V1.4 SP8.0

10N22 - If "Type of Set Aside" is '8a Competed', '8(a) Sole Source', 'Emerging Small Business Set Aside', '8(a) with HUB Zone Preference', 'HUBZone Set-Aside', 'HUBZone Sole Source', , 'Reserved for Small Business', 'Small Business Set Aside-Total', 'Small Business Set Aside-Partial', 'Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Set-Aside', 'SDVOSB Sole Source', 'Veteran Set Aside', 'Veteran Sole Source', Or 'Very Small Business' then "Contracting Officers Business Size Determination" must be 'Small Business'.”

10N22A – If "Type of Set Aside" is '8a Competed', '8(a) Sole Source', 'Emerging Small Business Set Aside', '8(a) with HUB Zone Preference', 'HUBZone Set-Aside', 'HUBZone Sole Source', 'Small Business Set Aside-Total', 'Small Business Set Aside-Partial', 'Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Set-Aside', 'SDVOSB Sole Source', 'Veteran Set Aside', 'Veteran Sole Source', Or 'Very Small Business' then "Contracting Officers Business Size Determination" must be 'Small Business'.”

and

11A06: – “If the "DUNS Number" is '167445928', '123456787', '136666505', '167446249', '153906193', '790238638', '790238851', '136721250', '136721292', '167445977, '167445993', '167446025', '167446058', '167446116', '167446173', '167446223' or '136721201' or a UNICOR/Federal Prison Industries DUNS then the "Contracting Officer's Determination of Business Size" has to be 'Other than Small Business'.”

10N22 – “If "Type of Set Aside" is '8a Competed', '8(a) Sole Source', 'Emerging Small Business Set Aside', '8(a) with HUB Zone Preference', 'HUBZone Set-Aside', 'HUBZone Sole Source', 'Reserved for Small Business', 'Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Set-Aside', 'SDVOSB Sole Source', 'Veteran Set Aside', 'Veteran Sole Source', Or 'Very Small Business' then "Contracting Officers Business Size Determination" must be 'Small Business'.”

10N22A – “If "Type of Set Aside" is '8a Competed', '8(a) Sole Source', 'Emerging Small Business Set Aside', '8(a) with HUB Zone Preference', 'HUBZone Set-Aside', 'HUBZone Sole Source', 'Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Set-Aside', 'SDVOSB Sole Source', 'Veteran Set Aside', 'Veteran Sole Source', Or 'Very Small Business' then "Contracting Officers Business Size Determination" must be 'Small Business'.”

• Validation Rule 10N22 will continue to fire Pre-Clod on bases of Stand-Alone Awards (PO, DCA) and IDVs (IDC, BOA, BPA, GWAC, FSS)
• Validation rule 10N22 will continue to fire on Pre-Clod Version 1.2 and 1.3 contracts. Validation rule 10N22A will continue to fire on Post-Clod Version 1.2 and 1.3 contracts and 1.4 on both Civilian and DoD agencies.
• FPDS-NG shall add the following new validation rule and it will be displayed when “Type of Set Aside is ‘Small Business Set Aside- Partial’, or ‘Small Business Set Aside- Total’ and “Contracting Officers Business Size Determination” is ‘Other than Small Business’ and vendor is not UNICOR:

“If “Type of Set Aside” is ‘Small Business Set Aside-Total’ or ‘Small Business Set Aside-Partial’ and the vendor is not UNICOR / Federal Prison Industries, then “Contracting Officers Business Size Determination” must be 'Small Business’.”

• The new validation rule will apply on bases of Stand-Alone Awards (PO, DCA) and IDVs (IDC, BOA, BPA, GWAC, FSS) on all versions.
• The new validation rule will apply In Version 1.2 and 1.3 on Civilian Pre-clod DO, BPA Call and BPA referencing FSS and in Version 1.4 on DO referencing BOA and Part 13 BPA Call.

This is an issue when the Requirement State on the Base Delivery Order is ‘Required’ and that on the Modification is ‘Not Required’ or ‘Propagates’.

• The same behavior shall apply to “Solicitation Procedures”, “Type of Set Aside”, “Evaluated Preference” and “Other than Full and Open Competition”.
• Other data elements that have a ‘Required’ use case for the order base and ‘Propagates’ use case for the order modification shall propagate the values from the base order when the referenced IDV is corrected:
  • Type of Contract
  • Performance Based Service Acquisition
  • Major Program
  • Contingency Humanitarian Peacekeeping Operation
  • Contract Financing
  • Number of Actions
  • PSC Code
  • System Equipment Code
  • Information Technology Commercial Item Category
  • EPA Designated Products
  • Consolidated Contract
  • Bundled Contract
  • Number of Offers Received
  • Commercial Item Acquisition Procedures
  • SBIR/STTR
  • Fair Opportunity/Limited Sources
• Data where the values are different between order base and the modifications where the modifications have propagated the values from the referenced IDV when the referenced IDV is corrected shall be identified for the data fix.
• Data where the values are different between order base and the modifications where the modifications have not propagated the values from the referenced IDV (whether or not the IDV is corrected) is out of the scope of this SPR.
• The software fix and the data fix will impact the numbers of the Competition report. It is required that this reported is verified for the data.

