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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF NOVEMBER 14,1997 PSA#1972USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), 2625 Redwing Road,
Suite 110, Fort Collins, CO 80526 D -- SOURCES SOUGHT FOR COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE AUTOMATED PROCUREMENT
SYSTEMS POC Debra K. Sanders, Contracting Officer, 970-282-1989. The
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is considering the
development and implementation of a new departmental procurement system
and, with this announcement, is conducting market research into
commercially available systems. The USDA is seeking information on
potential sources that are manufacturers and/or suppliers of partially
or completely automated procurement systems. Companies responding to
this announcement should provide details on their respective system(s)
which support some or all of the functional areas of interest listed
below. Information on a system should include data and a description
concerning the procurement system's capabilities and the associated
technical and environmental requirements. The USDA's functional areas
of interest support the full life cycle of a federal government
procurement which include, but are not limited to: acquisition
planning, requisitioning, buyer assignment and delegation, order
consolidation, knowledge-based document generation and assembly
utilizing graphical user interface, vendor and information databases,
receipt of competitive bids and proposals, contract awards and
modifications, technical approval and delegated procurement authority
tracking, Blanket Purchase Agreement tracking, litigation tracking,
contract and simplified acquisition file documentation, receipt of
goods and services, ad hoc reporting, contract closeout, archival and
retrieval of archived data, data security, electronic
commerce/electronic data interchange capabilities, and interface with
other administrative systems including the core financial system as
defined in Joint Financial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP) --
Document Framework for Federal Financial Management Systems. This is
not a request for proposal nor does the Government intend to pay for
the requested information. Additionally, no telephone solicitations or
office visitations for presentations will be accepted at this time. It
is requested that all responses be submitted by December 1, 1997. All
written responses should be addressed to Ms. Debra Sanders, Contracting
Officer, USDA, NRCS, ITAT, 2625 Redwing Road, Suite 110, Fort Collins,
CO 80526. All information received will be treated as proprietary
information. (0315) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0017 19971114\D-0006.SOL)
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