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SensCom Awarded DOD Contract to Provide Mobile Purchasing System Technology for Battle Ready Contingency Contracting System.


SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay.  -- San Diego-based mobile wireless data software provider SensCom, Inc. announced it was recently awarded a three-year contract by the U.S. Department of Defense to provide a Total Package Fielding (TPF (Transaction Processing Facility) An operating system for IBM mainframes specialized for large transaction processing systems such as airline reservations. TPF supports thousands of terminals with a typical response time of two to three seconds. ) solution to promote and support new advances in adaptive technologies that will enable contracting officials in the field to leverage lightweight devices that will improve the efficiency of contract administration in remote and potentially hostile areas of the world.

Applied as a technology update to DOD's Battle Ready Contingency Contracting System (BRCCS BRCCS Battle Ready Contingency Contracting System ), the Hand-Held SPS (Standby Power System) A UPS system that switches to battery backup upon detection of power failure. See UPS.

SPS - Symbolic Programming System. Assembly language for IBM 1620.
(TM) system will enable contracting officials in the field to use a handheld computer with mini printer to issue purchase orders, invoices and vouchers used by the DOD (1) (Dial On Demand) A feature that allows a device to automatically dial a telephone number. For example, an ISDN router with dial on demand will automatically dial up the ISP when it senses IP traffic destined for the Internet.  agencies for contingency purchasing.

Using SensCom's technology, field personnel will have the ability to create and store data related to vendors, items procured, delivery and fiscal information. The system will compute currency conversion to major world currencies and print in English, Arabic, French, German, Russian and Spanish.
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