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DSCR C3: PAPERLESS ORDER PLACEMENT SYSTEM (POPS) COMPUTER COMPATIBILITY

C3   52.211-9G33   POPS - COMPUTER COMPATIBILITY   DSCR (NOV 1998)

    (a)  In support of the Paperless Ordering Placement System (POPS),
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

    (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).

    (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 of the POPS System can be obtained from:

         Defense Supply Center, Richmond
         Directorate of Business Management
         ATTN:  DSCR-RZP, Chawn Harris
         8000 Jefferson Davis Highway
         Richmond, VA  23297-5516
         (Phone:  (804) 279-5953)

    (g)  The POPS implementation convention can be viewed by going 
to the DSCR web site at www.dscr.dla.mi./edi/pops/pops.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: