FPDS-NG V1.3 Service Pack 11.0 Release Notes

Release Notes

Federal Procurement Data System – Next Generation

Service Pack V1.3 SP 11.0

For Versions: 1.2 and 1.3

FINAL

SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT INSTALLATION

Prepared by:

Global Computer Enterprises, Inc.

10780 Parkridge Boulevard, Suite 300

Reston, VA 20191

May 18, 2009

Table of Contents

Section Page

1 Introduction 1

1.1 Overview 1

1.2 Schedule 1

1.3 Documentation Changes 1

1.4 Impact to Users 1

1.5 Impact to Integrators 1

1.6 FPDS-NG Updates and Notices 1

1.7 Support Line 2

2 BUG corrections 2

Table of Tables

Table 1. Service Pack Schedule 1

Table 2. Documentation Changes 1

Table 3. SPR Listing 2

Table 4. Valid Combinations of PSC and NAICS codes 4

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FPDS-NG V1.3 Service Pack 11.0 Release Notes

1  Introduction

1.1  Overview

This document describes the enhancements and changes being made to the FPDS-NG system in Service Pack V1.3 SP11.0.

1.2  Schedule

The high level schedule with BETA, FQT and Production milestones is illustrated in Table 1.

Table 1. Service Pack Schedule

Description / Start Date / End Date /
BETA Installation / Wed 6/17/09 / Wed 6/17/09 /
Final Quality Testing (FQT) / Mon 6/22/09 / Thu 6/25/09 /
Installation in production / Fri 7/10/09 / Fri 7/10/09 /

1.3  Documentation Changes

Table 2 describes the impact of the SP 11.0 changes to the documentation.

Table 2. Documentation Changes

Documentation / Changes Required
XML Specifications / No
Web Services / No
Data Dictionary / Yes
NASA Specific Data Dictionary / No
Use Case Summary / No
Validation Rules / Yes
Online Help / Yes
Computer-Based Training / No
Report Manual / No

1.4  Impact to Users

The impact to the users is addressed for each SPR in the “Impact Analysis for Users and Integrators” section in Table 3.

1.5  Impact to Integrators

The impact to the integrators is addressed for each SPR in the “Impact Analysis for Users and Integrators” section in Table 3.

1.6  FPDS-NG Updates and Notices

All updates and notices are posted to the FPDS-NG website at http://www.fpdsng.com/downloads.html. The most recent updates and anticipated changes are posted at http://www.fpdsng.com/status.html.

1.7  Support Line

If you have questions about the FPDS-NG system, please call the FPDS-NG Support Line at (703) 390-5360 or (866) 490-3737. You may fax us at (703) 390-5380 or visit the FPDS-NG website at https://www.fpds.gov.

