As some of you know, we have been working with a California Company - Waltrip and Associates - to bring you more electronic opportunities. They are working to bring up a new procurement site. This site wishes to do some testing prior to committing to the venture. Toward that end, you will be seeing some RFQs that are actually requests for information. If you can provide the products or services desired they would appreciate it if you submit real bids. These will not be awarded; they are using this as a comparison against their current methods. Please do not submit test bids that are inaccurate. To give you some notion of the potential for this new user, the following information about their buying history is provided:

Commodity	Yearly Purchases
Computer Equipment < $3,000	$3,167,164
Software License/Maintenace Exp.	$1,988,929
Fixed Assets - Equipment	$5,490,927
Direct Communications Expense	$3,147,614
General Office Supplies	$1,610,010
Office Furniture & Equipment	$2,462,103
Computer/Electronics Eqpt Main	$1,018,846
Computer Equipment - Rental	$1,528,367
Drug & Pharmaceuticals	$11,102,825
Medical/Dental Supplies	$2,645,772
Laboratory Supplies	$1,021,467

These represent annual anticipated purchases based on historical information. The anticipated total per year is $44,360,000.00. The total budget for goods and services is $250,000,000.00.

The first RFIs will be multiple items. Go ahead and bid the line items you can supply even if you cannot provide all of the items.

Thanks for helping us provide you with more opportunities.