[Commerce Business Daily: Posted in CBDNet on December 28, 2001]
[Printed Issue Date: January 2, 2002]
From the Commerce Business Daily Online via GPO Access
[cbdnet.access.gpo.gov]

PART: SPECIAL NOTICES
OFFADD: Department of Commerce, Office of Acquisition Management,
  14th and Constitution, NW, Room 6412, Washington, DC 20230
SUBJECT: FEDERAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES TO REPLACE THE COMMERCE
  BUSINESS DAILY
DESC: 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 governmentwide
  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).
  Agencies should recognize FedBizOpps as the official source
  for all procurement information and notices to be published
  under 41 U.S.C. 416(a)(2)(B) and the Small Business Act (15
  U.S.C. 637(e) and (k)). Other notices that would be published,
  such as notices of subcontracting opportunities (15 U.S.C.
  637(k)) will also be made available to FedBizOpps. Agencies
  and business concerns should modify their solicitation practices
  to use the electronic notice services of FedBizOpps. Notices
  received on the CBD system by midnight, January 1, and manuscripts
  received by 3:00 p.m. on January 2, will be included in the
  final GPO print version of the CBD to be issued on January
  4, 2002. Any notices validated for inclusion in the January
  4 printed issue of CBD will remain available in the CBDNet
  database of active notices for the required 15 days. Once they
  have all successfully been transferred into the archive database
  the active database will be shut down. This archive database
  will continue to be available on CBDNet as part of the Federal
  Depository Library Program Electronic Collection. As the manager
  of this collection, the Superintendent of Documents at the
  U.S. Government Printing Office has a commitment to maintaining
  permanent public access for the materials included in the collection.
  The General Services Administration, which manages FedBizOpps.gov,
  will provide files which can be downloaded free of charge to
  any vendor, service provider, government entity, or other public
  or private organization that wishes to print the content of
  FedBizOpps. The files provide the same information that is
  currently in the CBD printed version. These files are available
  at FTP://FTP.EPS.GOV. If you have questions regarding the ftp
  site, please contact the FedBizOpps support desk at fbo.support@gsa.gov
  or toll-free at 877-472-3779. If you are interested in obtaining
  a printed version of FedBizOpps/CBD, please contact Yancey
  Stern (202) 482-5781 or ystern@doc.gov at the Department of
  Commerce. A list of service providers who offer this service
  to the public will be made available on a Department of Commerce
  website in the near future, a list of service providers who
  provide printed versions of the FedBizOpps. Accordingly, service
  providers who offer printed versions of FedBizOpps and wish
  to be identified on this website should provide the following
  information to Mr. Stern by e-mail or mail (Department of Commerce,
  Office of Acquisition Management, 14th and Constitution, NW,
  Room 6412, Washington, D.c 20230): (1)name of entity, (2) phone
  number, (3) fax number, (4) e-mail address, (5) URL, and (6)
  contact point.
CITE: (M-362 SN5160V6)