The E-Gov Travel Services Program is sponsored by GSA, which serves as the Managing Partner and was chartered through a cross-agency collaborative task force that included GSA, 70+ Federal agencies, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

E-Gov Travel Service 2.0 (ETS2.0) is an End-to-End travel management service that automates and consolidates the Federal travel process in a secure Web-centric environment.

E-Gov Travel Service Background

Covers all aspects of official Federal business travel including : travel planning authorization reservations ticketing fulfillment expense reimbursement travel management reporting

ETS2.0

ETS2.0 is a mandatory civilian Federal Government travel management service, which serves as the foundation for achieving Federal goals for government-wide travel management.

Requirements

November 12, 2009 GSA started facilitating all agency meetings to gather requirements for ETS2.0

April 30, 2010 - final draft solicitation posted to FedBizOpps June 2010 - goal for release of final solicitation January 2011 - projected date for award of ETS2.0 contract November 12, 2013 - expiration of ETS1.0

Solicitation Timeline

Contains over 750 requirements All 3 current vendors expressed interest in bidding GSA conducting market research to ensure requirements

meet market capability GSA anticipates awarding to 2 or fewer vendors GSA form a source selection panel (90 day

commitment)

ETS2.0 Solicitation

Ability of awardee(s) to migrate all agencies to new solution in timeframe between contracts

Funding for Enhancements Increase in Transaction Fees Customer and Management Awareness of Implications

of ETS2.0

ETS2.0 Concerns

Transition - act of moving out of ETS1.0 to ETS2.0 Implementation – act of moving into ETS2.0 Supports SmartPay and technical refreshment transition GSA will release a migration plan for agency use Migration to ETS2.0 prior to November 12, 2013

ETS2.0 Transition

Use one task order for an entire agency/customers Use a working capital fund for implementation, training,

enhancements, etc. Centrally managing travel operations and policy Using a pilot approach to implementation (phases)

Best Practices

ARC Travel Services will be providing additional information as it becomes available.

ETS2.0 Solicitation Documents can be viewed at :

https://www.fbo.gov GSA website at: http://www.gsa.gov/egovtravel

Additional Information