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Special Notice Template

The Special Notice template is used for the announcement of procurement matters such as business fairs, long-range procurement estimates, pre-bid/pre-proposal conferences, meetings, and the availability of draft solicitations or draft specifications for review.

Tag Description Format
<SNOTE>
<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
<ZIP> (Required Data) The Contracting Office's ZIP code 5 Digits
<SOLNBR>* Unique reference number for the solicitation Up to 128 characters from the set: a-z A-Z 0-9 - _ ( ) { }
<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
</SNOTE>

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

<SNOTE>
<DATE>0521
<YEAR>99
<CBAC>DEMO
<PASSWORD>DEMO
<ZIP>22030
<CLASSCOD>75
<NAICS>123456
<OFFADD>Office of Environmental Studies; 1323 Y Street; Washington, DC 22030
<SUBJECT>75--THE DEPT. OF THE TREASURY TECHNOLOGY EXPO: WASHINGTON, D.C. TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1999
<DESC>A one day technology exhibit will be held at the Department of the Treasury/IRS on July 30, 1999, from 10:00am to 2:00pm. Some of the technologies requested include: INFOSEC, distributive information systems, Internet, CD-ROM, imaging, barcoding, document management, communications, and computer-based training. For more information on requested technologies or exhibit registration, please contact Tina Hose at (800) 878-2940 at extension 212.
<ARCHDATE>07311999
<CONTACT>Hellen Smith 202-789-1234
<LINK>
<URL>http://www.mno.gov/
<DESC>Treasury Technology Expo
<EMAIL>
<ADDRESS>johndoe@usa.gov
<DESC>Treasury Technology Expo
</SNOTE>