GCA Features

The Government Clause Automation Solution contains a wide range of features that allow our contracting professionals can easily create and update clauses for their solicitations and awards. The tables below provides a quick reference of the solution's available features by functional area.

Feature matrix

Area	Feature	Description	User/Group Access	GCA Version	Appian Platform*
Clause Automation Site	Clause Set Summary Landing Page	A view of clause sets highlighting My Clause Sets and All.	CO, CS, CM, Privileged User	1.0+	21.2+
Clause Automation Site	Create Clause Set Wizard	A guided process to get required, applicable, and optional clauses needed based on contract details, templates, and a questionnaire.	CO, CS, CM, Privileged User	1.0+	21.2+
Clause Automation Site	Copy Clause Set Clauses	Ability to copy an existing clause set as the starting point for creating a new one.	CO, CS, CM, Privileged User	2.2+	23.4+
Clause Automation Site	Fill-in Wizard	A guided process to complete fill-ins in clauses	CO, CS, CM, Privileged User	1.4+	21.4+
Clause Automation Site	Finalize Clause Set	Ability to validate and finalize the clause set to create the supplement clause document.	CO, CS, CM, Privileged User	1.0+	21.2+
Clause Automation Site	Validate Clause Set	Ability to validate the clauses have the fill-in data, have been edited, and are the most recent version.	CO, CS, CM, Privileged User	1.0+	21.2+
Clause Automation Site	View Document	Ability to view draft or finalized document.	CO, CS, CM, Privileged User	1.0+	21.2+
Clause Automation Site	Exclude Clauses	Ability to exclude a clause from the clause set using a questionnaire rule or template. Select whether to maintain edits in the original clause set or complete all new fill-ins.	CO, CS, CM, Privileged User	1.0+	21.2+
Clause Automation Site	Remove Clauses	Ability to remove a clause from the clause set and provide a reason for required clauses.	CO, CS, CM, Privileged User	1.0+	21.2+
Clause Automation Site	Edit Clauses (from clause set)	Ability to edit clauses in a clause set and provide fills-in.	CO, CS, CM, Privileged User	1.0+	21.2+
Clause Automation Site	View Clause	Ability to view the clause and prescription text for a clause in the clause set.	CO, CS, CM, Privileged User	1.0+	21.2+
Clause Automation Site	Create Award from Solicitation	Ability to create an award clause from from a finalized solicitation clause set	CO, CS, CM	1.9+	23.1+
Clause Automation Site	Add Clause	Ability to create new clauses to be used in clause sets	Privileged User	1.0+	21.2+
Clause Automation Site	Import Clauses	Ability to import clause data using either a structured spreadsheet or a zip file	Privileged User	1.6+	22.2+
Clause Automation Site	Sync with Acquisition.gov	Initiate sync with Acquisition.gov to get the latest FAR clauses. Can be run on an individual clause or all clauses.	Privileged User	1.0+	21.2+
Clause Automation Site	Edit Clause (from Clauses page)	Ability to update clauses, clause text, and provide an alternate clause value and base clause title to be used in clause sets going forward.	Privileged User	1.0+	21.2+
Clause Automation Site	Add Fill-Ins	Ability to add fill-ins to individual clauses.	Privileged User	1.4+	21.4+
Clause Automation Site	Create Template	Ability to create reusable templates for the clause set wizard.	Privileged User	1.0+	21.2+
Clause Automation Site	Create Question	Ability to create questions that can be included in questionnaires, with resulting answers used as conditions in rules.	Privileged User	1.0+	21.2+
Clause Automation Site	Create Questionnaire	Ability to create questionnaires that organize and manage a series of questions presented to users as part of the clause set wizard.	Privileged User	1.0+	21.2+
Clause Automation Site	Create Rule	Ability to create rules that define clauses to be included or excluded in the clause set wizard based on clause set details or answers to questions	Privileged User	1.0+	21.2+
Records	Clause	Defines important clause information as well as clause text	CO, CS, CM, Privileged User	1.0+	21.2+
Records	Clause Set	Defines clause set information, clauses included in the clause set, and clause text specific to the clause set(including fill-ins)	CO, CS, CM, Privileged User	1.0+	21.2+
Records	Rules	Defines rules applied when creating clause set to determine clauses to include or exclude. Rules are based on clause set details or answers to questions	Privileged User	1.0+	21.2+
Records	Questions	Defines questions to be used in questionnaires	Privileged User	1.0+	21.2+
Records	Questionnaires	Defines a collection of questions and how they are presented to users in the clause set wizard in terms of categorization, order, etc.	Privileged User	1.0+	21.2+
Records	Templates	Defines static templates to include or exclude specific clauses in a clause set	Privileged User	1.0+	21.2+
Integrations	Acquisition.gov	Ability to retrieve updated FAR clause data from the Acquisition.gov Github repository	Privileged User	1.0+	21.2+
Solutions Hub	Acquisition Weekly Sync Schedule	Ability to define the schedule for the automated Acquisition.gov sync	Privileged User	1.2+	21.3+
Solutions Hub	Enable/Disable Acquisition Github Sync	Ability to enable or disable the Acqusition.gov Github integration. Disabling the integration will remove all front-end references to Acquisition.gov	Privileged User	1.6+	22.2+

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

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