How to Order Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions

On this page: Before you order  |  Acquisition support  |  How to order  |  Resources 

Before you order

• Verify your existing IT and Telecommunications inventory.
• Consider:
  • Which services are still needed?
  • Which services could be upgraded to newer technologies?
  • Which services are no longer needed?
• Consider grouping:
  • Similar services.
  • Services by location.
  • Services by sub-agencies.
  • Simple requirements vs. complex requirements.

Lifecycle acquisition support from solutions brokers

Our dedicated solutions brokers are here to support you throughout your EIS acquisition. We can help:

• Define requirements, develop solicitations, and execute task orders.
• Support lifecycle project management and implementation, service ordering, and delivery of vendor services.

How to order

1. Request a Delegation of Procurement Authority

   The DPA outlines the roles and responsibilities between the GSA contracting officer and the ordering contracting officer, and complies with the Office of Management and Budget’s executive agent designation to GSA. The roles and responsibilities of the agency and GSA are covered in Section G.2 of the EIS RFP.  

   To receive a DPA:

   • Successfully complete EIS DPA training
   • Email a copy of the EIS DPA training completion certificate to EIS_DPA@gsa.gov.
   • GSA will review the completed form, initiate the DPA, and you should receive an official DPA letter within two business days. 

   Once you receive your DPA, you will serve as the Ordering Contracting Officer for your agency’s EIS task orders and be responsible for all aspects of the task order acquisition process and the resulting TOs. CORs or other ordering officials may place service orders under a fully funded task order only when delegated this authority in writing. Task order CLINs and pricing are structured in accordance with Section B. Service orders must be within scope and not exceed the funding on the task order. EIS requires SOs to be associated with a specific TO number.

   Note: Warranted contracting officers (appointed pursuant to FAR 1.603) or an official authorized to obligate funds for the agency must submit the DPA request form. DPA requestors must provide a .gov or .mil email address. If you don’t have one, use “EIS_DPA@gsa.gov” as your work email address in the form below and submit a copy of your warrant as a federal contracting officer to EIS_DPA@gsa.gov to be considered for approval. 

2. Plan your acquisition

   Define your Statement of Work or Performance Work Statement  and draft an Independent Government Cost Estimate. 

   Public pricer - Current fiscal year prices

   Agency pricer - Government only

3. Submit complete solicitation packages. If you need informal review prior to this final submission, contact your solutions broker. To expedite your review,
   • Provide solicitation documents (sections B-M) in Microsoft Word format (.doc, .docx).
   • Provide supporting files (price template, traffic models, service locations and addendums) in the following formats: Microsoft Word (*.doc, *.docx) Microsoft Excel (*.xls, *.xlsx) or Portable Document Format (*.pdf).
   • Ensure solicitation documents are NOT password protected or encrypted - please remove all password protection and encryption before submitting your request.

4. Request in-scope review

   A scope review is required for all EIS solicitations over the Simplified Acquisition Threshold. If your agency is taking an exception to fair opportunity and doesn’t issue a solicitation, a scope review is not required.  

   Solicitations must be reviewed by GSA before your agency’s Ordering Contracting Officer (the DPA holder) releases the solicitation to the EIS contractors. GSA will determine if the solicitation requirements are within scope and issue a written scope determination finding to the agency. Findings will include marked up comments in the original submitted solicitation documents.  

   GSA will only review complete solicitation packages (no drafts or partial solicitations). If you need an informal review before your final submission, contact your solutions broker. 

5. Release solicitation (Fair Opportunity)

   The Ordering Contracting Officer issues the RFP/Solicitation to all qualified EIS contract holders. You can use the pricer tool to make a fair opportunity selection for a Task Order, in accordance with Fair Opportunity under FAR Subpart 16.5, if:

   • The requirement is below the simplified acquisition threshold.
   • The requirement is simple.
   • All CLINs exist as FFP in the pricer tool.

6. Award task order (Service Orders)

   After evaluating proposals, the Ordering Contracting Officer awards the task order to the successful vendor. Then your agency can issue Service Orders to provision, move, or disconnect services.