Reduces acquisition costs
Decreases acquisition time from 270 to 30 days
Deploys rapidly to go live in just months
Allows completely paperless acquisitions
Monitors business-process metrics for continuous improvement
2001 E-Gov PIONEER Award
2001 Defense Acquisition Executive Certificate of Achievement Award
2001 JECPO Best Electronic Commerce, 1ST Runner-up
To create a secure portal application to:
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Automate acquisition of professional support services, in conjunction with the Navy Virtual SYSCOM and technology partners
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Streamline the time-consuming and labor-intensive procurement cycle using e-commerce tools and principles
The Navy required an automated portal to solicit proposals, evaluate proposals from multiple contractors, and report accounting information to organizations within and outside the Navy. The multiple award contract (MAC) portal would process solicitations and support best-value contract awards. The Navy also needed to integrate industry best practices and new commercial technology with existing Navy ERP solutions.
Aquilent worked with the Navy to design, develop, and deploy the SeaPort e-business portal based on the Epic™ E-Procurement Solution. The government and industry portals provide a completely paperless acquisition of services, including:
- Requirements definition
- Task-order competition
- Purchase order issuance
- Performance tracking
- Task-order closure
The portals' design provide an intuitive e-commerce environment in three basic steps:
- Solicitation: A "wizard" guides program officer through assembly of a procurement package to request solicitations
- Proposal Submission: MAC contractors submit proposals electronically
- Selection: SeaPort-e tabulates results from submitted proposals for best-value selection and awards the task order electronically
Performance and payments to the contractor are monitored throughout the duration of the order. Professional support service metrics and reports are easily obtained, providing the contracts and program office management with enhanced decision-making capability.
The SeaPort-e system reduces the Navy's support services costs by:
- Increasing level of competition for contracts
- Aggregating service requirements
- Reducing amount of support staff necessary to manage professional support services
- Reducing acquisition time from 270 days to 30 days
SeaPort-e marked the first-ever automated acquisition portal with applications customized to fit Government requirements and regulations. It provides the Navy with the following benefits:
- Faster and cheaper means to acquire professional support services
- Completely electronic Task Order processing
- Timely access to contractor performance metrics and searchable document library
- Expanded usage Navy-wide as part of the Virtual SYSCOM initiative
