C.Buy to FPDS Errors
When errors are received while completing a FPDS Report between C.Buy and FPDS please remember when entering FPDS through the C.Buy interface, certain critical data elements are carried over to FPDS from C.Buy.
- If any of the data carried over from your award or modification to FPDS is incorrect; DO NOT CORRECT IT IN FPDS.
Do not save the FPDS report
Exit out of the browser and return to C.Buy.
Return to your award or modification document and make the changes in C.Buy on the Administration Section of the document or the line item level to correct the data.
- When you have corrected the error(s), return to FPDS through the link in C.Buy and check to make sure the data brought in is now correct. If the data is correct; continue with the FPDS report, Validate, Save Draft, and return to C.Buy to have the report Approved.
If exported data is correct in FPDS, when save draft is selected and you return to C.Buy, the document will change the corrections you have made. C.Buy and FPDS communicate with each other to insure the validity of the exported date. If you change it, it will change back to match your document in C.Buy. If the data is incorrect in FPDS, it is therefore incorrect on the original C.Buy document.
Never Obligate an award or modification until you have an Approved FPDS Report.
If the award or modification had been obligated prior to approval of the FPDS report, then you will need to go directly to FPDS; locate and open the FPDS report, correct the document, Validate, Save Draft, and Approve the Document from within FPDS (Not C.Buy).
Return to C.Buy, open the FPDS link on your document and click Update Status Button which should then change the status to Final, Approved.
Otherwise, do not go directly to FPDS to make corrections to a document unless you are advised by the Help Desk.
For C.Request/C.Buy help, contact Client Services:
Phone: 301-444-3400 (Choose Option 1 for password resets or Option 3 for all other CRequest and CBuy issues.)
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