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Electronic Commerce for the Procurement of Construction and Architect-Engineer Services

Implementing the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act Conference Summary

Federal Facilities Council Standing Committee on Procurement and Contracting

Technical Report #134


NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Washington, DC
1997

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1997. Electronic Commerce for the Procurement of Construction and Architect-Engineer Services: Implementing the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5904.
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NOTICE

The Federal Facilities Council (FFC) (formerly the Federal Construction Council) is a continuing activity of the Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment (BICE) of the National Research Council (NRC). The purpose of the FFC is to promote continuing cooperation among the sponsoring federal agencies, and between the agencies and others in the building community, to advance building science and technology, especially for the design, construction, acquisition, evaluation, and operation of federal facilities. The following agencies currently sponsor the FFC:

Department of the Air Force, Air National Guard

Department of the Air Force, Office of the Civil Engineer

Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers

Department of Energy, Office of Associate Deputy Secretary of Field Management

Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command

Department of State, Office of Foreign Buildings Operations

Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Facilities Management

Food and Drug Administration

General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service

Indian Health Service

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Facilities Engineering Division

National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Standards and Technology, Building and Fire Research Laboratory

National Endowment for the Arts, Design Arts Program

National Science Foundation

Smithsonian Institution, Office of Facilities Services

U.S. Information Agency, International Broadcasting Bureau

U.S. Postal Service, Facilities Department

U.S. Public Health Service, Office of Management

As part of its activities, the FFC periodically publishes reports that have been prepared by committees of government employees. Since these committees are not appointed by the NRC, they do not make recommendations, and their reports are considered FFC publications rather than NRC publications.

For further information on the FFC program or FFC reports, please write to: Director, Federal Facilities Council, Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20418, or visit us on the Internet at http://www2.nas.edu/ffc.

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1997. Electronic Commerce for the Procurement of Construction and Architect-Engineer Services: Implementing the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5904.
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FEDERAL FACILITIES COUNCIL STANDING COMMITTEE ON PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTING

Chair

Joyce Runyan,

Acquisition Policy Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command

Members

Ronald Adam,

Office of Facilities Management, Department of Veterans Affairs

Wade Belcher,

Public Buildings Service, General Services Administration

Lewis Butt,

Maintenance and Repair Division, International Broadcasting Bureau

Donald W. Dormstetter,

Office of Design and Construction, Smithsonian Institution

Jon Erikson,

Network Engineering, International Broadcasting Bureau

Donald Evick,

Engineering Management Branch, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Catherine Fairlie,

Installation Restoration Program Branch, Air National Guard

Robert Fraga,

Major Facilities Purchasing, U.S. Postal Service

Chris Guevin,

Military Construction, Department of the Air Force

Gary Heidle,

Acquisition Policy Division, Air National Guard

Bob Henry,

Division of Engineering Services, National Institutes of Health

Tom Kasper,

Acquisition Policy Division, Air National Guard

Deanna Bentz Murphy,

Environmental Management Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Walt Norko,

Construction Policy Branch, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Brent Peavler,

Acquisition Division, International Broadcasting Bureau

Tim Ruckle,

Management Information Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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Donna Smigel,

Engineering Management Branch, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Frank Sullivan,

Office of Facilities Management, Department of Veterans Affairs

Joyce Sweasy,

Office of Procurement Management, National Institutes of Health

William Timperley,

Contracts Policy Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command

Dan Troyan,

Office of the Principal Assistant for Contracting, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Leroy Wallin,

Acquisitions Department, U.S. Department of State

Gerald Zaffos,

Public Buildings Service, General Services Administration

Program Committee Liaison Member

Roger Bell,

Facilities Division, Air National Guard

Nonfederal Liaison Members

Jeffrey Beard,

Design-Build Institute of America

Stuart Binstock,

American Institute of Architects

Nick Kolesnikoff,

The Associated General Contractors of America

Felix Martinez,

American Consulting Engineers Council

Christopher Monek,

The Associated General Contractors of America

Howard Noel,

Council on Federal Procurement of Architect-Engineer Services

Brian Pallasch,

American Subcontractors Association, Inc.

Bruce Vogelsinger,

National Institute of Building Sciences

Michael Wilson,

Associated Builders and Contractors

Staff

Lynda Stanley, Director,

Federal Facilities Council

Lena Grayson, Program Assistant,

Federal Facilities Council

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1997. Electronic Commerce for the Procurement of Construction and Architect-Engineer Services: Implementing the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5904.
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Preface

Electronic commerce is a strategic element in achieving cost, time, and resource savings in the federal procurement of goods and services. To promote efficiencies in procurement, the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) requires that federal government transform its acquisition system from a paperwork process to a computer-based system that is readily accessible to government and private sector users. FASA encourages the purchase of commercial goods and services, establishes the Federal Acquisition Computer Network (FACNET), and over time, transforms the procurement system to an electronic on-line system.

This one-day conference of the Federal Facilities Council focused on the procurement of construction and architect-engineer services, providing a forum to exchange information on related recent developments:

  • FASA's provisions for electronic commerce, the architecture of electronic commerce and FACNET, government approaches to implementation, and the outlook for the future
  • Federal agency experiences with electronic commerce and FACNET, barriers to implementation, alternative computer/electronic systems, and initiatives underway
  • Private sector contractors' perspectives on the advantages and disadvantages of electronic commerce, barriers to implementation, methods of overcoming barriers, and future prospects
  • The purposes and services of the Electronic Commerce Resource Centers for small and medium-sized businesses.

JOYCE RUNYAN, CHAIR

COMMITTEE ON PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTING

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Contents

 

 

Executive Summary

 

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Electronic Commerce: Implementing FASA
Delores (Dee) Smith, Department of Defense Electronic Commerce Office

 

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Electronic Commerce: Perspectives of Four Federal Agencies
Ron Grover, Naval Facilities Engineering Command
G. Doyle Dodge, General Services Administration
Frank D. (Dan) Troyan, James Justin Taylor, and Ronson Kung, Army Corps of Engineers
Ken Stepka, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

 

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Electronic Commerce Resource Centers and Value-added Networks
Bosquet (Biscuit) N. Wev, Jr., Fairfax Electronic Commerce Resource Center

 

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Speaker Biographies

 

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