FPDS-NG shall mandate on all actions with a Product or Service Code as a 'Service' and that are signed on or later than 03/01/2012 to indicate whether they are 'Closely Associated', 'Critical Functions', 'Other Functions' or a combination of 'Closely Associated' and 'Critical Functions' in the "Description of Requirements".

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FPDS-NG will be modified to implement the Section 15 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644), as amended by this “Jobs Act 2010”. This allows a different set aside on orders placed against multiple award contracts for small business concerns.

Two new values will be added to the data element “Fair Opportunity/Limited Sources” on a Delivery Order/Task Order (DO/TO) to a Multiple Award IDV (FSS, GWAC or Multiple Award IDC)), a Part 8 BPA and a Part 8 BPA Call.Both of these new values, when chosen, will allow the Contracting Officer to choose certain “Type of Set Aside” values that are different from the Set Aside values on the IDV.

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OMB is advising agencies to reduce the time for paying small businesses from 30 days to 15 days. FPDS-NG is providing a web service that finance systems could utilize in identifying these small businesses to assist them in meeting the Prompt Payment rule/act (PPA) issued by OMB.

Finance systems have the option of either validating a if a vendor on a contract is a small business or to get an extract of all the vendors matching a certain criteria through the following are Web Services FPDS-NG will be offering:

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The main purpose of ICD is to help agencies take advantage of interagency contracts by supporting market research and the identification of suitable contracts that can facilitate the efficient and effective placement of orders, including with small and disadvantaged businesses. The new ICD will strengthen both of these goals by making the tool more intuitive and easier to use.

New version of ICD can be accessed athttps://www.contractdirectory.gov/

Following are some of the major enhacements:

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A new National Interest Action value ‘Hurricane Isaac 2012’ has been added to the FPDS-NG Production system.

For Web Portal users the value ‘Hurricane Isaac 2012’ is available for selection in the National Interest Action field drop down. The Contract Writing systems shall use the code ‘H12I’ when creating/updating documents through Business Services.

National Interest Action value ‘Hurricane Isaac 2012’ is valid from 08/30/2012 to 12/28/2012.

FPDS-NG is upgrading display the ISO 3-character country for Place of Performance Country (9C) and Country of Product or Service Origin (9E) data elements

FPDS-NG is upgrading so that only the 3 character ISO Country codes for the "Place of Performance Country" and "Country of Product or Service Origin" data elements will be accepted going forward. Previously we accepted non-ISO codes and converted.

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A new National Interest Action value ‘Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)’ has been added to track the OEF contracts.

For Web Portal users the value ‘Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)' is available for selection in the National Interest Action field dropdown. The Contract Writing systems shall use the code ‘O12F’ when creating/updating documents through Business Services.

National Interest Action value ‘Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)’ is valid from 10/01/2011 to 09/30/2014.

1. National Interest Action value ‘Gulf Oil Spill 0410’ expiration date has been extended from 02/24/2012 to 08/23/2013 on FPDS-NG Production system.
   National Interest Action value ‘Gulf Oil Spill 0410’ is valid from 04/25/2010 to 08/23/2013.
2. National Interest Action value ‘Hurricane Irene 2011’ expiration date has been extended from 02/21/2012 to 10/22/2012 on FPDS-NG Production system.
   National Interest Action value ‘Hurricane Irene 2011’’ is valid from 08/22/2011 to 10/22/2012.

As part of Phase II deployment 18 standard reports has been enhanced  on December 15, 2011

Now you can

• Retrieve data for 5 years
• Get the result in few seconds
• Drill down by Fiscal year
• Export 30,000 records for analysis

Click here for the list of standard reports.

National Interest Action (NIA) value 'Hurricane Irene 2011’ expiration date has been extended from 10/21/2011 to 02/21/2012.Contract Writing systems shall use the code ‘H11I’ when creating/updating documents through Business Services.

National Interest Action value Hurricane Irene 2011 is valid from 08/22/2011  to 02/21/2012