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- I've seen several studies lately that say people are
- going into business for themselves at a record pace.
- Indications I see online make me believe that GEnie
- members probably lead the pack.
-
- If you're one of those folks, wouldn't you love to
- have a customer with deep pockets, a good credit
- record, and a history of placing regular and large
- orders? Enter Uncle Sam, he of deepest pockets
- regularly funding large orders.
-
- And Uncle Sam posts his needs right here on GEnie.
-
- You can check those needs in Commerce Business Daily
- (enter M1284 or the keyword CBD at most GEnie
- prompts). GEnie's Commerce Business Daily provides
- the full text of the print publication by the same
- name issued every weekday to announce products and
- services wanted or offered by the U.S. Government.
-
- Sooooo Up To Date
-
- The database is updated daily, on THE DAY BEFORE the
- print publication is issued. Information in CBD
- encompasses all proposed procurements of $25,000 or
- more by civil agencies and military agencies,
- including potential research interests; all contract
- awards of $25,000 or more for the benefit of
- potential subcontractors; and surplus U.S. Government
- property sales. Announcements from the most recent 90
- days can be found in CBD.
-
- You can search for requests for specific products and
- services or you can browse key sections. You can
- focus searches to specific agencies and locations. If
- you own or operate a small business, you can also
- limit your search to those announcements which
- contain small business set-asides. And if you want to
- keep tabs on the competition, you can find a listing
- of all contract awards.
-
- As a GEnie$Premium service, Commerce Business Daily
- involves additional charges for search and retrieval.
- Be sure to select Item #2 on Page 1284 and review the
- complete listing of applicable prices.
-
- CBD is produced by the U.S. Department of Commerce in
- cooperation with Dialog Information Services, Inc.
- GEnie offers it via Advanced Research Technologies'
- ARTIST(R) Gateway System.
-
- Getting Around in CBD
-
- The Commerce Business Daily menu looks like this:
-
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- ║ GEnie CBD Page 1284 ║
- ║ Commerce Business Daily ║
- ║ ║
- ║ 1. About Commerce Business Daily ║
- ║ 2. Commerce Business Daily Rates ║
- ║ 3. Commerce Business Daily Instructions ║
- ║ 4. Disclaimer & Warranty Limitations ║
- ║ ║
- ║ 5.[$]Search in Commerce Business Daily ║
- ║ ║
- ║ 6. Send Commerce Business Daily FEEDBACK ║
- ║ ║
- ║ Enter #, <P>revious, or <H>elp? ║
- ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════╝
-
-
- Select Item #5 to access CBD. The following
- information will be displayed:
-
- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════╗
- ║ NOTICE! Per search charges apply. ║
- ║ See Rates (#2) on page 1284. ║
- ║ ║
- ║ Your login session number is: 002250 ║
- ║ ║
- ║ ║
- ║ Welcome to CBD ║
- ║ ║
- ║ CBD Main Menu ║
- ║ ║
- ║ 1 Begin your search ║
- ║ 2 See description of CBD ║
- ║ 3 See rates for CBD ║
- ║ 4 Return to GEnie ║
- ║ ║
- ║ Your CBD charges: $0.00 ║
- ║ Enter #, <H>elp or <E>xit CBD ║
- ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════╝
-
-
- Notice that Commerce Business Daily keeps you
- apprised of your charges so you don't get any
- surprises at billing time.
-
- Plan Your Search, Search Your Plan
-
- Searching in CBD involves planning and processing.
- Think about the types of notices or specific goods or
- services procurement information you want to find and
- plan out the search term(s) most likely to match.
- Otherwise, with thousands of announcements available
- you're going to end up with a LOT more information
- than you want.
-
- CBD allows you to search on product/service name,
- section or category code, date, issuing agency, or
- ZIP Code. You can also limit your search to posts
- with small business set-asides.
-
- When you select Item #1 from the CBD Main Menu to
- "Begin your search," the following options will be
- displayed:
-
- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
- ║ Commerce Business Daily ║
- ║ ║
- ║ 1 Search for Services RFQs ║
- ║ 2 Search for Supplies, Equipment, Materials RFQs ║
- ║ 3 Search for Award Notices ║
- ║ 4 Search for Surplus Property Sale Notices ║
- ║ 5 Return to the CBD Main Menu ║
- ║ ║
- ║ Your CBD charges: $0.00 ║
- ║ Enter #, <P>revious, <H>elp or <E>xit CBD? ║
- ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
-
-
- Pick one of these section options, and the menu with
- your search parameters will be displayed.
-
- You can focus your search to include or exclude
- particular concepts by using Boolean words and
- symbols. You can also use other non-alphabetic
- characters as "wildcards" on words which may be
- related but have different endings (e.g., COMPUTER,
- COMPUTING, COMPUTE).
-
- It's Who You Know...
-
- Your best customer may turn out to be Uncle Sam, but
- GEnie's CBD may be your best friend in helping you
- wade through all the information your uncle churns
- out.
-