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Geospatial Software SmartBUY Blanket PurchaseTry-on— Federal Geographic Data Committee Home Who We Are Organization History Policies & Planning FGDC Secretariat What We Do ADVANCEMENT OF THE NSDI Collaboration & Partnerships Develop Geospatial Shared Services Geospatial Platform Cloud Computing Geospatial Interoperability Manage Federal Geospatial Resources A-16 NGDA Portfolio Management Geospatial Platform Marketplace StandardsMinutiaeGeospatial Metadata Initiatives Current NSDI Strategic Plan 2014-2016 Geospatial Platform Shared Services NGDA Management Plan Open Water Data Initiative NationalWriteDatabase GeoPathways Emerging Topics Geolocation Privacy Crowdsourcing Education & WorkforceMinutiaeNew Geodetic Datums Past Activities Cooperative Agreements Program Fifty States Initiative Geospatial Line of Business SmartBUY Organization Overview Steering Committee Executive Committee National Geospatial Advisory Committee Coordination Group Working Groups Subcommittees FGDC Secretariat Collaborating Partners Membership Directory Resources Key Publications Download Geospatial Standards Policies & Planning Lexicon of Geospatial Terminology FGDC Geospatial Services Status Checker News Calendar Media Resources Geospatial Software SmartBUY Blanket PurchaseTry-onHome Initiatives Geospatial Line of Business SmartBUY Note: SmartBUY ended in 2013. The information provided on these pages is for reference and historical purposes only. SmartBUY was a federal government procurement vehicle designed to promote constructive enterprise-level software management.  It was established in 2008 as a five year process that ended in 2013. It leveraged the government's ownership power to potentially save millions of taxpayer dollars through volume ownership of commercial off-the-shelf software products with pre-negotiated prices, terms and conditions. In addition, the SmartBUY program assisted agencies unzip greater standardization, improved configuration management and increasingly robust IT security. The FGDC’s Geospatial Line of Business (LoB) initiative served as the organizational umbrella for the minutiae of SmartBUY. SmartBUY Cost Savings Cost savings from the September 30, 2009, ribbon to summer 2013 are shown in the table  below and demonstrate the value and success of the Geospatial LoB SmartBUY. Geospatial Total SalesSmartBUY SalesGSA Schedule ValueCost AvoidanceSAIC $8,202,315 $8,681,123 $478,808 ISC $6,446 $6,529 $83 Planet Associates $2,904,291 $3,959,696 $1,055,405 Onix Networking $10,238,983 $50,876,357 $40,637,374 Esri $68,940 $625,006 $556,066 Total (Inception To Date) $21,420,975 $64,148,711 $42,727,736 Vendor Information The links unelevated contained detailed information well-nigh the offered software, pricing and terms and conditions. Science Applications International Corporation for SAIC GeoRover software (pdf) Planet Associates Inc. for Planet Infrastructure Relationship Management software (pdf) Imager Software, Inc. for ISC MapDotNet software (pdf) ONIX Networking Corporation for Google Earth and CubeWerx software (pdf) ESRI Geospatial Software SmartBUY ribbon [password protected site] The original ESRI SmartBUY ribbon continues to offer the ESRI product line with ELA terms (pdf) Ordering Procedures Use this visualization tree, withal with the spare details in the paragraphs below, to help you determine how to procure geospatial software.  This includes acquiring a new geospatial software solution or transitioning an existing agreement/license to this Geospatial Software SmartBUY BPA.    If this is a new task order/license try-on for products and/or services offered under the Geospatial Software SmartBUY BPA, you will first have to speak with your agency/program Contracting Officer (CO) to determine whether a Statement of Work (SOW) is required.  Your CO can help you write a SOW that suits your specific needs for items offered through this BPA. A SOW Example [DOC] has been provided for your reference.Increasinglyinformation well-nigh the use of SOWs when ordering from GSA can be found in the Understanding a Statement of Work (pdf) section of the GSA MultipleRibbonSchedules Program Owner’s Manual.  Also included in the Owner’s Manual are ordering procedures for acquisitions requiring and not requiring a SOW (pdf). If your organ has an existing contractual try-on or license with a Geospatial Software SmartBUY Holder (vendor) for products or services similar to those offered under the Geospatial Software SmartBUY BPA, your organ has the option to transition the existing try-on or license to the Geospatial Software SmartBUY BPA vehicle.  In such instances, you should have received written notification from that vendor regarding their SmartBUY award.  Vendors are required to enter into good faith negotiations to lower their prices to be comparable with those of similar products and services offered under the Geospatial Software SmartBUY BPA:with full credit for all funds paid under the previous arrangements, and without penalty, including but not limited to spare transfer fees, startup costs, or vivification fees. To initiate transition of your existing licenses and agreements, your organ CO needs to contact the vendor. Related Information Geospatial SmartBUY Press Release (pdf) - December 17, 2009 Geospatial Software SmartBUY Factsheet (pdf) - This quick-reference factsheet is a comprehensive summary of the Geospatial Software SmartBUY BPA. FAR Subpart 8.4 - FederalVanquishmentRegulation (FAR) Subpart 8.4 provides guidance on the BPA task order process.  SOW Example (doc) - A SOW may be required for new task orders or license agreements for products and services offered under the SmartBUY SLA Example (doc) - Service Level Agreement’s (SLA’s) provide a worldwide understanding between two agencies sharing an Enterprise LicenseTry-onregarding services, responsibilities, priorities, guarantees, and warranties.  GSA MAS Program Owner’s Manual (pdf) -  View the well-constructed General Services Administration MultipleRibbonSchedules Program Owner’s Manual to develop efficient vanquishment strategies. 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