U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency, Acquisition Management Branch, STOP 0567, 1400 & INDEPENDENCE AVENUE, SW Washington, D.C. 20250-0567

D -- AUTOMATED RECORDS MANAGEMENT FOR PRODUCER CLAIMS (OPTICAL IMAGING) POC GREGORY B. HARDY, SR, Contracting Officer 202/205-9689 fax 202/690-3320 USDA, Farm Service Agency intends to award a contract to Softech Consulting Group, Costa Mesa CA to develop application software from two functional specifications: Document Workflow and Management Reporting and Statistics. The system is being developed to modernize claims collection functions through the implementation of electronic imaging and through redesign of the business processes for servicing debt from within the Producer Claims Branch. (0085)

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