Thriving Through Partnership

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Thriving Through Partnership

• Other VA National Acquisition Programs
• October 3, 2005
• Presenter
• David W. Peterson
• VA Austin Automation Center

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Purpose

• Overview of VA Center of Excellence for IT
  acquisitions
• Overview of BuyIT.gov
• Trends
• Basic information about GITSS contracts
• Answer any questions

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Overview COE

• VA Austin Automation Center is a Center of
  Excellence (COE) for IT Acquisitions in FY 2006
• What does it mean? COE will have the authority
  to solicit, award, and administer VA-wide IT
  contracts
• Part of VA CIOs organization
• COE is evolution of OAMM partnership (since
  2001)
• COE adds value by specializing in IT acquisitions
• COE will use best practices to provide
  streamlined acquisition services
• Unlimited procurement authority to meet the needs
  of internal customers (VHA, VBA, NCA, OIT) and
  external customers (OGAs)

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Overview BuyIT.gov

• BuyIT.gov is VAs federal fee-for-service
  acquisition center specializing in the
  procurement of IT supplies and services
• Authorized under Government Management Reform Act
  of 1994 (Public Law 103-356)
• Warranted contracting officers
• Sponsors and manages GITSS program
• Two ways to do business
• Use the BuyIT.gov Contracting Office we can
  perform all the expert acquisition support
  services you need
• Order Directly from GITSS Contracts If you
  prefer, we can delegate authority to your
  agencys contracting activity to place task
  orders against the GITSS contracts

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Fees

• BuyIT.gov charges nominal fees to cover operating
  costs of
• Managing the business line
• Administering the GITSS contracts
• Benefits VA by covering a share of general
  management and administrative costs of managing
  an IT franchise fund program
• Fees are highly competitive with comparable
  offerings by other Federal service providers

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Fees (Contd).
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Customers

• 17 Customers (OCT 2004)
• Department of Defense Civilian Personnel
  Management Service
• Department of Interior
• Department of Justice
• General Services Administration
• Peace Corps
• Department of Energy
• Department of Health and Human Services
• Veterans Health Administration Decision Support
  System
• Veterans Health Administration Cleveland
  Business Center
• Veterans Benefit Administration
• VA Employee Education System
• VA Management Quality Assurance Service
• VA System Quality Assurance Service
• VA Office of Information Technology IT
  Operations
• VA Office of Information Technology Office of
  Cyber and Information Security
• VA Records Center and Vault
• VA Office of Financial Systems

• 24 New Customers (SEPT 2005)
• USAF Communications Agency (Scott AFB IL)
• USAF Advance Computerized Flight Planning PMO
  (Scott AFB IL)
• USAF 48th Medical Group (RAF Lakenheath UK)
• USAF Surgeon General Office
• USDA Farm Service Agency
• USDA Grain Inspection, Packers Stockyards
  Administration
• USDA Information Technology Services
• National Institute of Health - National Institute
  of Drug Abuse
• National Institute of Health - National Cancer
  Institute
• Environmental Protection Agency Office of
  Transportation and Air Quality
• Department of Homeland Security U.S.
  Citizenship and Immigration Service
• US Army Medical Department Activity (Heidelberg,
  Germany)
• US Army Tactical Logistics Data Digitization (Ft.
  Monmouth, NJ)
• US Army Office of Information and Compliance
• Pentagon IT Service Center
• Department of Interior Bureau of Land
  Management
• National Guard Bureau
• Joint Communications Support Element (MacDill AFB
  FL)

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Trends
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GITSS Basic Contract Features

• A multi-agency contract
• Awarded 10 ID/IQ contracts on October 1, 2003
• 3 awards set aside for small business
• 7 awards to large businesses on a full and open
  basis
• Program ceiling 3 billion (no individual
  contract ceiling) with a 7-year ordering period
• Ability to procure total technology solutions
• Geographic coverage Nationwide and Worldwide
• Allows for task orders to be issued on a
• Fixed-price
• Time and Materials
• Labor hour
• 22 functional areas and 149-priced labor
  categories
• Activity To Date 51 Task Orders 45,912,755

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GITSS Contractors
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GITSS Functional Areas

• Application design, development, and maintenance
  throughout the lifecycle
• Project management services
• Commercial off-the-shelf software products and
  support
• Independent validation verification and systems
  quality assurance support for IT services and
  software
• Database and data warehouse administration
• Disaster recovery and business continuity
  operations
• File and print services
• Computer systems facilities and management and
  maintenance
• Report processing
• Strategic IT planning and assessment
• Training
• Technology refreshment and configuration reviews

• Network and telecommunications infrastructures
• Server or mainframe hardware, software, systems
  programming and systems administration
• Storage devices, associated equipment, and
  supporting software
• Desktops, laptops, servers, software, local and
  wide are networks
• Information, system, data, and physical security
• Help desk/call center support
• Change management systems
• Configuration and architectural management and
  control
• Web design, development, deployment, providing
  services, maintenance and updates
• E-commerce and e-government

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Benefits of GITSS

• Pre-competed, easy to use contracts to support
  mission needs of any Federal agency
• Availability and access to proven, high quality
  IT and telecommunications firms
• Procure technology solutions focus is IT
  services, but hardware, software, and related
  supplies may be procured as part of an integrated
  technology solution
• Favorable contract labor rates to develop task
  order amounts
• 149-priced labor categories cover the full
  spectrum of IT and telecom services

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Benefits of GITSS (contd)

• Short procurement lead time Fair opportunity
  (FAR 16.505) process allows for streamlined
  ordering
• Non-protestable (except on the grounds that the
  order increases the scope, period of performance,
  or maximum order amount of the basic contract)
• Ability to set aside requirements (any dollar
  amount) for fair opportunity competition among
  GITSS small businesses
• Client agency receives credit for socio-economic
  goals
• Unique contract requirements established for
  customers benefit, e.g., data rights top-secret
  level services ability to accommodate
  agency-specific order requirements

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Questions?

• For more information
• BuyIT.gov, go to http//www.buyit.gov
• GITSS contracts, go to http//www.buyit.gov/about/
  gitss_contracts.html
• Contact David W. Peterson
• 512/326-6020
• david.peterson_at_mail.va.gov