System for Award Management (SAM) -- Creating Efficiencies in Federal Government Contracting through the Use of Streamlining and Integration

• Main Author: Lambert, Kishayra J
• Other Authors: NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Administration and Management; Government and Political Science; Logistics; Military Facilities and Supplies; *CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION; *DATA BASES; *EFFICIENCY; *GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT; *INFORMATION SYSTEMS; *INTEGRATED SYSTEMS; *UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT; DATA MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; *SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT; LEGACY SYSTEMS; FBO(FEDERAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES); CCR(CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION); WDOL(WAGE DETERMINATION ON-LINE); ORCA(ONLINE REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS APPLICATION); PPIRS(PAST PERFORMANCE INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM); EPLS(EXCLUDED PARTIES LIST SYSTEM); FPDS-NG(FEDERAL PROCUREMENT DATA SYSTEM NEXT GENERATION); ESRS(ELECTRONIC SUBCONTRACTING REPORTING SYSTEM); CFDA(CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC ASSISTANCE); FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING EFFICIENCIES; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING STREAMLINING; GSA(GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION); Orca
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA552411; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA552411

The purpose of this project is to review the legacy Federal procurement systems that will be consolidated into the System for Award Management (SAM). The next step will be to provide an overview of the efficiency gaps within the current legacy procurement systems. This will be followed by an analysis of how SAM will streamline and integrate the legacy systems, and an evaluation of the efficiencies created in Federal Government Contracting through the use of SAM. Finally, the author will review additional systems that could be more efficient if they were integrated into SAM and provide research conclusions and recommendations based on that analysis of the existing systems and the capabilities of SAM. The original document contains color images.