Solicitation.docx

23 February 2018 – Solicitation and Award of SUS Contracts

For all solicitations

1. Include the following paragraph in Supplemental Information. The KTR will need to check Yes or No and return with their quote.

This requirement is eligible for payment through the GFEBS Supplier Self-Services (SUS) Program. Information on this program can be found in Attachment x “SUS Trifold.” Please indicate if you will participate in this program, if your company receives award.

Yes___________ No ___________

2. Use the following clauses in the solicitation. If they are not in PD2 as shown below, copy and paste them from below into PD2 as text clauses.

252.232-7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports.

As prescribed in 232.7004(a), use the following clause:

ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF PAYMENT REQUESTS AND RECEIVING REPORTS (DEVIATION 2018-A0001) (DEC 2017)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause—

(1) “Invoice payment” have the meaning given in section 32.001 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

(2) “Payment request” means any request for contract invoice payment submitted by the Contractor under this contract.

(3) “Receiving report” means the data required by the clause at 252.246-7000, Material Inspection and Receiving Report.

(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this clause, the Contractor shall submit payment requests and receiving reports using WAWF, in one of the following electronic formats that WAWF accepts: Electronic Data Interchange, Secure File Transfer Protocol, or World Wide Web input. Information regarding WAWF is available on the Internet at https://wawf.eb.mil/.

(c) The Contractor may submit a payment request and receiving report using other than WAWF only when—

(1) The Contracting Officer administering the contract for payment has determined, in writing, that electronic submission would be unduly burdensome to the Contractor. In such cases, the Contractor shall include a copy of the Contracting Officer’s determination with each request for payment;

(2) DoD makes payment for commercial transportation services provided under a Government rate tender or a contract for transportation services using a DoD-approved electronic third party payment system or other exempted vendor payment/invoicing system (e.g., PowerTrack, Transportation Financial Management System, and Cargo and Billing System);

(3) DoD makes payment for rendered health care services using the TRICARE Encounter Data System (TEDS) as the electronic format;

(4) The Governmentwide commercial purchase card is used as the method of payment, only submission of the receiving report in electronic form is required; or

(5) Submitting payment requests and receiving reports to the Supplier Self-Services (SUS) system accessible via the Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF) website as an authorized participant in the vendor portal invoicing pilot program.

(d) The Contractor shall submit any non-electronic payment requests using the method or methods specified in Section G of the contract.

(e) In addition to the requirements of this clause, the Contractor shall meet the requirements of the appropriate payment clauses in this contract when submitting payment requests.

(End of clause)

252.232-7006 Wide Area WorkFlow Payment Instructions.

As prescribed in 232.7004(b), use the following clause:

WIDE AREA WORKFLOW PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS (DEVIATION 2018-A0001) (DEC 2017)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause—

(1) “Department of Defense Activity Address Code (DoDAAC)” is a six position code that uniquely identifies a unit, activity, or organization.

(2) “Document type” means the type of payment request or receiving report available for creation in Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF).

(3) “Local processing office (LPO)” is the office responsible for payment certification when payment certification is done external to the entitlement system.

(b) Electronic invoicing. The WAWF system is the method to electronically process vendor payment requests and receiving reports, as authorized by DFARS 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports (DEVIATION 2018-A0001) (DEC 2017).

(1) The WAWF system shall be used to electronically process vendor payment requests and receiving reports, in accordance with paragraph (c) through (g) of this clause; or

(2) The General Fund Business Enterprise System (GFEBS) Supplier Self- Services (SUS) system shall be used, in accordance with paragraph (h) of this clause, if the Contractor is an authorized participant in the GFEBS SUS invoicing pilot program.

(c) WAWF access. To access WAWF, the Contractor shall—

(1) Have a designated electronic business point of contact in the System for Award Management at https://www.acquisition.gov; and

(2) Be registered to use WAWF at https://wawf.eb.mil/ following the step-by-step procedures for self-registration available at this web site.

(d) WAWF training. The Contractor should follow the training instructions of the WAWF Web-Based Training Course and use the Practice Training Site before submitting payment requests through WAWF. Both can be accessed by selecting the “Web Based Training” link on the WAWF home page at https://wawf.eb.mil/

(e) WAWF methods of document submission. Document submissions may be via web entry, Electronic Data Interchange, or File Transfer Protocol.

(f) WAWF payment instructions. The Contractor must use the following information when submitting payment requests and receiving reports in WAWF for this contract/order:

(1) Document type. The Contractor shall use the following document type(s).

INVOICE AS 2-IN-1

(2) Inspection/acceptance location. The Contractor shall select the following inspection/acceptance location(s) in WAWF, as specified by the contracting officer.

N/A

(3) Document routing. The Contractor shall use the information in the Routing Data Table below only to fill in applicable fields in WAWF when creating payment requests and receiving reports in the system.

Inspect By DoDAAC

Ship From Code

Service Acceptor (DoDAAC)

(4) Payment request and supporting documentation. The Contractor shall ensure a payment request includes appropriate contract line item and subline item descriptions of the work performed or supplies delivered, unit price/cost per unit, fee (if applicable), and all relevant back-up documentation, as defined in DFARS Appendix F, (e.g. timesheets) in support of each payment request.

