2001.12.28 - SeaPort Release 19
Now Available
Several exciting changes have been made to SeaPort that are now available with SeaPort
release 19. These changes are as follows:
o
Bidders will be able to view a summary of their
proposed recurring costs, the task bid savings, and their contractually
guaranteed savings (for converting from cost type to firm fixed price line
items).
- Contact
Information
- Pop-up
window replaces most contact information in the PR, solicitation, task
order screens
- Final
solicitation & task order PDFs use up-to-date contact information at
the time of solicitation release or task order execution
- BuySite and SeaPort profile
entries are now editable together on a convenient User Profile page that
works similarly for all users
- Document
Library
- Help
bubbles are available for various filters
- "Suspended"
column shows items which have been suspended by the PCO
- The
next upcoming option expire date is shown
- DD350
- Generated
upon task order or modification execution
- E-mailed
once-a-week to DD350 administrator
- E-mail
- The
system composes e-mail from revised boilerplates
- The
system keeps records of the messages it sends
- In
award determination, e-mail to contractors is sent the EPOC, rather than
to whomever put in the bid
- Guaranteed
Savings
- The
PR Wizard prompts for a non-conversion justification is no guaranteed
savings are selected
- The
justification can be changed later in the PR process
- Field
Activity Usage
- Originating
activity of a purchase request
- Field
activity user registration & approval
- Field
activity document library filter
- "SEA02"
now known as "1102"
- Menu
Usability
- "Document
Library" and "New Purchase Request" are directly on the
menu bar instead of having to click through the menu bar to access them.
- New
User Registration
- User
approver receives a copy of approval emails.
- Duplicate
applicant e-mail addresses are flagged for administrators.
- Users
and approvers no longer have to choose a BuySite
buying organization.
- Performance-based
Task Orders
- Users
will have the ability to designate a task order as performance-based
- Allows
for subsequent reporting on achievement of performance-based task order
goals
- Practice
Procurement Requests (PRs)
- Users
can enter practice PRs that expire in seven days
- Practice
PRs can be turned into "real" PRs
- Pricing
Enhancements
- CLIN
pricing wizard
- Award
term SLINs
- Option
expiration date shown
- Incremental
funding accepted
- Cents
on dollar amounts
- Fractional
quantities
- "Total
price" removed from cost-type option SLINs
- "Estimated
cost" and "Total price" no longer distinguished as
separate entities on ODCs
- Dollar
amounts shown with commas
- Printable
solicitation pricing
- Portal
Home Page
- The
portal homepage now links to the SeaPort web
site for up-to-date news
- Reports
- Procurement
summary report
- Timestamp
report
- Routing
Rules
- A
user can only route what's in his/her own mailbox
- A
PCO can route anything, even if it's in someone else's mailbox
- A
user can route items to himself/herself.
- Section
B (Supply-and-Services)
- Moved
from Requirements screen into a pop-up window
- Pop-up
window allows for faster page loading
- Suspension
of PRs, Solicitations, and Task Orders
- Contracting
officers can suspend PRs, solicitations, and task orders if a situation
arises which causes a long delay in the development of a PR,
solicitation, or task order award
- Suspended
PRs, solicitations, and task orders are not measured in reports
- Task
Order Savings Indicators (TOSI)
- Task
order managers will be able record savings achieved for each year of the
task order period of performance
- Where
possible the system shall pre-populate the TOSI data
- Conversion
Savings, Volume Discount Savings, Pass-Thru Savings, GSA FISC Savings,
CPC (Current Price vs. Competitive) Savings, and Other Savings will be
captured
- User
Deactivation
- Administrators
can now disable user accounts