19-COMMERCIAL BOAT BUILDING CANDIDATES FOR BUILDING UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY'S SAIL TRAINING CRAFT (STC)

Notice Date

December 20, 2001

Contracting Office

Commander,NAVSEA,SEA 0222,1333 Isaac Hull Ave SE Stop2020,Washington Navy Yard, DC 20376

ZIP Code

20376

Description

This is a special notice for information. Recently, Federal Business Opportunities (www.fedbizopps.gov) was designated in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) as the single point of universal electronic public access on the Internet to government-wide Federal procurement opportunities that exceed $25,000 (see 66 Fed. Reg. 27407, May 16, 2001). The FAR requires agencies, as of October 1, 2001, to use FedBizOpps to provide access to public notices of procurement actions over $25, 000 that are currently required to be published in the Commerce Business Daily (CBD) along with associated solicitations and amendments. Designation of this one-stop online gateway represents an important step in the ongoing transformation to a more efficient, accessible, citizen-centric e-government. Agencies will be in a transition period through December 31, 2001. During this time, the FAR requires agencies to ensure that notice is provided both to FedBizOpps and the CBD. However, the FAR provides that, as of January 1, 2002, agencies will no longer be required to provide duplicate notice in the CBD and instead may rely exclusively on the mandatory notice in FedBizOpps to provide the required access. This transition will enable agencies to realize the efficiencies in electronic processes that help to justify their investments in e-government. Accordingly, effective January 4, 2002, the Department of Commerce will cease publication of the CBD through the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO). The following instructions may be helpful in accessing the information on the USNA STC that is on the Federal Business Opportunities Website. Go to http://www.fedbizopps.gov. Click on "FBO for Vendors." Scroll down to USN. Click on "Offices". Scroll down to " Naval Sea Systems Command". Click on "classification code". Information pertaining to the USNA STC is found under classification code 19. As a result all future announcements for this program will be announced in the Federal Business Opportunities website.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20011224/SPMSC007.HTM (D-354 SN5157A1)