2  BUG corrections

Table 3. SPR Listing

SPR Number / Description
FPDSHD-51773 / Problem: Template is not able to save the user provided value for the data element, “Commercial Item Test Program”.
Documents created from a template are not saving the user provided value for the data element, “Local Area Set Aside”.
Solution: Template created from a document shall continue to inherit the values from the document. Additionally, user provided values shall be saved.
Documents created from a template shall continue to inherit the values from the template. Additionally, user provided values shall be saved.
Impact Analysis for Users and Integrators
GUI Interface / No Impact
Business Services / No Impact
Reports and Report Services / No Impact
Data Dissemination / No Impact
SPR Number / Description
FPDSHD-51902 / Problem: FPDS-NG does not allow selection of the PSC code, S208 (Landscaping/Groundskeeping Services) and the NAICS code, 561730 (Landscaping Services). The validation rules 8A21 and 8G04 prevent the selection.
Solution: FPDS-NG shall allow the combinations of PSC codes and NAICS codes for an ‘Emerging Small Business Set Aside’ as stated in Table 4.
Impact Analysis for Users and Integrators
GUI Interface / No Impact
Business Services / No Impact
Reports and Report Services / No Impact
Data Dissemination / No Impact
SPR Number / Description
FPDSNG-3563 / Problem: When sending an invalid value for the Treasury Account Symbol (TAS) in the “Description of Contract Requirements”, documents can be approved through business services/ web portal.
Solution: FPDS-NG shall throw the following validation error when the user sends an invalid TAS symbol in the “Description of Requirement” field when approving the contract.
“Treasury Account Symbol should be of format TAS::XX XXXX::TAS or TAS::XX XXXX XXX::TAS and should not contain special characters.”
Impact Analysis for Users and Integrators
GUI Interface / No Impact
Business Services / No Impact
Reports and Report Services / No Impact
Data Dissemination / No Impact
SPR Number / Description
FPDSHD-51222 / Problem: When the base Indefinite Delivery Vehicle (IDV) is corrected for the Legislative Mandate values, the corrected values are not being pushed (populated) to the IDV modification documents and the referencing awards.
Solution: When an IDV is corrected, the updated values for the Legislative Mandates shall propagate from the IDV to its modifications and to the referencing awards.
Impact Analysis for Users and Integrators
GUI Interface / No Impact
Business Services / No Impact
Reports and Report Services / No Impact
Data Dissemination / No Impact
SPR Number / Description
FPDSHD-50685 / Problem: The awards archive reports 1,295,530 records, but only contains 1,295,529 awards. The XML file contains 1,295,536 lines with six lines for the header, and one line for the footer. Hence, there are only 1,295,529 lines containing record data.
Solution: XML archives shall display the correct number of records. The number of records in the file should match the number of records mentioned in the file header.
Impact Analysis for Users and Integrators
GUI Interface / No Impact
Business Services / No Impact
Reports and Report Services / No Impact
Data Dissemination / No Impact
SPR Number / Description
FPDSHD-51805 / Problem: Whenever a correction or a modification is made to a finalized FPDS-NG contract, and user has accessed the Vendor Selection screen to edit the Doing Business as Name (DBAN), the system does not save the changes.
Solution: The user selected DBAN value shall be persisted on the contract when editing vendor information on a base or on a modification with reason for modification as “Novation Agreement” or “Vendor DUNS Change.”
Impact Analysis for Users and Integrators
GUI Interface / No Impact
Business Services / No Impact
Reports and Report Services / No Impact
Data Dissemination / No Impact
SPR Number / Description
FPDSHD-52440 / Problem: The dollar amounts in the “Total” column on modifications are being displayed as “$0.00” for public user accounts regardless of the calculated value for each field.
Solution: For public user accounts, the dollars shall be displayed correctly in the “Total” column on all contract modifications.
Impact Analysis for Users and Integrators
GUI Interface / No Impact
Business Services / No Impact
Reports and Report Services / No Impact
Data Dissemination / No Impact
SPR Number / Description
FPDSHD-55569 / Problem: Voiding an FPDS-NG document locks the PIID so that it may not be used again. From the perspective of the user, this action is permanent and the document cannot be deleted, restored, or recreated. If the “Void” function is chosen incorrectly by the user for a contract that he or she wishes to delete and recreate, the user must request a Data Management fix to delete the “Void” contract. Therefore, deprecation of the “Void” function shall be considered.
Solution: As per the decision made by the FPDS-NG CCB, the “Void” function shall be deprecated from the system.
Impact Analysis for Users and Integrators
GUI Interface / No Impact
Business Services / No Impact
Reports and Report Services / No Impact
Data Dissemination / No Impact
SPR Number / Description
FPDSHD-52132 / Problem: The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) Character code has been changed for the country ‘Serbia’ from ‘RB’ to ‘RI’ as per the FIPS 10-4 Change Notice number 14 dated July 31, 2008. ( http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/Change_Notice_14.pdf). This information needs to reflect correctly in FPDS-NG.
Solution: FPDS-NG shall end date the FIPS code value 'RB' for the country code 'SRB' and add the FIPS Code 'RI' for Country Code 'SRB'.
Impact Analysis for Users and Integrators
GUI Interface / No Impact
Business Services / No Impact
Reports and Report Services / No Impact
Data Dissemination / No Impact
SPR Number / Description
FPDSHD-56589 / Problem: The user reported receiving the following error while correcting Version 1.0 and Version 1.1 contracts: “The last transaction could not be completed successfully.”
Solution: The ‘Correct’ operation on Version 1.0 and Version 1.1 Awards and IDVs shall not display the following error message:
“The last transaction could not be completed successfully.”
The user should be able to either successfully correct the contract or should get business rule validation errors if any.
Impact Analysis for Users and Integrators
GUI Interface / No Impact
Business Services / No Impact
Reports and Report Services / No Impact
Data Dissemination / No Impact
SPR Number / Description
FPDSHD-51798 / Problem: The “Local Area Set Aside” is a required element for DOs and BOAs in the Version 1.3 Data Dictionary.
Solution: For the “BPA Call”, the Use Case needs to be changed from “Not Required” to "Required" as described in the Local Area Set Aside Requirements Document.
The modification use case for both Civilian and DoD shall be updated to “Not Required” in the 1.3 Data Dictionary.
The warning messages for not required elements shall be updated to mention whether the element is not required on a Base or a Modification.
"<Element_Name>" is not applicable on <Base_or_Mod> for <Contract_Type> type: <Contract_Action_Type>.
Impact Analysis for Users and Integrators
GUI Interface / No Impact
Business Services / No Impact
Reports and Report Services / No Impact
Data Dissemination / No Impact

Table 4. Valid Combinations of PSC and NAICS codes

Category / NAICS codes / PSC codes prescribed in FAR /
Construction / 236115, 236116, 236117, 236118, 236210, 236220, 233110, 233210, 233220, 233310, 233320, 237110, 237120, 237130, 237210, 237310, 237990, 234110, 234120, 234910, 234920, 234930, 234990, 238110, 238120, 238130, 238140, 238150, 238160, 238170, 238190, 238210, 238220, 238290, 238310, 238320, 238330, 238340, 238350, 238390, 238910, 238990, 235110, 235210, 235310, 235410, 235420, 235430, 235510, 235520, 235610, 235710, 235810, 235910, 235920, 235930, 235940, 235950, 235990 / Any PSC code as per FAR (19.1005 Applicability)
Non-Nuclear Ship Repair / 336611 / J998, J999
Architectural and Engineering Services except Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services / 541310, 541330 / C111, C112, C113, C114, C115, C116, C117, C118, C119, C121, C122, C123, C124, C129, C130, C211, C212, C213, C214, C215, C216, C219
Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services) / 541360, 541370 / T002, T004, T008, T009, T014, R404
Refuse Systems and Related Services / 562111, 562119, 562219 / S205
Landscaping and Pest Control Services / 561710, 561730 / Any PSC code as per FAR (19.1005 Applicability)

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