Business/Electronic Commerce (EB/EC)
Program promotes the integration of EB/EC into our business processes
Uses electronic business processes that employ EB/EC to support all DoD operations
What are some of the major benefits of implementing e-business?
Standardization helps the contractors understand DoD contracts, i.e.. They look the same
Saves a lot of money and space as paper, filing, copying, mailing is reduced
Accuracy is much higher
Increases accessibility to information
What are some of the major challenges of implementing e-business?
Maintenance and upgrades of systems and software
Training
“Information Overload” and knowledge management
Interoperability of systems and software
Cross-functional coordination and cooperation
Security
What does GPE stand for?
Governmentwide Point of Entry
