Assisted Acquisition Services Business Systems (AASBS)Federal Acquisition Service (FAS)

Pricing Estimation Tool (PET) Enhancements

Release Notes for GSA Users, Client Users, Contractor Users and AASBS Support

Software Version 15.0.2

Prepared for AASBS by TechFlow, Inc.

Version 1.0

October 02, 2014

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Table of Contents1.0 Task Information................................................................................................................1

1.1 Task Client......................................................................................................................... 1

2.0 Task Requirements............................................................................................................12.1 Purpose............................................................................................................................. 1

3.0 CHG88292 – Change to Markup Percent..........................................................................13.1 User Impact........................................................................................................................ 13.2 Impact to Workflow............................................................................................................13.3 Change Description...........................................................................................................13.4 Interface Impact................................................................................................................. 2

4.0 CHG88388 – Remove ‘Cost’ from CPET Name.................................................................24.1 User Impact........................................................................................................................ 24.2 Impact to Workflow............................................................................................................24.3 Change Description...........................................................................................................24.4 Interface Impact................................................................................................................. 3

5.0 CHG88389 – Make PET Accessible to Contractor Users..................................................35.1 User Impact........................................................................................................................ 35.2 Impact to Workflow............................................................................................................35.3 Change Description...........................................................................................................35.4 Interface Impact................................................................................................................. 4

6.0 CHG88390 – Add SME to E&Q Level................................................................................46.1 User Impact........................................................................................................................ 46.2 Impact to Workflow............................................................................................................46.3 Change Description...........................................................................................................46.4 Interface Impact................................................................................................................. 5

7.0 CHG88414 – Enable Users to Select Ancillary Occupations.............................................57.1 User Impact........................................................................................................................ 57.2 Impact to Workflow............................................................................................................57.3 Change Description...........................................................................................................57.4 Interface Impact................................................................................................................. 7

8.0 Follow-On Support.............................................................................................................7

List of FiguresFigure 1: Indirect Rate Level field on Price Indexing Tool...............................................................2Figure 2: Pricing Estimation Tool (PET) on the CPRM Welcome page..........................................3Figure 3: Security Message............................................................................................................4Figure 4: E&Q Field Options Include ‘SME’....................................................................................5Figure 5: Ancillary Occupations Added to Occupation Selection List..............................................6Figure 6: New E&Q Level Options for Ancillary Occupation...........................................................6Figure 7: New 'Wage Scale' field....................................................................................................7

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Revision HistoryDate Author Version Description

2014-10-02 Alice Hoff 1.0 Initial Version

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1.0 Task InformationTask Title: General Services Administration (GSA) AASBS - RBADocument Title: AASBS – Pricing Estimation Tool Enhancements - Release Notes

1.1 Task ClientGeneral Services Administration (GSA)Federal Acquisition Service (FAS)Office of the Chief Information Officer 2100 Crystal Drive, Rm. 11052 Arlington, VA 22202

2.0 Task Requirements

2.1 Purpose The purpose of this release is to include a set of high-priority enhancements to the Pricing Estimation Tool (PET), formerly referred to as the Cost and Pricing Estimation Tool (CPET).

3.0 CHG88292 – Change to Markup Percent

3.1 User Impact Contractors with CPRM access Clients with CPRM access GSA Users with the following permissions: CPRM Admins, CPRM PCOs, CPRM

Auditors, GSA CPRM OCOs

3.2 Impact to WorkflowNo impact to the existing workflow.

3.3 Change DescriptionThis change re-labels the field labeled ‘Markup Percent’ on the Price Indexing Tool form to ‘Indirect Rate Level’. Also, this change updates the options in the Indirect Rate Level select list from numeric values to ‘Low’, ‘Average’, and ‘High’. The changes are illustrated in Figure 1.

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Figure 1: Indirect Rate Level field on Price Indexing Tool

3.4 Interface ImpactNone.

4.0 CHG88388 – Remove ‘Cost’ from CPET Name

4.1 User Impact Contractors with CPRM access Clients with CPRM access GSA Users with the following permissions: CPRM Admins, CPRM PCOs, CPRM

Auditors, GSA CPRM OCOs

4.2 Impact to WorkflowNo impact to the existing workflow.

4.3 Change DescriptionThis change updates the name of the tool from ‘Cost and Pricing Estimation Tool’ to ‘Pricing Estimation Tool’. The change is visible on the CPRM Welcome Page and shown in Figure 2.

