Terms and Conditions

Contract Use

CEOss is most frequently used by the United States Marine Corps, specifically Marine Corps Systems Command, Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC) and Marine Corps Combat Development Command (MCCDC) through coordination with ACSS. Further information on the CEOss program and guidance for participation by companies can be found on the Acquisition Center for Support Services web site.

Contract Scope

The CEOss business model currently ties together 1300 government customers across 24 technical offices with a vendor pool of 27 prime firms and over 150 participating firms. CEOss operates under a defined set of business rules, predicated upon competitive sourcing, in conjunction with a back office suite of estimating tools, document generators, and invoice management features residing on an enterprise web portal known as the Enterprise Procurement Portal (eP2).

Request for Quote Process

A customer submits a SOW to the ACSS. ACSS will create a Draft Request for Quotation (DRFQ) and post the opportunity to a specific domain using their web portal, eP2. Each prime has five business days to contact the project officer to conduct a due diligence meeting or post questions to eP2. The prime must request the Final RFQ (FRFQ) NLT 1430 on the 5th day to indicate their intent to bid. The FRFQ is released that afternoon and primes have five additional business days to prepare a proposal. On Day 10, the business and technical proposal is posted to eP2 along with the pricing. Then the proposal goes through ACSS and Source Selection Evaluation. When a winner has been selected, the status of the task order will be changed in eP2 and an email will be sent out to announce the winner. Primes that were not awarded the task order have the opportunity to receive feedback on their proposal in the form of a telephone debrief from a member of the ACSS team.