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:

• Auction Services
  • 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