(5) WAWF email notifications. The Contractor shall enter the e-mail address identified below in the “Send Additional Email Notifications” field of WAWF once a document is submitted in the system.

COR:

(g) WAWF point of contact.

(1) The Contractor may obtain clarification regarding invoicing in WAWF from the following contracting activity’s WAWF point of contact.

EMAIL: army.usar.88-res.mbx.wawf-88@mail.mil

(2) For technical WAWF help, contact the WAWF helpdesk at 866-618-5988.

(h) GFEBS SUS.

(1) Access. SUS access is obtained by logging into WAWF at https://wawf.eb.mil/ and entering the SUS Pay Official DoDAAC HQ0678 as shown on the signature page of this contract. Contractors authorized to participate in the GFEBS SUS pilot program will be seamlessly routed to the SUS vendor portal.

(2) Training. SUS Contractors participating in the GFEBS SUS invoicing pilot program shall be trained by the Army by obtaining material and guidance at the time of initial contract award.

(3) Payment Instructions. The Contractor will be provided in SUS the purchase order (PO) with the awarded contract information needed for use in submitting receiving report information and payment requests. In the event of a conflict between this contract and the PO displayed in SUS, the contract text takes precedence. The Contractor shall identify all such conflicts to the Contracting Officer promptly in writing upon delivery.

(i) Upon receipt of the award, the Contractor shall log into SUS and verify that the SUS PO matches the Awarded document or modification. The Contracting office shall be notified of any corrections needed immediately prior to time of invoice. Failure to notify the Contracting Officer in a timely manner in SUS and to ensure action is taken may result in the Contractor being unable to submit a request for payment. When the obligation data cannot be posted or corrected timely, the Contractor may submit a paper invoice and/or receiving report data to the assigned Government acceptor. This submission will serve as the official start of the Prompt Payment Act period for purposes of timely payment and interest calculation. The acceptor will notify both the Contracting Office and Accounts Payable office. Once the error is resolved, the Contractor can submit an invoice in SUS, which will post in GFEBS. To correctly calculate any due interest, a GFEBS Invoice Processor will manually update the invoice baseline date to the invoice submission date on the paper invoice, and attach it for reference.

(ii) The Contractor shall submit receiving report information as an “Advanced Ship Notice (ASN)” for Supplies or a “Confirmation” for services.

(iii) The ASN or Confirmation will be reviewed for acceptance by the designated Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR).

(iv) The Contractor shall submit the payment request as an invoice created from the associated ASN or Confirmation.

(4) Manual transmission. In the event submission of receiving report data or an invoice is SUS is unavailable, The Contractor may submit a receiving report using the DD Form 250 or an invoice to the COR vial email. The COR’s email address is:

(5) Points of Contact

(i) The Contractor may obtain clarification regarding invoicing in SUS from the contracting activity’s SUS point of contact.

(ii) For technical SUS help, the GFEBS helpdesk may be contacted via e-mail at Army.gfebs.helpdesk@mail.mil or by phone at 866-757-9771.

(End of clause)

252.232-7998 Supplier Self-Service Pilot.

Insert the following provision in solicitations selected for potential inclusion in the SUS pilot:

SUPPLIER SELF-SERVICE PILOT (DEVIATION 2018-A0001) (DEC 2017)

(1) This solicitation has been selected for possible inclusion in a pilot to test an alternate approach to electronic invoicing. Participation in this pilot is voluntary. The vendor portal, Supplier Self-Service (SUS), allows Contractors to use pre-populated contract data to enter their invoices directly into a web-based user-interface for the General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS) in lieu of entering the data into Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF) and having it interface the data to GFEBS. A feature of the Supplier Self-Service System is that it requires that all invoices match the official accounting record in GFEBS and prevents submission of the invoice if the invoice does not match the accounting record or if the contract is not recorded in GFEBS. This ensures payments are not delayed by disconnects between the invoice data and the accounting record. Access to the web-based user interface portal will be via WAWF log on, which will route the user to GFEBS based on the assigned Pay Office to perform invoicing.

(2) Offerors shall indicate in their offer whether they want to be considered for participation in the pilot. This indication is not an evaluation factor for award. Each award resulting from a solicitation containing this provision shall, if the successful offeror has indicated the desire to be included in the pilot, be randomly assigned to either the pilot group of contracts that will be invoiced in SUS or a control group of contracts that will be assigned using WAWF IRAPT procedures.

(End of provision)

Award of Contract

If the vendor chose “Yes” that they will participate in the SUS program, all of the above information will stay in the award document. The only exception is the Supplemental Information paragraph may be removed.

Pay DoDAAC for the SUS Program is: HQ0678.

When distributing the award, please copy Dawn Poppler, Norma Steinhoff and Leah Crocker (leah.m.crocker.ctr@mail.mil)

If the vendor chose “No” we will revert back to the “normal” clauses and remove 252.232-7998.

Pay DoDAAC will revert back to: HQ0490