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A -- FEDERAL PROCUREMENT DATA SYSTEM REENGINEERING MARKET RESEARCH/INDUSTRY FORUM DUE 070700 POC Tonya Frederick at 703 614-7041 PART: SPECIAL NOTICES SUBJECT: FEDERAL PROCUREMENT DATA SYSTEM REENGINEERING MARKET RESEARCH/INDUSTRY FORUM The Office of Federal Procurement Policy, the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition Reform) and the General Services Administration, have jointly sponsored and chartered an initiative to identify an acceptable strategic model for the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS). Public Law 93-400 established the FPDS for collecting, developing, and disseminating procurement data. Taking a leadership role in modernizing the FPDS, the Procurement Executives Council (PEC) is seeking information on available performance solutions on how best to create a system with enabling technologies that will provide easily accessible and accurate data, as well as a management tool integrated with the procurement business process. The Government is seeking creative solutions which may include public/private partnerships, acquisition of services instead of equipment, acquisition of a commercial or customized system(s), or any other alternatives that will achieve the Government's performance and results goals and achieve significant reductions in both operating costs and data collection cycle time. All interested parties are invited to participate in a public forum to discuss the Government's informational and operational needs. The forum will be held on July 10, 2000, from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m., at the General Services Administration (GSA) Auditorium, 18th and F Streets, Washington D.C. To facilitate and stimulate the discussion, information regarding the FPDS re-engineering initiative and draft operational needs and background data will be available on or about June 28, 2000, at the Department of Defense Commercial Business Environment website at www.acq.osd.mil/ar/cmc/. Comments, questions, and/or issues concerning these materials should be submitted to the web address NLT July 7, 2000. Attendees should register at the above website address by July 7, 2000. Contact Tonya Frederick at 703 614-7041 should you have questions. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this notification or otherwise pay for any written information received in response to this request. Posted 06/28/00 (W-SN469280). (0180)

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