There is a requirement from GSA that the reports shall display the “Multiple or Single Award IDV” value as it is provided by the agencies.

For both the Award Detail of the Standard and Adhoc reports the following shall apply:

• “Multiple or Single Award IDV” shall continue to display the value ‘Multiple Award’ for the FSS documents.
• “Multiple or Single Award IDV” shall continue to display the value ‘Multiple Award’ for the GWAC documents.
• “Multiple or Single Award IDV” shall display as it is shown on the FPDS-NG screen (or as provided by the agencies) for the IDC documents.
• “Multiple or Single Award IDV” shall display “Data Element not Available for Selection” for the BOA documents signed prior to the Competition changes.
• "Multiple or Single Award IDV” shall display as it is shown on the FPDS-NG screen (or as provided by the agencies) for the BOA documents signed on or after Competition changes if the value does not exist.
• “Multiple or Single Award IDV” shall display as it is shown on the FPDS-NG screen (or as provided by the agencies) for the BOA documents signed prior to the Competition changes (10/31/2009) if a value exists. “Multiple or Single Award IDV” shall display as it is shown on the FPDS-NG screen (or as provided by the agencies) for the BOA documents signed on or after Competition changes.
• “Multiple or Single Award IDV” shall display “Data Element not Available for Selection” for the BPA documents signed prior to the Competition changes. (04/03/2009) if the value does not exist.
• "Multiple or Single Award IDV” shall display as it is shown on the FPDS-NG screen (or as provided by the agencies) for the BPA documents signed prior to the Competition changes (04/03/2009) if a value exists.
• “Multiple or Single Award IDV” shall display as it is shown on the FPDS-NG screen (or as provided by the agencies) for the BPA documents signed on or after Competition changes. (04/03/2009)

• The DoD Derivation shall be changed to include ‘Authorized Resale’ as a valid value for “Other Than Full & Open Competition” when the “Solicitation Procedures” is ‘Simplified Acquisition Procedures’ and the “LASA” value is ‘No’. This combination will have an “Extent Competed” derived as ‘Not Competed under SAP’
• The following Validation Rules shall be updated:

“For security purposes, user account '<userID>' has been disabled and locked from use because of five (5) unsuccessful log-in attempts. Please contact your agency’s FPDS-NG System administrator to have the user account unlocked.”

• The text on the ‘Forgot Your Password’ screen shall be updated to the following:

Old Text: Your new Password will be sent to your Email Account.

New Text: A temporary password will be sent to your Email Account.

• The text on the ‘Reset Password’ screen shall be updated to the following:

Old Text: Old Password:

New Text: Current / Temporary Password:

• The user shall be redirected / forwarded to the ‘Forgot Your Password’ screen on the fourth consecutive unsuccessful login attempt suggesting that the user to reset his/her password for FPDS-NG in-order to avoid being locked out and the following warning message shall be displayed:

“You have been redirected to this screen as your account ‘<userID>’ has reached four (4) unsuccessful log-in attempts. Your account will be locked if there is one (1) more unsuccessful attempt. Please reset your password using your User Name or you can contact your agency’s FPDS-NG System administrator for any related questions.”

• For users through Business Services, the following warning message shall be displayed when the user tries to send any XML request with incorrect password for the user name suggesting that the user to reset his/her password for FPDS-NG from the screen in-order to avoid being locked out.

“Your account ‘<userID>’ has reached four (4) unsuccessful log-in attempts. Your account will be locked if there is one (1) more unsuccessful attempt. Please reset your password using your User Name through ‘Forgot Your Password’ option on the Web Portal or you can contact your agency’s FPDS-NG System administrator for any related questions.”

The following ‘Forgot Password’ functionality shall remain unchanged:

• • When a valid User ID is entered through the ‘Forgot Password’ page, FPDS-NG shall send the user an email with a temporary password.

• • When the temporary password is entered through the login page/session expired page, FPDS-NG shall redirect the user to the ‘Reset Password’ Page and let the user reset his/her password successfully.

• • Beginning with the next attempt after the password is reset, FPDS-NG shall let the user login successfully with the new password.

All changes in functionality shall apply only to Government users which are not locked.

Note: Contract Writing Systems (CWS) will not be impacted by the change.