D -- SPECIAL MEETING NOTICE FOR BUYERS.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. Subject: D -- "Reselling Information Technology Commodities Using Volume Purchasing (Aggregation) and Reverse Auctioning." Description: The Federal Technology Service, Office of Information Technology Integration has established an electronic web-enabled auction exchange community, called buyers.gov, which will include three new approaches to selling commodities to federal customers; (1)Private Buye r Auctions; (2) Volume Purchasing (called eFAST), which includes Supplier to Buyer Aggregation, and (3)Quick Quotes. This multi-faceted app roach will use commercially available automated tools to streamline and conduct a new form of negotiation strategy for the procurement of in formation technology commodities. This exchange or portal is called "buyers.gov" and has the officially registered web address: http://buy ers.gov. The Office of Information Technology Integration (OITI) is issuing this announcement to invite all industry resellers to an information shar ing session beginning at 10:00 a.m. EST on Tuesday, May 23rd at the GSA Auditorium located at 18th and F Street, Washington, D.C. If you ca nnot attend this session, there will be a second session at 10:00 a.m. EST on Tuesday, May 30th at the GSA Auditorium located at 18th and F Street, Washington, D.C. Resellers only need to attend one session. If at all possible, try and make the first meeting as auctions are to begin June 2000. The purpose of the meeting will be to share information with IT resellers of commodities (computers, laptops, printers, monitors, etc.)regar ding 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 wil l be shared and identified for the implementation of Buyers.gov. Buyers.gov will provide Federal Technology customers and government agencie s with an easy-to-use tool to conduct auctions and to aggregate similar products from multiple customers throughout government, compare pric es; 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 selling commodities through volume purchasing on buyers.gov and want to participate, PLEASE CO ME ON DOWN TO THE GSA AUDITORIUM. Enablers will be in attendance to present their auctioning software tools and to participate in a question and answer forum. Any questions, call Sarah Fiduk (703-605-9772) orTim Kramer (303-236-7450). We want to see you there. This is not a formal solicitation but an announcement to recruit interested resellers. The Government cannot reimburse companies for costs incurred in responding to this announcement or attendance at the conference. WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=S&ProjID=Reference-Num ber-buyers.gov&LocID=326. E-MAIL: David Monahan, david.monahan@gsa.gov. Posted 05/24/00 (A-SN458327).

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