The Government Source Selection Solution contains a wide range of features and provides a comprehensive view of the evaluation process to allow your contracting professionals and evaluation teams to manage source selection tasks and configure your organization's unique source selection process.

Feature matrix

Area	Feature	Description	User/Group Access	GSS Version	Appian Platform*
Source Selection Site	Evaluation Summary Landing Page	A summary view of evaluations highlighting Evaluation Status, Progress by Factor, Progress by Phase, and Progress by Evaluators.	CO, CS, Evaluation Chair, Factor Chair, Evaluator	1.0+	20.4+
Source Selection Site	Set up Evaluation Wizard	A guided process to set up the evaluation details, factors, vendors and teams.	CO, CS, Evaluation Chair	1.0+	20.4+
Source Selection Site	Add Tasks	Ability to add ad hoc tasks needed during the evaluation.	CO, CS, Evaluation Chair	1.0+	20.4+
Source Selection Site	Upload Documents	Ability to upload documents associated with the evaluation.	CO, CS, Evaluation Chair	1.0+	20.4+
Source Selection Site	Submit Documents for Review	Ability to submit documents such as the consensus documents for review.	CO, CS, Evaluation Chair, Evaluator	1.0+	20.4+
Source Selection Site	Create Documents from a Template	Ability to provide a template for users when a document needs to be created and associated with the evaluation.	CO, CS, Evaluation Chair, Evaluator	1.0+	20.4+
Source Selection Site	Mark Evaluation Complete	Ability to mark an evaluation complete.	CO, CS, Evaluation Chair	1.0+	20.4+
Source Selection Site	Mark Factor Complete	Ability to mark a factor complete.	CO, CS, Evaluation Chair, Factor Chair	1.0+	20.4+
Source Selection Site	Evaluation Form	An auto-generated evaluation form created for assigned users when evaluation setup is complete and the evaluation is started.	Evaluator	1.0+	20.4+
Source Selection Site	Add Vendor	Ability to add a vendor to the evaluation and to the vendor record. Vendor data will be retrieved from SAM.gov after the UEI or CAGE number are entered.	CO, CS	1.0+	20.4+
Source Selection Site	Sync Vendor with SAM.gov	Ability to update the vendor data displayed on the vendor list with the most recent data in SAM.gov.	CO, CS	1.0+	20.4+
Source Selection Site	Continue Set-up	Ability to continue or update the set-up steps as more evaluation information is collected.	CO, CS, Evaluation Chair	1.0+	20.4+
Source Selection Site	Save Draft Evaluation Form	Ability to allow evaluators to save a draft of the evaluation form with their findings until they are ready to submit the form.	Evaluator	1.0+	20.4+
Source Selection Site	Add Evaluation Approach	Ability to add an evaluation approach and tasks associated with that approach to the evaluation.	CO, CS, Evaluation Chair	1.0+	20.4+
Source Selection Site	Create Consensus	Ability to view all evaluators' ratings and comments for a factor and vendor, then come to a consensus on the final rating .	Factor Chair, Factor Advisor	1.2+	21.4+
Source Selection Site	Create New Consensus Version	Ability to restart the consensus process and create a new version of the consensus.	Factor Chair, Factor Advisor	1.5+	23.2+
Source Selection Site	Update Evaluators	Ability to update evaluators while an evaluation is in progress.	CO, CS, Evaluation Chair	1.4+	23.1+
Records	Evaluations	A defined evaluation record that stores evaluation details individually.	CO, CS, Evaluation Chair, Factor Chair, Evaluator	1.0+	20.4+
Records	Vendors	A defined vendor record.	CO, CS, Evaluation Chair, Factor Chair, Evaluator	1.0+	20.4+
Integrations	Microsoft 365	Ability to open and edit evaluation documents in Microsoft Office 365.	CO, CS, Evaluation Chair, Factor Chair, Evaluator	1.0+	20.4+
Integrations	SAM.gov	Ability to retrieve vendor data from SAM.gov.	CO, CS	1.0+	20.4+
Source Selection Settings Site	Evaluation Phases	Ability to set up common phases of the evaluation that end-users should select from during evaluation setup.	Source Selection Settings Access Group, Admin	1.0+	20.4+
Source Selection Settings Site	Tasks	Ability to add common tasks needed during evaluations for specific phases.	Source Selection Settings Access Group, Admin	1.0+	20.4+
Source Selection Settings Site	Approach	Ability to configure phases and tasks needed for specific evaluation approaches that end-users can use to guide the process.	Source Selection Settings Access Group, Admin	1.0+	20.4+
Source Selection Settings Site	Document Review	Ability to set up a document review tree for specific documents. The document tree that will auto-populate for users when selecting a document to submit for review.	Source Selection Settings Access Group, Admin	1.0+	20.4+

*Denotes the supported Appian platform version for the corresponding solution feature.