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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF APRIL 17, 1995 PSA#1326

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REENGINEER TRAVEL POC Mrs. Kay Anderson-Hager (703) 693-2424. Comptroller of the Department of Defense, Directorate for Performance Measurures and Results, Attn: Travel Reengineering Transition Team, Room 1C665, The Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1100. Note this does not constitute a solicitation. The Deputy Secretary of Defense has directed rapid implementation contained within the January 1995 Report of the Department of Defense Task Force to Reengineer Travel, to include streamlining the DoD infrastructure and exploiting the private sector capabilities. The concept includes maintenance and operation of a full-service travel entity capable of providing reservations and ticketing for transportation, travel services, rental vehicles, hotel, motel, and passport services, and for availability notices and reservations for government quarters and feeding facilities, and for a ``should cost'' estimate for each proposed government travel requirement. The information is to be provided through integration of DoD travel and transportation entitlements and locality per diem rates into a single continuous automated data flow. Any software must include interfaces with commercial travel office reservation systems and must have capabilities to store and access DoD transportation, lodging and feeding policies. It must provide a variety of management information reports as decision tools, including information for local management of travel budgets. The system must be capable of interfacing with government transportation and billeting reservation systems. It must contain logic to allow computation of travel entitlements for or privately owned vehicle travel and identify the numbers travel days authorized, based on distance traveled, and compare costs mode-to-mode. Payment for travel devices will be through use of a government travel card and/or electronic funds transfers (EFT) or centrally billed accounting practices. Target system is single source data entry with a totally paperless processes containing embedded policy compliance checks and internal controls. The government will accept demonstration models. The following will remain a government function: authorizing expenses, approving expenses, accounting disbursing and auditing. To obtain a copy of the Travel Reengineering Task Force Report, submit address to Fax (703) 693-2432. Written comments should be forwarded within 30 days of the date of this notice to same fax number and should reference this notice. No telephone comments will be accepted. The DOD Travel Reengineer Transition Team will host an Industry Forum on April 26, 1995, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM at the Marriott Crystal Gateway Hotel, 1999 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202, (703) 473-5500, to provide briefings on the recommended changes, to respond to questions received from industry in response to this Sources Sought, and to provide industry an opportunity to express comments. Vendors should provide Company name and number of attendees to fax number above, by close of business 18 Apr 95. Please note this does not constitute a solicitation.

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