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Foreign Government Standard Template

Tag Description Format
<FSTD>
<DATE> (Required Data) Month and day synopsis is submitted MMDD
<YEAR> (Required Data) Year synopsis is submitted YY
<CBAC>* (Required Data) User ID for the Office Location. Assigned/managed by your location Administrator. string
<PASSWORD>* (Required Data) Password. Assigned/managed by your location Administrator. string
<SOLNBR>* Unique reference number for the solicitation Up to 128 characters from the set: a-z A-Z 0-9 - _ ( ) { }
<ZIP> (Required Data) The Contracting Office's ZIP code 5 Digits
<CLASSCOD>* Either one alphabetic code or a two-digit code for service or supply that the synopsis should be listed under. Valid classification code (FAR, Section 5.207(g))
<NAICS>* Six-digit code for service or supply that the synopsis would be listed under Valid NAICS Code
NAICS Reference
<OFFADD> The complete address of the contracting office Up to 65535 characters
<SUBJECT> (Required Data) The classification code, two hyphens, and a brief title description of the synopsis. Up to 255 characters
<DESC> A narrative description of the procurement action. Up to 65535 characters
<ARCHDATE> The date when this notice will be archived. Default - 15 days after the deadline. MMDDYYYY
<CONTACT> The names and phone numbers of officials to contact in regard to this synopsis. If there are two points of contact, their information shall be separated by semicolon Up to 65535 characters
<LINK> A structural tag No data required or accepted
<URL> The Government Agency's URL that will be listed with this award. Up to 255 characters, consist of a restricted set of characters (see URL specification - RFC 2396)
<DESC> Visible hypertext description provided to the user for linking to the related site Up to 255 characters
<EMAIL> A structural tag No data required or accepted
<ADDRESS> The Government Agency contact's email address Up to 128 characters
<DESC> Visible hypertext description provided for linking to the Government Agency contact's email Up to 255 characters
</FSTD>

Notes

  1. All red tags represent required data.
  2. * denotes validated data.
  3. <LINK>, <URL>, and <DESC> are a group data and should be provided or omitted together.
  4. <EMAIL>, <ADDRESS>, and <DESC> are a group data and should be provided or omitted together.

Example

<FSTD>
<DATE> 0721
<YEAR> 99
<CBAC> demo
<PASSWORD> DEMO
<ZIP> 22030
<CLASSCOD> 78
<NAICS>123456
<OFFADD> Office of Environmental Studies; 1323 Y Street; Washington, DC 22030
<SUBJECT> 78--EUROPEAN COMMUNITY: HOUSEHOLD LAMPS
<DESC> The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. G/TBT/Notif.96.235. 1. Member to Agreement notifying: European community. If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2): 2. Agency responsible: European Commission, Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification can be indicated if different from above.
<ARCHDATE>08311999
<CONTACT> jone doe 202- 123-4567
<LINK>
<URL> http://www.mno.gov
<DESC> Household lamps
<EMAIL>
<ADDRESS> johndoe@usa.gov
<DESC> Household lamps
</FSTD>