Department
of General Services
Procurement
Division
707
(916)
375-4400 (800) 559-5529
Broadcast
Date: January
30, 2009
TO:
Department Directors
CC:
Procurement and Contracting Officers (PCOs)
Purchasing Authority Contacts (PACs)
Report Coordinators
Small Business (SB) and Disabled Veterans Business
State Contracting Advisory Network (SCAN)
RE:
Statewide
E-Procurement System Update and Reminder
Note: For previously-released information on the
Statewide E-Procurement System, please see broadcasts dated:
The Department of
General Services Procurement Division (DGS/PD) anticipated rolling out the new
statewide e-procurement system (eP) in February 2009.
However, end-to-end system testing has not yet been completed, and there has
been difficulty securing department system training attendance and department
identification of its system administrators (and backup). Therefore, the DGS/PD
has revised the implementation schedule with a new “go live” date of Monday,
March 16, 2009. It is imperative that departments that have not yet done so
submit the name and contact information of their designated system
administrators (and backup) and register the appropriate staff for system
training.
Failure
to identify System Administrators and submit their contact information to the
DGS/PD may result in delays to contract advertisements and registering contract
entries in the DGS/PD’s California State Contracts Register (CSCR) and the
State Contract Procurement and Registration System (SCPRS).
To help
facilitate a prompt reply to this broadcast, please promptly distribute this broadcast to
the appropriate staff within your department.
If you have any questions regarding this
notification, please contact:
DGS/PD eP Team
Responses to this
broadcast and any suggestions or comments should be directed to the above
email. For more information, you may visit the eP
website at: