Defense Supply Service-Washington, 5200 Army Pentagon, Rm. 1D245, Washington, DC 20310-5200

D -- ARMY'S PAPERLESS ACQUISITION PROCESS DUE 081099 POC Point of Contact, Mrs. Jeannette Jordan, (703) 697-1274; Contracting Officer Christine Thompson (703) 695-5029 WEB: Defense Supply Service-Washington, http://www.hqda.army.mil/dssweb. E-MAIL: Defense Supply Service-Washington, jordajn@hqda.army.mil. We would like to take this opportunity to make you aware of new processes that the Department of Army is putting into place to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Specifically, we are referring to the processes that impact the Army's paperless acquisition process. The Department of Defense has numerous initiatives for greater use of the worldwide web (Internet). In order to take full advantage of the benefits offered by the Internet, the Department of Army has launched the Army Single Face to Industry (ASFI) (http://www.army-acquisition.net). The ASFI provides the capability to search for contracting opportunities across the Army. Searching for contracting opportunities is accomplished by searching any one or combination of contracting activity, federal supply class (FSC), standard industrial code (SIC), and solicitation number. In addition, there are quick search capabilities to search by the most recent contracting opportunities posted, or those contracting opportunities that close on a specific date. We continue to add capability to the ASFI that will enhance our paperless acquisition process. These capabilities include providing notification to industry of contracting opportunities based on SIC/FSC, and the capability for industry to submit responses in a secure environment to contracting opportunities via the Internet. This capability is under development at this time, and should be deployed to selected sites in the August / September 1999 timeframe, with the first sites on board belonging to the U.S. Army Military District of Washington (MDW). In order to receive notification and utilize the response capability within the ASFI you will have to register at: (https://https5.redstone.army.mil/brs/asfi/). For security reasons, the initial registration MUST be performed by the designated Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Point of Contact (POC). Upon successful completion of the registration process by the CCR POC, a log-in will be assigned with the subsequent password provided via e-mail. Once registered, the CCR POC becomes the Company Administrator with the ability assign administrator responsibilities / capabilities to other individuals. In addition to the Administrator, each individual within your organization authorized to submit responses to contracting opportunities will be required to register. The responsibility to maintain an approved listing of individuals within your organization rests with the assigned Administrator(s). Again, to participate in the ASFI, registration is required. For your convenience, we have included a comprehensive ASFI Registration Handbook on the ASFI Registration Website above. We look forward to your participation as we move from a paper based to an electronic/paper-free process. No solicitiation will be issued. This announcement is for sources sought only. Posted 07/26/99 (W-SN358752). (0207)

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