More commercial sites are being added. While these sites do not send out public Request for Quotes, they are important to our customers with standing contracts. Currently included are Sears, Dick's Sporting Goods, Cessna, Allied Signal, and Boeing MESA. For more information, send e-mail to www-techsup@simplix.com stating which of these companies you wish to connect with.

Simplix now supports EDI for companies who have contracts to supply the PX community. NEXES (Navy) and AAFES (Army and Air Force) are both supported.

When bidding to the EBBs, the DSCR and DSCC pages require a manufacturer and part number. If they are not included, the bid will be rejected with an error returned of

        invalid manufacturer cage or invalid part number

so remember to include those on the YPG and YPC bids.

Simplix automatically updates passwords for DSCC. If you change your password at the EBB directly it may cause rejection of your bids. The best way to do this is to have the EBB clear your password and then resubmit your Simplix registration.

Why do we have so many registrations if we have CCR?

Currently, no integration exists between CCR and older procurement systems. To address this problem, Simplix functions as a true central registration facility. When a Simplix client updates their registration information, updates are sent not only CCR, but to Defense Supply Center Richmond, Defense Supply Center Columbus, Defense Industrial Supply Center, GATEC, WALWEB, and Veteran's Affairs.

Keywords that you may want to add to your profile:

• Your CAGE code
• Your competitors' CAGE codes
• Your company name
• Your competitors' company names

Simplix has recently updated the listing of catalogs for GSA advantage. If you have a schedule and have received a start up kit from GSA and would like to use Simplix instead of SIP and do not have a link on your home page drop us a line and we will add it.

Remember: you have to have a Federal Supply Schedule and have received a startup kit to use this capability.

We do not put this link out by default because it is irrelevant to clients who do not have federal supply schedules.

There is also an email format that you can use to send in your catalog.

In order to be compliant with the EDI standards Simplix is translating the DOD unit of measure to the X12/EDI unit of measure. Both units will now appear in the EDI message.

Q quotes issues Multiple line items are now being properly supported. They allow for the multiple line quotes.

Automatic Retransmission Simplix automatically retransmits messages every 12 hours to ensure receipt in a timely manner by the end user.

Simplix was the first VAN to have automatic redundancy with all three ECPNs. Now, even if the primary and secondary ECPNs are non-functional, your bids will still be received by the Electronic Commerce Infrastructure and will be logged in as being received.

Set Mail check to 3 or 4 minutes to avoid idle out by your ISP.

Also, you can email any SIMPLIX message to yourself or anyone else for that matter using Netscape. Just click on the file option and choose Send Page. This allows you to keep local copies of specific messages even if you do not want to do email delivery.

Cookies should be enabled. This will allow you to only log in once per session. If your IP address changes (e.g. if you use some other computer in your office), then you may have to login again.

Regarding the fax from Robert Busche at Defense Supply Center Columbus, Mr. Robert Busche states:

"There have been no problems with Simplix. "

This has not been the case with other VANs and services. A number of VANs and bid services have been providing invalid and inaccurate information regarding the Electronic Bulletin Board X, T, and Q quotes from DLA. This information is adversely effecting many vendors.

Vendors using services other than Simplix are having their Automated Best Value Model Vendor ratings lowered because of invalid information.

Simplix pulls the information directly from the EBB. By not adding information with out-of-date history information and invalid NSN descriptions, Simplix helps ensure your company's rating and reputation with the federal government remains intact.

Simplix has just learned that Remittance Advice (820 Documents) should be coming on line soon for SAMMS. This should be in place between November 1998 and March of 1999. These documents will be available to Simplix clients within 24 hours of SAMMS making them available to us.