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If you’re one of the hundreds of contractors lining up to compete on ITES-4H or SEWP VI, you already know the uncomfortable truth:


It’s not enough to have the products. You need the data.


And not just any data! Deep, structured, compliance-aligned product intelligence:

·      UNSPSC Codes

·      TAA status

·      EPEAT ranking

·      Energy Star certification

·      Country of origin

·      Other product metadata OEMs and distributors rarely include


Collecting this manually is a nightmare.


That’s where Quote.ly changes everything.

 

The Coming Storm: ITES-4H and SEWP VI


ITES-4H


The Army CHESS vehicle for enterprise IT hardware across:

- Servers

- Storage

- Networking

- End-user devices

- Peripherals


Key notes: - NAICS 334111 is required at the delivery-order level (Army CHESS / ACC-RI). TAA compliance is mandatory. Eco-labels and security-alignment matter more than ever.


SEWP VI


NASA’s flagship IT GWAC with a $60B+ ceiling and a significantly larger pool of anticipated awardees.


What makes SEWP VI different?

- Explicit requirement to use UNSPSC codes for product classification.

- Large volume of line items.

- Complex product categories across hardware, software, cloud, services, and accessories.


From industry Q&A documents:

“The requirement for UNSPSCs for at least 12,000 products is unduly burdensome … OEMs and distributors do not typically provide UNSPSCs … making this a tedious, largely manual effort.”


Sound familiar? It should. Every reseller knows the pain of hunting down these codes when vendors never include.

 

The Real Pain Point: Data Hell


Here’s what slows contractors down more than pricing or products:


1. Vendors don’t give you UNSPSC codes


Distributors rarely provide UNSPSC codes in quote exports. OEMs? Even worse.


For SEWP VI, the solicitation references the full in-scope UNSPSC list but doesn’t change the fact that you’re stuck mapping codes manually unless you automate it.


2. Compliance labeling is scattered across 20 different sources


You’re expected to provide:

- TAA Compliance

- EPEAT Level

- Energy Star

- Environmental / sustainability attributes

- Country of Origin

- Security alignment


Most vendor quotes don’t list any of this.


3. Quotes arrive in every format known to humankind


·      PDFs

·      Excel files

·      System-generated text exports

·      Cut-and-paste order forms


Some with missing fields, mismatched SKUs, or slight OEM name variations. Good luck normalizing that by hand.


4. Scale: You may need to process thousands of SKUs


Especially for SEWP VI, where the catalog onboarding requirements are massive.


5. More awardees = more competition


ITES-4H is large. SEWP VI will be significantly larger.


Which means the companies that automate data mapping are the companies that win and let your sales team get back to selling and not managing data.

 

Enter Quote.ly: Your Data-Enrichment Engine for Federal IT Vehicles


Quote.ly is built for this exact moment.


Here’s how it saves you:


✔ Automatic UNSPSC Matching


Even when:

- The quote doesn’t list the code

- The distributor has inaccurate mappings

- The OEM provides nothing at all


Quote.ly parses each line item and uses AI + our proprietary catalog references to automatically apply the correct UNSPSC.


✔ Auto-Add Compliance Metadata


Your quotes get enriched with:

- TAA (Yes/No)

- EPEAT Level

- Energy Star status

- Domestic/International sourcing

- Environmental attributes

- Additional certifications when available.


All without manual lookup.


✔ Normalize Quotes from All Major Distributors


Quotely parses and standardizes:

- TD SYNNEX

- Ingram Micro

- Carahsoft

- D&H

- Arrow

- Synnex Public Sector

- Direct vendor quotes


If the data exists somewhere in the supply chain, our API can ingest it.


✔ Quote Output Ready for ITES-4H or SEWP VI Requirements


No rework. No manual spreadsheets. Just clean, mapped, enriched line items ready for submission.


✔ Scale to Thousands of Products


Whether it’s 20 lines or 20,000, Quotely turns hours of manual compliance research into a few seconds of API automation.

 

Why This Matters Now


·      SEWP VI explicitly requires UNSPSC codes.

·      ITES-4H requires TAA and eco-certification accuracy.

·      Both vehicles expect complete, structured product data.

·      The number of awardees is large, meaning speed and accuracy become competitive advantages.


Contractors that automate their product-data workflows will:

- Quote faster

- Submit compliant catalogs

- Reduce errors

- Respond to RFQs at scale

- Outperform competitors waiting on manual data-gathering


This isn’t efficiency. This is survival in a high-velocity contracting environment.

 

Final Thoughts


Federal IT contracting is becoming more data-driven every year. The contractors that can produce clean, accurate, compliance-rich product data on demand are the ones that will dominate ITES-4H, SEWP VI, and every major hardware/solutions vehicle that follows.


Quote.ly gives you:

- Speed

- Accuracy

- Compliance intelligence

- Automation

- A competitive edge


In a world where vendors don’t provide the data you need… Quote.ly does.

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UNSPSC Codes, SEWP VI, ITES-4H, Federal Contracting, Government Procurement, Product Data Enrichment, TAA Compliance, Quote Automation, Reseller Tools

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