Aquilent Integrates GSA Advantage! and Department of Labor Acquisition System.LAUREL, Md. -- Proven Integration Model Generates Results for Agencies Striving to Interface Digital Marketplaces and Acquisition Solutions Aquilent, a leading provider of E-Government and IT consulting services for government clients announces the successful integration of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Department of Labor (DOL DOL - Display Oriented Language. Subsystem of DOCUS. Sammet 1969, p.678. ) Electronic Procurement System (EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) A PostScript file format used to transfer a graphic image between applications and platforms. EPS files contain PostScript code as well as an optional preview image in TIFF, WMF, PICT or EPSI, the latter being an ASCII-only format. ) and the GSA (1) (Global mobile Suppliers Association, Sawbridgeworth, U.K., www.gsacom.com) A membership organization of suppliers of GSM products and services. Its goal is to promote GSM as the worldwide mobile communications standard. See GSM Association and GSM. Advantage! Digital Marketplace. DOL and Aquilent developed and effectively executed the E-Procurement strategy using an integrated project team of professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. , certified project managers and subject matter experts. The seamless integration of EPS, DOL's web-based acquisition system, with GSA Advantage! results in significant productivity gains throughout DOL procurement offices. GSA Advantage! is a government marketplace that offers products and services with prices provided especially for government agencies. Aquilent's integration with GSA Advantage! provides DOL employees the ability to purchase items from the GSA Advantage! site without ever leaving the DOL E-Procurement System. Once connected, users select and receive catalog rich product information for "one-click" inclusion on purchase requisitions. Business, workflow and approval logic, defined in the acquisition system, ensure proper approval and authorization of purchases. The resulting orders then route directly (and electronically) to vendors via the GSA Advantage! interface. GSA Advantage! integration benefits include: --Reduction in maintenance hours associated with managing in-house vendor catalogs --Up-to-date pricing and availability of products and services driven by the marketplace, --Elimination of pricing, item number and description errors because of the automated interface With the addition of GSA Advantage! shopping, DOL benefits from an acquisition system that offers a complete paperless solution and drives down cost while increasing productivity and meeting the Government Paperwork Reduction Act The Paper Reduction Act, officially the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Pub. L. No. 96-511, 94 Stat. 2812 (Dec. 11, 1980), codified in part at Subchapter I of Chapter 35 of Title 44 of the United States Code, through , is a United States federal law enacted in 1980 that (GPRA GPRA Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 GPRA Gouvernement Provisoire de la Republique Algerienne GPRA Government Procurement Reform Act (Philippines) GPRA General Practice Registrars Australia ). About Aquilent Aquilent is an award-winning small business with a 25-year history of providing rapid web development and IT services in the federal market. Headquartered in Laurel, Maryland, the company's key service areas include acquisition systems, web solutions and business automation. Further information located at Aquilent's website www.aquilent.com. |
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