1. FEDERAL PROCUREMENT DATA SYSTEM OVERVIEW (FPDS-NG)
Melea Crouse
Asst. Director, Small Business Programs USACE-SWD
Dallas, Texas
24 April 2014

2. SESSION AGENDA Defining the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS-NG)
What’s In It for You; Private Sector Use?
Did You Know…
Open Invitation for Questions

3. FPDS-NG DEFINED (cont.)
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)
Agency Hierarchy
Zip Code
FIPS

4. FPDS-NG IS…
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
Small Business Data
Budget Trends
Contract Data
Custom Search

5. COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS
FPDS-NG DEFINED (cont.)
General Contract Data
Dates
Date Signed
Date Effective
Last Date to Order
Completion Date
Amounts
Action Obligation
Value of Base + Options
Contractor Information
SAM information
Socio/Economic Data
Preference Programs
KO’s Business Size Selection
Subcontracting Plan Req’ments
Legislative Mandates
Walsh Healey Act
Davis Bacon Act
Service/Commodity Information
Service Code
NAICS Code
Competition Information
Extent Competed
Type of Set Asides
Sole Source
Award Type
Buying Activity’s Customers
Funding Agency ID
TAS Identifier
TAS Main Account
Contracting Office Information
COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS
(Fed & Private Sector)
Federal Buyers
Contractors
Acquisition Strategy

6. PRIVATE SECTOR USES
Is it a bird?
FPDS Provides Detailed Information To Capture Your Marketing/Planning Strategy:
Is it a Plane?
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?
No…it’s a CAR!

7. Quickly Converts Data Into Presentable Formats
PRIVATE SECTOR USES (Cont.)
FPDS Facilitates Accelerated Data For Analysis:
Prints Directly to PDF
Imports Data to Excel
Provides Capability
Provides Data Across 22 Core Elements
Quickly Converts Data Into Presentable Formats

8. DID YOU KNOW… 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

9. TWO SIMPLE WAYS TO START
ezSearch
Standard Reports
ONE NOT-SO-SIMPLE WAY TO START
Adhoc Reports

10. FPDS HOME PAGE / EZSEARCH
Searching Keywords
541330
W912PP (USACE Albuquerque Dist.)
Registration

11. SEARCH RESULTS Search Keywords Export Function Top 10 Vendors
Ability to refine results and sort

12. SEARCH RESULTS – SPECIFIC ACTION
View Delivery Award Info
Find out the following:
Type of Action
Contract Officer
Award Completion
Funding Agency

13. View Delivery Award Info
SEARCH RESULTS – SPECIFIC ACTION (cont’d)
View Delivery Award Info
Find out the following:
NAICS Codes
Description of Requirement
Type of Competition
Number of offers received
Other Items of Interest
Find out the following:
Vendor Information
Vendor Business Size
Contract Data
Principal Place of Performance

14. EXPORT CAPABILITY – ALL ACTIONS
Attributes
Reference IDV
Contract ID
Mods
Award Type
Date Signed
Action Obligation
Vendor Name

15. FPDS / STANDARD/ADHOC REPORTS
Registration Required
Standard Reports
Adhoc Reports

16. Walk-Thru Demonstration
FPDS / STANDARD REPORTS
The W4H
Favorites
Magnifying Glass
Walk-Thru Demonstration

17. Walk-Thru Demonstration
FPDS / ADHOC REPORTS
Walk-Thru Demonstration

18. FPDS / ADHOC RESULTS
Send ( )
Export
CSV (over 5K actions)

19. FPDS / ADHOC RESULTS Looking for Construction??? “Save as “ Feature
Change filters

20. 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

21. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY ANY QUESTIONS????
Additional Details Located at FPDS-NG FAQ Page