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Electronic Commerce for the Procurement of Construction and Architect-Engineer Services
Implementing the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act Conference Summary
Federal Facilities Council Standing Committee on Procurement and Contracting
Technical Report #134
NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Washington, DC
1997
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NOTICE
The Federal Facilities Council (FFC) (formerly the Federal Construction Council) is a continuing activity of the Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment (BICE) of the National Research Council (NRC). The purpose of the FFC is to promote continuing cooperation among the sponsoring federal agencies, and between the agencies and others in the building community, to advance building science and technology, especially for the design, construction, acquisition, evaluation, and operation of federal facilities. The following agencies currently sponsor the FFC:
Department of the Air Force, Air National Guard
Department of the Air Force, Office of the Civil Engineer
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Department of Energy, Office of Associate Deputy Secretary of Field Management
Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Department of State, Office of Foreign Buildings Operations
Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Facilities Management
Food and Drug Administration
General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service
Indian Health Service
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Facilities Engineering Division
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Endowment for the Arts, Design Arts Program
National Science Foundation
Smithsonian Institution, Office of Facilities Services
U.S. Information Agency, International Broadcasting Bureau
U.S. Postal Service, Facilities Department
U.S. Public Health Service, Office of Management
As part of its activities, the FFC periodically publishes reports that have been prepared by committees of government employees. Since these committees are not appointed by the NRC, they do not make recommendations, and their reports are considered FFC publications rather than NRC publications.
For further information on the FFC program or FFC reports, please write to: Director, Federal Facilities Council, Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20418, or visit us on the Internet at http://www2.nas.edu/ffc.
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FEDERAL FACILITIES COUNCIL STANDING COMMITTEE ON PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTING
Chair
Joyce Runyan,
Acquisition Policy Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Members
Ronald Adam,
Office of Facilities Management, Department of Veterans Affairs
Wade Belcher,
Public Buildings Service, General Services Administration
Lewis Butt,
Maintenance and Repair Division, International Broadcasting Bureau
Donald W. Dormstetter,
Office of Design and Construction, Smithsonian Institution
Jon Erikson,
Network Engineering, International Broadcasting Bureau
Donald Evick,
Engineering Management Branch, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Catherine Fairlie,
Installation Restoration Program Branch, Air National Guard
Robert Fraga,
Major Facilities Purchasing, U.S. Postal Service
Chris Guevin,
Military Construction, Department of the Air Force
Gary Heidle,
Acquisition Policy Division, Air National Guard
Bob Henry,
Division of Engineering Services, National Institutes of Health
Tom Kasper,
Acquisition Policy Division, Air National Guard
Deanna Bentz Murphy,
Environmental Management Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Walt Norko,
Construction Policy Branch, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Brent Peavler,
Acquisition Division, International Broadcasting Bureau
Tim Ruckle,
Management Information Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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Donna Smigel,
Engineering Management Branch, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Frank Sullivan,
Office of Facilities Management, Department of Veterans Affairs
Joyce Sweasy,
Office of Procurement Management, National Institutes of Health
William Timperley,
Contracts Policy Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Dan Troyan,
Office of the Principal Assistant for Contracting, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Leroy Wallin,
Acquisitions Department, U.S. Department of State
Gerald Zaffos,
Public Buildings Service, General Services Administration
Program Committee Liaison Member
Roger Bell,
Facilities Division, Air National Guard
Nonfederal Liaison Members
Jeffrey Beard,
Design-Build Institute of America
Stuart Binstock,
American Institute of Architects
Nick Kolesnikoff,
The Associated General Contractors of America
Felix Martinez,
American Consulting Engineers Council
Christopher Monek,
The Associated General Contractors of America
Howard Noel,
Council on Federal Procurement of Architect-Engineer Services
Brian Pallasch,
American Subcontractors Association, Inc.
Bruce Vogelsinger,
National Institute of Building Sciences
Michael Wilson,
Associated Builders and Contractors
Staff
Lynda Stanley, Director,
Federal Facilities Council
Lena Grayson, Program Assistant,
Federal Facilities Council
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Preface
Electronic commerce is a strategic element in achieving cost, time, and resource savings in the federal procurement of goods and services. To promote efficiencies in procurement, the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) requires that federal government transform its acquisition system from a paperwork process to a computer-based system that is readily accessible to government and private sector users. FASA encourages the purchase of commercial goods and services, establishes the Federal Acquisition Computer Network (FACNET), and over time, transforms the procurement system to an electronic on-line system.
This one-day conference of the Federal Facilities Council focused on the procurement of construction and architect-engineer services, providing a forum to exchange information on related recent developments:
FASA's provisions for electronic commerce, the architecture of electronic commerce and FACNET, government approaches to implementation, and the outlook for the future
Federal agency experiences with electronic commerce and FACNET, barriers to implementation, alternative computer/electronic systems, and initiatives underway
Private sector contractors' perspectives on the advantages and disadvantages of electronic commerce, barriers to implementation, methods of overcoming barriers, and future prospects
The purposes and services of the Electronic Commerce Resource Centers for small and medium-sized businesses.
JOYCE RUNYAN, CHAIR
COMMITTEE ON PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTING
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Contents
Executive Summary
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Electronic Commerce: Implementing FASA
Delores (Dee) Smith, Department of Defense Electronic Commerce Office
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Electronic Commerce: Perspectives of Four Federal Agencies
Ron Grover, Naval Facilities Engineering Command
G. Doyle Dodge, General Services Administration
Frank D. (Dan) Troyan, James Justin Taylor, and Ronson Kung, Army Corps of Engineers
Ken Stepka, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Electronic Commerce Resource Centers and Value-added Networks
Bosquet (Biscuit) N. Wev, Jr., Fairfax Electronic Commerce Resource Center
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Speaker Biographies
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