Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration One Country, One Mission, One Source COMSATCOM OVERVIEW Sheila Garrett ITIGC Meeting March 25, 2010

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 2 Agenda  GSA and DISA Partnership  Refresh 25 Additional SINs  Implementing the SINs and the Evaluation Process  Next Steps

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 3 GSA and DISA Partnership  GSA and DISA formed a partnership to facilitate the procurement of Commercial Satellite Communications (COMSATCOM):  Transponded Bandwidth (satellite operator defines parameters for use and price)  Plug-in Subscription Services (managed service providers define standards interfaces and subscription rates)  End-to-End Services (customer defines standards, components, and interfaces)

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 4 COMSATCOM SINs  Schedule 70 Solicitation Refresh 25 was published February 9, 2010  Added COMSATCOM SINs:  Commercial Satellite Communications (COMSATCOM) Transponded Capacity  Commercial Satellite Communications (COMSATCOM) Subscription Services  Contractors may modify current contracts to add these SINs, even though the mass mod has not been distributed, yet.

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 5 Implementing SINs and Evaluation Process  Process for the review of COMSATCOM offers or modifications has been developed.  Refresh 25 requires 3 volumes for the submission of paper offers –Technical Volume is separated and provided to the technical team for evaluation purposes –Contracts Team evaluates the Corporate and Pricing Volumes  Defined the roles for the technical team vs. contracting team and defined their interaction so the evaluations are timely.  One branch has completed the same training DISA’s contracting officers go through.

Federal Acquisition Service U.S. General Services Administration 6 Next Steps  DISA and GSA expecting contractors to submit modifications to add COMSATCOM SINs in the near future.  Any identified improvements to the evaluation process will be documented and incorporated into the evaluation process.  Formulate a plan to have all COMSATCOM contracts managed by one branch.  End-to-End Services will be covered by a separate IDIQ