Start Date
4-1986 8:00 AM
Description
This paper examines the contract simplification effort currently undergoing review and modification in the Department of the Army. This effort has led the author to explore the state of the art of contracting and what changes will have to be made to methods of contracting to keep pace with the commercial marketplace in the next decade.
The computer is becoming as common as the telephone in every office. The use of the computer seems to be unlimited, ranging from games to sending and receiving electronic mail and transfer of large sums of money to and between bank accounts. This paper provides what the author perceives is the step-by-step advancement needed by the Government in the use of computers to transition from formal paper contracts transported by mail to the paperless contracting transported by telephone lines or satellite to contractors and between contractors and Government agencies.
This paper explains the author's concept of the various elements of paperless contract evolution which must be achieved to allow the release of solicitations via computers, contractor submission of bids via computers, and the eventual award of contracts by the same means.
Contracting without Paper
This paper examines the contract simplification effort currently undergoing review and modification in the Department of the Army. This effort has led the author to explore the state of the art of contracting and what changes will have to be made to methods of contracting to keep pace with the commercial marketplace in the next decade.
The computer is becoming as common as the telephone in every office. The use of the computer seems to be unlimited, ranging from games to sending and receiving electronic mail and transfer of large sums of money to and between bank accounts. This paper provides what the author perceives is the step-by-step advancement needed by the Government in the use of computers to transition from formal paper contracts transported by mail to the paperless contracting transported by telephone lines or satellite to contractors and between contractors and Government agencies.
This paper explains the author's concept of the various elements of paperless contract evolution which must be achieved to allow the release of solicitations via computers, contractor submission of bids via computers, and the eventual award of contracts by the same means.
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