Wednesday, May 9, 2007

GSA IG: Contracting officers not using e-forms

Vendors continue to use paper rather than electronic forms to submit contract offers and make modifications, as interviews with contracting officers reveal a lack of buy-in and weak incentives to go digital, according to a March 6 inspector general report.

Growth in the General Services Administration’s eOffer and eMod programs, Web applications for contract proposal and modification processes, has been below expectations, despite slight annual increases, a GSA Inspector General Office audit found.

Electronically submitted offers comprise on average only 9 percent of all schedule offers received since the Web application came online in May 2004.

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