Attachment N - Weekly Vendor Status Reports Submission Requirements.docx

WEEKLY VENDOR STATUS SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

ATTACHMENT N

GSA’s Office of Fleet Management’s contracts require vendors to submit electronic status reports on a weekly cycle which indicate the production status of all vehicles ordered.

Status information sent electronically to GSA by your firm is displayed in our online ordering program, AutoChoice. Customers can view the production, shipment, and actual delivery status of orders placed against your contract.

Additionally, the status report will also be used to calculate your on-time shipment performance against the contract time of shipment. The customer will be able to view the percentage of vehicles shipped on time by each vendor in AutoChoice. It is an avenue for customer agencies to evaluate the vendor’s performance when making a best value decision when selecting a vehicle.

Your file can be sent in either of the following two formats which are attached:

1. XLS: Send data as an EXCEL file via an email attachment to AutomotiveEDI.Partnerships@gsa.gov

2. EDI: Data collection is in X12 format (870 transactions set version 3010). Please contact Terry Koniarski at 703-605-9505 for further information in this electronic data interchange.

AUTOCHOICE STATUS Record Layout (870)

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Requisition Interface Record Layout Relationship Edits (Legend)

N1: Vehicle Description

N2: Vehicle Order Number is the internal number assigned by the vendor. If no number is entered, an integer representing each vehicle will be automatically assigned. Vehicle Identification Number is mandatory when the vehicle has been shipped.

N3: For Dealer Delivery, enter Dealership name, location, and point-of-contact.

For CNS Delivery, put Customer delivery location and point-of-contact.

N4: Must be a valid US State, Territory, Armed Forces abbreviation, or “XX” for Foreign Countries.

See the USPS official list of State Abbreviations (including territories and Armed Forces addresses) at http://www.usps.com/ncsc/lookups/abbreviations.html#states

N5: Zip Codes are validated against the state field. Required unless “XX” is in the state field (foreign country).

IN – In Process

AN – Available Now, No Shipping Schedule

CC – Shipped

DD – Actual Delivery Date

DE – Order Cancelled

N7: Date format is DD/MM/YYYY. This is the date of the vehicle status. For example, if the status of the vehicle is “CC,” enter the shipment date. Do not use dashes.

N8: Contact Person is the person to call who is receiving the vehicle. If it is a dealership, enter the POC for the dealership.

N9: Contact Telephone Number is phone number of the contact person.

N10: Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) is the maximum weight value of a vehicle as specified by the manufacturer.

N12: Gram Per Mile (GPM) is 3 characters in length and has replaced Green House Gas (GHG).

N13 through N15: MPG date for city, highway and combined.

N16: If the vehicle is offered as flex fuel, GSA requires Flex Gram Per Mile (GPM). It is 3 characters in length and has replaced Green House Gas (GHG).

N17 through N19: If the vehicle is offered as a flex fuel, GSA requires the MPG associated for all types of fuel. For ex, if the vehicle has gas and E85: gas data is entered in N13-N15; E85 data is entered in N16-N18.

N20: Color can be up to 50 characters in length.

N21: Trim can be up to 50 characters in length.

General Comments:

1. The ROADS Status Batch File transmitted to the Office of Fleet Management will be an ASCII file (flat file) with a fixed Length of 303 bytes (records).

2. Column Option: O = Optional Field, Required as Applicable and M = Mandatory Field.

3. Initialize all Bytes in Filler Field with “blank spaces”.