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• Jaime Gracia commented  ·  August 31, 2011 2:19 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  SharePoint. Easy and cost-effective, but also efficient. Really is a no-brainer, but institutional resistance to change makes it difficult. Many procurement officials are more comfortable with paper so they can highlight, mark-up, etc. That is easy virtually. Need shock therapy simply make the enormous resistance a non-factor, and just do it! It will save millions.

• Dave commented  ·  August 31, 2011 9:51 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  I thought that CO’s did this when they deemed it appropriate.

• retiredfed commented  ·  August 19, 2011 11:33 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Again a no-brainer. There is no need for paper copies. They can esign the original, that is allowed. This is not rocket science. If you want to set up a location for them to post proposals to, you can do that. However, you can also just have them attached to emails. If the file is too large to send all at once, use multiple files. there is no need to kill a dozen trees in order to get your proposals.

• James commented  ·  August 17, 2011 1:25 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  I don't care how it's submitted. But to ask for more than one signed copy and more than one CD is ridiculous.

• Cindy Brockwell commented  ·  August 16, 2011 8:32 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  I believe eBuy is a great way to submit eproposals but I think there is a file size limitation. Some COs post to eBuy then accept proposals only by direct email to themselves and/or the team. There has been some interest in e-RFQs, RFPs, etc. however each eprocurement system I've seen is different from the next....some type of global open source solution would have to be in place - maybe linked to FBO vs all these other "eprocurement" systems out there today. If a contractor isn't in the know on all these agency specific databases, they won't see the opportunities. This may seem obvious, but has major complexities.

• Jaime Gracia commented  ·  August 15, 2011 6:16 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  The biggest issue is the resistance of teams to use electronic proposals. Paper is still preferred to take notes, highlight, etc. What solutions can be implemented to use electronic proposals? Adobe, Google Docs?

• Don Arnold commented  ·  August 13, 2011 4:25 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  This seems too obvious, but is still important!