PGI 218.7001-7: Use of electronic business tools.

(a) Use of electronic business (e-business) acquisition tools greatly enhances the efficacy of the contracting process in emergency-type operations (ETOs). ETOs can benefit from specific tools, policies, roles and responsibilities, and processes necessary to streamline delivery of goods and services to the end user. ETOs also can benefit from implementing an e-business program with the capabilities necessary to support an end-to-end electronic acquisition process in order to quickly obtain goods and services for the warfighter in an operational area. For additional information and resources pertaining to contingency e-business tools, see the Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy contingency contracting resources page at: https://www.acq.osd.mil/asda/dpc/cp/cc/cc-resources.html.

(b) Use of the following contingency e-business tools is mandatory when automating the respective acquisition process during a contingency or humanitarian or peacekeeping operation:

(1) The 3in1 Tool. The 3in1 Tool automates the field order, receipt, and purchase processes previously executed manually using the paper Standard Form (SF) 44. The 3in1 handheld device records and transmits cash and carry type purchases and payment data to the prime database for remote reconciliation and review, when conducting on-the-spot, over-the-counter field purchases where use of the Government Purchase Card is appropriate, but not feasible. The 3in1 database may be accessed on the Joint Contingency and Expeditionary Services (JCXS) website at https://www.jccs.gov/JCCSCOE.

(2) The Acquisition Cross-Servicing Agreements (ACSA) Global Automated Tracking and Reporting System (AGATRS). AGATRS is an automated tool that tracks and provides visibility into worldwide ACSAs that may satisfy a requirement through support from the host nation or other nations supporting the operation. ACSA transactions that are used in support of contingency or humanitarian or peacekeeping operations are required to be documented and tracked in AGATRS as required by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction 2120.01D, Acquisition and Cross Servicing Agreements (https://www.jcs.mil/Portals/36/Documents/Library/Instructions/CJCSI%202120.01E.pdf). AGATRS is accessible on the JCXS website at https://www.jccs.gov/JCCSCOE.

(c) No other electronic tools may be used to fulfill the same capabilities as 3in1 and AGATRS.

(d) See PGI 225 regarding use of the Theater Business Clearance e-business tool.