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D -- RESELLING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMMODITIES USING VOLUME PURCHASING (AGGREGATION) AND REVERSE AUCTIONING SOL PS01 DUE 031500 POC Paulie Sosebee, Contracting Officer, Phone (817) 978-0001, Fax (817) 978-4739, Email paulie.sosebee@gsa.gov -- Paulie Sosebee, Contracting Officer, Phone (817) 978-0001, Fax (817) 978-4739, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=R&ProjID=PS01&LocID=32 7. E-MAIL: Paulie Sosebee, paulie.sosebee@gsa.gov. PART: U.S. Government Procurements Subpart: Services Classcode: D -- Information Technology Services, Including Telecommunication Services -- Potential Sources Sought OFFADD: GSA/FTS/OITI, 5203 Leesburg Pike, Suite 1100, Falls Church, VA 22041-3467 Subject: D -- Online "Reselling Information Technology Commodities Using Volume Purchasing (Aggregation) and Reverse Auctioning." POC: Sarah Fiduk, (703)605-9772 or Tim Kramer (303)236-7450. N/A!! Subject: D -- "Reselling Information Technology Commodities Using Volume Purchasing (Aggregation) and Reverse Auctioning." Description: The Federal Technology Service, Office of Information Technology Integration intends to establish an electronic web-enabled auction exchange community, called buyers.gov, which will include three new approaches to selling commodities to federal customers; (1)Private Buyer Auctions; (2) Volume Purchasing (called eFAST), which includes Supplier to Buyer Aggregation, and (3)Quick Quotes. This multi-faceted approach will use commercially available automated tools to streamline and conduct a new form of negotiation strategy for the procurement of information technology commodities. This exchange or portal is called "buyers.gov" and has the officially registered web address: http://buyers.gov. The Office of Information Technology Integration (OITI) is issuing this announcement to invite all industry resellers to an information sharing session beginning at 10:00 a.m. EST on March 17th at the GSA Auditorium located at 18th and F Street, Washington, D.C. The purpose of the meeting will be to share information with IT resellers of commodities (computers, laptops, printers, monitors, etc.)regarding volume purchasing (eFAST) and reverse auctioning at buyers.gov. Using the auctioning and volume purchasing concept, the orders should be large, and can come from single customers or can be aggregated orders from many federal buyers. Parameters and reseller requirements will be shared and identified for the implementation of Buyers.gov. Buyers.gov will provide Federal Technology customers and government agencies with an easy-to-use tool to conduct auctions and to aggregate similar products from multiple customers throughout government, compare prices; make a decision as to which FTS vendor partner solution represents the best price and/or value; and place an order online with selected reseller(s). If you are an industry reseller interested in defining commodities to be sold through volume purchasing on buyers.gov and intend to participate, please reserve a space by e-mailing Tim Kramer (tim.kramer@gsa.gov) and Sarah Fiduk (sarah.fiduk@gsa.gov). Please make the subject of the e-mail "Buyers.gov." Please register before March 15, 2000. This is not a formal solicitation but an announcement to share information with interested resellers. The Government will not reimburse companies for costs incurred in responding to this announcement or attendance at the conference. Posted 03/08/00 (D-SN432353). (0068)

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