N/A -- CRADA WITH APPLIED RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY, INC. DBA CYBERSYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF "THE NIH INTRAMALL" The purpose of this announcement is to inform persons and organizations currently doing business with NIH or contemplating doing business with NIH that, NIH has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Applied Research & Technology, Inc. dba CyberSystem Technologies' Inc. for the "Development of an Electronic Procurement System for Commodity Identification, Product and Service Acquisition and Budget Tracking". This CRADA involves the development of technology to facilitate and enhance the NIH's procurement process and related work flow processes. The goal is to develop a world-class virtual catalog, acquisitions and electronic commerce system ("The NIH IntraMall") that will provide NIH scientists, administrators and acquisitions staff with a more efficient way of learning about and acquiring products and services used at NIH. The objective is to develop a seamless electronic system which allows users to identify and select appropriate vendors for the acquisition ofneeded equipment, supplies and services and will interface with existing NIH administrative systems involved in the acquisitions process. NIH will provide information on government procurement regulations, ordering and budget processes as well as expertise on commodity and service requirements. NIH will also provide technical expertise on interfacing with existing systems and access to a software system (AMBIS) which illustrates procurement compliance requirements, ordering procedures, budget tracking and user notification. The CRADA Collaborator Applied Research and Technology, Inc. ("AR&T"), will contribute a proprietary repository of current vendor product information as well as development of the software interface necessary to provide NIH users access to the IntraMall with the interface to AMBIS (or to be developed workflow process) to deliver vendor/product ordering data using a transaction or batch processing methodology. The new collaboratively developed technology creating the NIH IntraMall willserve as a prototype for broader commercial applications. Organizations desiring more information about the CRADA, or becoming involved as a vendor in the NIH IntraMall should contact Mr. Brian Stauffer, President, Applied Research and Technology dba CyberSystem Technologies, Inc. 798 Kenilworth Drive, Suite 203, Towson, Maryland 21204, Telephone: (410) 321-6572, FAX: (410) 321-6689, E Mail: bricyb@msn.com

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