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Figure 2: Pricing Estimation Tool (PET) on the CPRM Welcome page

4.4 Interface ImpactNone.

5.0 CHG88389 – Make PET Accessible to Contractor Users

5.1 User Impact Contractors with CPRM access Clients with CPRM access GSA Users with the following permissions: CPRM Admins, CPRM PCOs, CPRM

Auditors, GSA CPRM OCOs

5.2 Impact to WorkflowNo impact to the existing workflow.

5.3 Change DescriptionThis change adds contractor users with CPRM access to the access control list of user roles that have access to PET. The new access control list is as follows:

Contractor users with CPRM access Client users with CPRM access

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GSA users with CPRM access (all roles: CPRM Admin, CPRM Auditor, CPRM PCO, CPRM Ordering Contracting Officer)

In addition, this change institutes a new business rule that enforces that a user may only view their own existing Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCEs) created in PET, that is, no user may view an IGCE created by another user. An example of the system security message that appears if a user attempts to view another user’s IGCE is illustrated in Figure 3.

Figure 3: Security Message

5.4 Interface ImpactNone.

6.0 CHG88390 – Add SME to E&Q Level

6.1 User Impact Contractors with CPRM access Clients with CPRM access GSA Users with the following permissions: CPRM Admins, CPRM PCOs, CPRM

Auditors, GSA CPRM OCOs

6.2 Impact to WorkflowNo impact to the existing workflow.

6.3 Change DescriptionThis change updates the Experience and Qualifications Level (E&Q Level) field by adding Subject Matter Expert (SME) to the list of possible options in the dropdown field. The new option is depicted in Figure 4.

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Figure 4: E&Q Field Options Include ‘SME’

6.4 Interface ImpactNone.

7.0 CHG88414 – Enable Users to Select Ancillary Occupations

7.1 User Impact Contractors with CPRM access Clients with CPRM access GSA Users with the following permissions: CPRM Admins, CPRM PCOs, CPRM

Auditors, GSA CPRM OCOs

7.2 Impact to WorkflowNo impact to the existing workflow.

7.3 Change DescriptionThis change adds occupations that are ancillary to the standard set of OASIS labor categories to the list of options in the Occupation field selection list on the Price Indexing Tool form. An example of the new Occupation options is depicted in Figure 5. If a user selects an ancillary occupation, the system will display ‘Ancillary’ in the LCAT Title field and will update the form functionality as follows:

E&Q Level selection options are displayed as ‘WL1’, WL2’, ‘WL3’, and ‘WL4’ to reflect increasing wage levels rather than the terms: ‘Junior’, ‘Journeyman’, ‘Senior’, and ‘SME’ as displayed for OASIS Labor Category occupations. WL stands for ‘Wage Level’. This change is illustrated in Figure 6.

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A new field labeled ‘Wage Scale’ is displayed on the form. The Wage Scale field enables the user to identify a Low, Medium, or High wage scale to use for the selected occupation. The Wage Scale option selection dictates the portion of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) source data that the system will use to calculate the estimated hourly rate for the IGCE. For example, if the user selects an ancillary occupation, WL1 option from the E&Q Level field, and the Low option from the Wage Scale field, then the system will base the estimated wage on the BLS 10th Percentile hourly wage rate for the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) that is selected. The Wage Scale field is shown in Figure 7.

Figure 5: Ancillary Occupations Added to Occupation Selection List

Figure 6: New E&Q Level Options for Ancillary Occupation

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Figure 7: New 'Wage Scale' field

7.4 Interface ImpactNone.

8.0 Follow-On SupportIf assistance is needed with an AASBS Business System, users are encouraged to contact 1 (877) 472-4877, AASBS.helpdesk@gsa.gov.

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APPENDIX A. Glossary

Term Definition

AASBS Assisted Acquisition Services – Business Systems

ADMIN A role in the CPRM for a GSA user who performs the function of the Administrator of the system. This is a ‘super user’ type role.

BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics

CPET Cost and Pricing Estimation Tool

CPRM Contract Payment Reporting Module

E&Q Experience and Qualifications

GSA General Services Administration

GWAC Government-wide Acquisition Contract

IGCE Independent Government Cost Estimate

LCAT Labor Category

MSA Metropolitan Statistical Area

OASIS One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services

OASIS SB OASIS Small Business

OCO Ordering Contracting Officer, also a role in the CPRM for a GSA user who performs the function of the OCO or a client user who performs the function of an OCO.

PCO Procuring Contracting Officer, also a role in the CPRM for a GSA user who performs the function of the PCO.

PET Pricing Estimation Tool

SME Subject Matter Expert

WL Wage Level

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