How to do your Market Research – using USASPENDING, FPDS and i USASPENDING FPDS d other sources of information Presented by Presented by Wisconsin Procurement Institute August 1, 2012 Why is this important? Why is this important? Past, current and future competitors Past current and future competitors Potential partners – team members O Overall view of the market place ll i f h k l Prime contractor targets Helps you position your business in the Federal market • General market information • • • • • Search variables to know Search variables to know • NAICS codes http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/ • FSC and PSC codes FSC and PSC codes (federal product and service codes) (f d l d t d i d ) – Long version (328 pages) https://www.acquisition.gov/PSC%20Manual%20‐ %20Final%20‐%2011%20August%202011.pdf l df – Short version http://www.fpdsng.com/downloads/service_product_cod p // p g / / _p _ es.pdf • Small Business Programs ‐ understand if something is set aside http://www.sba.gov/category/navigation‐ http://www sba gov/category/navigation structure/contracting/working‐with‐government/small‐ business‐certifications‐audi FedBizOpps www.fbo.gov Who else is interested? Who else is interested? www.usaspending.gov Question – Who, what and where in Wisconsin received Federal contract dollars FY2011 received Federal contract dollars FY2011 Results of search Question – Who, what and where in Wisconsin received Federal contract dollars FY2011 i dF d l d ll FY2011 ‐ SUMMARY Question – Who, what and where in Wisconsin received Federal contract dollars FY2011 – i dF d l d ll FY2011 part 2 2 More detail More detail http://www.fpdsng.com – 27million actions and over $5 trillion of information What is NOT in FPDS‐NG What is NOT in FPDS NG • • • • • • • • • • • • Copies of entire contracts, statements of work, and subcontracting data. Purchase Card data. Data from agencies not subject to FPDS reporting requirements according to the Federal Acquisition Regulations . Interagency agreements Interagency agreements. Grants data. Cooperative agreements. Training authorizations. g Imprest fund transactions. Transactions related only to non‐appropriated funds. Most transactions that involve Government bills of lading or transportation requests. i Requisitions transferring supplies within or among departments or agencies. Tracking functionality related to making awards or to tracking dollars Tracking functionality related to making awards or to tracking dollars. What IS reported in FPDS‐NG What IS reported in FPDS NG Agencies will report on all contract actions using appropriated funds as specified in FAR 4.6. AbilityOne (formerly JWOD Nonprofit Agency or Sheltered Workshop awards) and UNICOR (Federal Prison Industries) awards are reportable as they are not interagency ( ) p y g y agreements. Agencies will report unclassified information on all contract actions using appropriated funds including, but not limited to, those made (partial list): •With With replenishable replenishable stock and revolving funds stock and revolving funds •With appropriated funds transferred from one executive agency to another where the servicing agency contracts for the supplies or services •With appropriated funds obligated pursuant to the provisions of PL 85‐804 •By By one agency to another one agency to another •For supplies and equipment •For construction, alteration or maintenance of real property •For services, including research and development and Utilities •AbilityOne AbilityOne (formerly JWOD Nonprofit Agency or Sheltered Workshop awards) (formerly JWOD Nonprofit Agency or Sheltered Workshop awards) •Telecommunications from regulated carriers; and •Federal Prison Industries, i.e. UNICOR awards (orders from GSA stock for UNICOR products are not reportable) Agencies will report all contract actions made with funds held in trust accounts for foreign will report all contract actions made with funds held in trust accounts for foreign •Agencies governments or procurements for foreign governments regardless of the nature of the funds. (The term “foreign governments include international organizations.) General Services Adminisitration ‐ GSA General Services Adminisitration • Who has GSA schedules? Who has GSA schedules? http://www.gsaelibrary.gsa.gov/ElibMain/home.do Links to current contractors Links to current contractors GSA Advantage www.gsaadvantage.gov GSA Advantage Current contractors Current contractors https://ssq.gsa.gov/ http://www.defense.gov/ Contract news feed – visit http://www.defense.gov/news/rss_contracts2.xml (D Makowski addition) http://www.federalnewsradio.com/ www.govexec.com g Wisconsin Procurement Institute / WPI 10437 Innovation Dr., Suite 228 Milwaukee, WI 53226 414 270 3600 414‐270‐3600 www.wispro.org Ai Vil Aina Vilumsons – ainav@wispro.org i @ i 8/4/2012 30