GACA Instructions.docx
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- Solicitation number
- 47PE0725R0005
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This is an instruction document for creating GSA Affiliated Customer Accounts (GACA), which are specialized Gmail accounts required to access secure project documents for this DHS office buildout solicitation. The document outlines the GACA creation process, which requires users to create a Gmail account with a username starting with "GSA." followed by their name, and implement mandatory two-factor authentication. These accounts enable government customers and business partners who don't use Google workplace tools to securely access and collaborate on GSA's Google Drive and Google Sites systems, which are FIPS 140-2 compliant and use TLS 1.2 encryption.
The related contract opportunity (47PE0725R0005) is for the renovation of approximately 7,666 square feet on the 11th floor of the R.L. Timberlake Annex Building in Tampa, FL for the Department of Homeland Security. The design-bid-build project includes lab expansion, office space reorganization, conference room construction, prisoner processing area renovations, gym relocation and expansion, secure vault and ammo storage construction, and camera system updates. General contractors must be registered in SAM and may need to establish a GACA account to access the project documents, which contain Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).
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| T07 Sources Sought Info Form_47PE0725R0005_DHS 11th FL-RL Timberlake Annex_Tampa FL 2024 12 09.docx | DOCX document |
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The GSA has a process to facilitate the sharing of documents.
GSA uses Google to provide employees with a way to collaborate in real time, and to create, edit and share work from anywhere. To enable similar sharing and collaboration in Google with our government customers and business partners, while also ensuring that this shared information is safeguarded and secure, we’ve created a specialized Gmail account process called GACA – short for the GSA Affiliated Customer Accounts (GACA). Collaborative data stored on GSA’s Google Drive and Google Sites systems are compliant to the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2. This standard ensures that access and transmission occurs via a secure web page using the TLS 1.2 encryption standard.
Applicability – GACA is for those who work for our government customers and business partners who do not use Google in their workplace. Agencies and civilian partners that are using Google in their workplace do not need to create a GACA account. GACA accounts must NOT be used by GSA employees and contractors in lieu of a gsa.gov account.
How to create a GSA Affiliated Customer Account (GACA) in Gmail:
The person who will be using the GACA account (the government agency customer or the business partner) must create a Gmail account at http://mail.google.com/mail/signup and follow the process below:
• enter their first name and last name,
• enter their username: must start with “GSA.” then first name, last name - example: GSA.johnsmith@gmail.com (mandatory),
• complete all required fields, accept the Terms of Service and submit the request, and
• set up 2-Step Verification (also known as two-factor authentication) using a smart phone that can receive simple messages (mandatory).
The GSA IT Security Staff continuously monitors all shared files in Google Drive, and sharing in GSA’sGoogle Sites. If non-compliance with this process is detected, then our staff will notify users of noncompliance with this process. After notification, if the sharing has been determined to be with a user that maintains a G Suite account, no further action will be required.
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