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D -- ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION SYSTEM (ETS) DUE 021299 POC V. Harris, (618)256-8682 E-MAIL: Click here to contact V. Harris, AFCA.GCOR@scott.af.mil. OFFADD: AFCA/GCOR, 203 W. Losey St, Rm. 3065, Scott AFB IL 62225-5234 SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION DESC: This announcement constitutes a Request for Information (RFI) synopsis and market research. Information obtained as a result of this synopsis is for planning purposes only. It does nor constitute an invitation for sealed bid or request for proposal (RFP), nor is it to be construed as a commitment by the government. The government is currently conducting a market survey and analysis of government-off-the shelf and commercial-off-the shelf products that can meet the requirements for an Electronic Transaction System (ETS). This system will be an information system supporting the publishing and distribution of electronic and physical publications and forms for the USAF. The ETS should be capable of supporting all areas of the USAF worldwide. The ETS must meet all mandatory requirements to be Joint Technical Architecture-Air Force (JTA-AF), Defense Information Infrastructure-Common Operating Environment (DII-COE), and Year 2000 (Y2K) compliant. ETS will have the capability to provide Internet access for Air Force personnel to electronic or physical publications and forms, support the inventory management and distribution of physical products, track the progress of planning, creating, modifying, and rescinding publications. An Inventory Management tool within ETS should: Track incoming, stock on hand, and outgoing products, automatically build status reports as required by management, allow on-line ordering of products from vendor, commercial publisher, or other government publishers, provide an automatic distribution function to allow pushing products to customers, automatically prints mailing lists, mailing labels, and warehouse inventory labels for the product, allow an analysis of the best shipping rates, to decide on carrier, for a product, show where individual products in warehouse stock are located, provide warehouse users, customers, publishing management staff tutorials on how to perform their roles, notify the warehouse staff when stock levels of a product require them to order more, have the ability to access a Master Catalog and word search database to find products applicable to the topic, support password protection and permissions. Work flow management tool within ETS should: Allow the ability to track electronic publications through the process from writer to publishing on the web site, provide customers and publishing management staff tutorials on how to perform their roles, have the ability to dynamically build documents, be capable of accessing/storing multimedia (text, audio, visual) products, ability to automatically update product announcements page on web site, have the ability to access a Master Catalog and word search database to find products applicable to the topic, support password protection and permissions. Air Force personnel will be able to access publications and forms in ETS using two approaches. The first approach is through a centrally managed ETS website. The second approach is through the Service Desk, which is manned 24 hours a day. Any storage or repository should include on-line and off line capabilities at a facility of the vendors choice. Businesses responding to he market research and are currently offering or can make available the Air Force, same or similar services, are requested to provide what they have available within 10 days after the posting date of this notice. Potential Vendors may express interest, make comments and ask questions via electronic mail or fax comments or questions to the Air Force Communications Agency, Records Services Branch at AFCA.GCOR@scott.af.mil, FAX (618) 256-8682. All comments and questions must be in writing and must identify the company source, contact person and telephone number. Posted 01/25/99 (W-SN291110). (0025)

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