[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)