CRITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR A NEW AWARD PROCESS FOR DSCP-G&I VENDORS.

Notice Date

March 23, 2001

Contracting Office

Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Attn: DSCP-PBA, Bldg. 36-2, 700 Robbins Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111-5092

ZIP Code

19111-5092

Description

DSCP G&I VENDORS! HIGHLY CRITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING A NEW AWARD PROCESS! As of April 9, 2001, the DSCP General and Industrial Commodities will begin testing the PACE (Procurement Automated Contract Evaluation system) with the following two stock classes: 5315 and 6220. Solicitations with a "T" in the ninth position of the solicitation number, i.e., SP0500-00-T-XXXX are candidates for automated award by PACE provided that the dollar value of the acquisition is estimated at $25,000 or below; the solicitation terms are f.o.b. destination; and none of the exclusions listed apply. The excluded items are Surplus, Flight Safety Critical, Life Support, Source Control, Qualified Product List (QPL), those that require First Article or other special testing, and acquisitions under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. All DSCP excluded items will be evaluated and awarded manually for these two stock classes. Timely electronic quotes submitted by responsible vendors meeting the terms and conditions as stated in the Simplified Purchase Agreement (SPA) and in the Request For Quotation (RFQ) shall be considered for award. As of April 2, 2001 electronic quotes, for the above mentioned stock classes, shall be submitted only via Internet Quoting System (IQS) available at http://iqs1.dscp.dla.mil. This announcement can also be found at http://saso.dscp.dla.mil/ipu/acquisition/saso/iqs/.

Web Link

Critical Announcement for A New Award Process for DSCP-G&I (http://saso.dscp.dla.mil/ipu/acquisition/saso/iqs/.)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010327/SPMSC002.HTM (W-082 SN50H1F0)