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DSCR C-BSM211-9G33: ELECTRONIC CONTRACTING - COMPUTER COMPATIBILITY

52.211-9G33 ALTERNATE I   ELECTRONIC CONTRACTING - COMPUTER COMPATIBILITY 
                          (JUN 2002) DSCR 

    (a) In support of electronic contracting, the awardee will be required 
to have a compatible computer system capable of accepting our offers and 
processing Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) transactions.  The American 
National Standards Institute's (ANSI) X12 Standard will be utilized for 
formatting the EDI transactions.  The EDI system must be available for 
on line processing not later than 30 days after date of award.

    (b) The computer system must also be Year 2000 (Y2K) Compliant. 
Year 2000 compliant, used with respect to technology, means that the 
information technology accurately processes date/time data (including, 
but not limited to, calculating, comparing, and sequencing) from, into, 
and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and the years 1999 
and 2000 and leap year calculations, to the extent that other information 
technology, used in combination with the information technology being 
acquired, properly exchanges date/time data with it.

    (c) The following ANSI X12 transaction sets are currently sent, 
received, and processed by the Defense Supply Center Richmond:

        850  Purchase/Delivery Order Transaction Set 
        856  Ship Notice/Manifest Transaction Set

    (d) Awardee must be capable of sending, receiving, and processing the 
above ANSI X12 transaction sets and have an electronic mailbox on a DAASC 
certified Value Added Network (VAN).  For 856 Ship Notice/Manifest 
Transaction Sets, the awardee will have the option of using the Web-856 
application, if it becomes available.

    (e) Information regarding EDI, ANSI X12 transactions, and DAASC approved 
VANs can be obtained from the DAAS web site by going to www.daas.dla.mil, 
then select SYSTEMS & SERVICES, next select EC/EDI, and lastly select 
DAASC's VAN LIST. 

    (f) Specifics regarding electronic contracting can be obtained from:

        Defense Supply Center Richmond 
        Directorate of Planning and Resource Management
        Systems and Procedures Division 
        ATTN: DSCR-OZP, Sandra Moore 
        8000 Jefferson Davis Highway 
        Richmond, VA 23297-5516 

        (Phone:  (804) 279-4552) 

    (g) The implementation convention can be viewed by going to the DSCR 
web site at www.dscr.dla.mil./edi/pops/pops.htm.  The link for 850 and 856 
information is:  www.dscr.dla.mil/edi2/pops1.htm.

    (h) The following vendor EDI/Y2K information applies - Vendor Fill-in:

        EDI/Y2K Point(s) of Contact:  ________________________________

        Phone Number(s):  ____________________________________________

        Value Added Network (VAN):  __________________________________

        ISA07 Qualifier:  ____________________________________________

        ISA08 identifier:  ___________________________________________

        GS03 Identifier:  ____________________________________________

(End of Clause)