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      <title xtrc="GSAR" class="- topic/title ">
         <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">552.216-72</ph> Placement
of Orders.</title>
      <conbody class="- topic/body  concept/conbody ">
         <p audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">As prescribed in <xref outputclass="fm:ParaNumOnly"
                  href="GSAM-KVQDEJRV.dita#KVQDEJRV"
                  class="- topic/xref "/>(a),
insert the following clause:</p>
         <p audience="GSAR" outputclass="Ctr_SmCaps" class="- topic/p ">Placement of Orders
(Jan 2016)</p>
         <ol id="d813e21" class="- topic/ol ">
            <li audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
               <p id="d805e26" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(a)</ph>  Delivery
orders (orders) will be placed by:</p>
               <p audience="GSAR" outputclass="Ital" class="- topic/p ">
                  <cite outputclass="MultiLine" xtrc="552.216-72_d848e33">[<i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Contracting
Officer insert names of Federal agencies</i>]</cite>
               </p>
            </li>
            <li audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
               <p id="d805e41" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(b)</ph>  Orders may be placed
through Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) or mailed in paper form.
EDI orders shall be placed using the American National Standards
Institute (ANSI) X12 Standard for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
format.</p>
            </li>
            <li audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
               <p id="d805e50" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(c)</ph>  If the Contractor agrees,
General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service (FAS)
will place all orders by EDI using computer-to-computer EDI. If
computer-to-computer EDI is not possible, FAS will use an alternative
EDI method allowing the Contractor to receive orders by facsimile
transmission. Subject to the Contractor’s agreement, other agencies
may place orders by EDI.</p>
            </li>
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               <p id="d805e59" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(d)</ph>  When computer-to-computer
EDI procedures will be used to place orders, the Contractor shall
enter into one or more Trading Partner Agreements (TPA) with each
Federal agency placing orders electronically in order to ensure
mutual understanding by the parties of certain electronic transaction
conventions and to recognize the rights and responsibilities of
the parties as they apply to this method of placing orders. The
TPA must identify, among other things, the third party provider(s)
through which electronic orders are placed, the transaction sets
used, security procedures, and guidelines for implementation. Federal
agencies may obtain a sample format to customize as needed from
the office specified in paragraph (g) of this clause.</p>
            </li>
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               <p id="d805e68" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(e)</ph>  The Contractor shall
be responsible for providing its own hardware and software necessary
to transmit and receive data electronically. Additionally, each
party to the TPA shall be responsible for the costs associated with
its use of third party provider services.</p>
            </li>
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               <p id="d805e77" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(f)</ph>  Nothing in the TPA will
invalidate any part of this contract between the Contractor and
the General Services Administration. All terms and conditions of
this contract that otherwise would be applicable to a mailed order
shall apply to the electronic order.</p>
            </li>
            <li id="i1876675" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/li ">
               <p id="d805e87" audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
                  <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">(g)</ph>  The
basic content and format of the TPA will be provided by: General
Services Administration, Office of the Chief Information Officer
(I). Contact information can be found at: <xref href="http://www.gsa.gov/portal/category/21404"
                        format="html"
                        scope="external"
                        class="- topic/xref ">http://www.gsa.gov/portal/category/21404</xref>.</p>
            </li>
         </ol>
         <p audience="GSAR" outputclass="Endofclause" class="- topic/p ">(End of clause)</p>
         <p audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">
            <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Alternate I (Aug2010)</i>. As prescribed
in <xref outputclass="fm:ParaNumOnly"
                  href="GSAM-KVQDEJRV.dita#KVQDEJRV"
                  class="- topic/xref "/>(a),
substitute the following paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) for paragraphs
(a), (b), (c), and (d) of the basic clause:</p>
         <p audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">(a)  All delivery orders (orders)
under this contract will be placed by the General Services Administration’s
Federal Acquisition Service (FAS). The Contractor is not authorized
to accept orders from any other agency. Violation of this restriction
may result in termination of the contract pursuant to the default
clause of this contract.</p>
         <p audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">(b)  All orders shall be placed by
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) using the American National Standards
Institute (ANSI) X12 Standard for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
format.</p>
         <p audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">(c)  If the Contractor agrees, transmission
will be computer-to-computer EDI. If computer-to-computer EDI is
not possible, FAS will use an alternative EDI method allowing the
Contractor to receive orders by facsimile transmission.</p>
         <p audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p ">(d)  When computer-to-computer EDI
procedures will be used to place orders, the Contractor shall enter
into a Trading Partner Agreement (TPA) with FAS in order to ensure
mutual understanding by the parties of certain electronic transaction
conventions and to recognize the rights and responsibilities of
the parties as they apply to this method of placing orders. The
TPA must identify, among other things, the third party provider(s)
through which electronic orders are placed, the transaction sets
used, security procedures, and guidelines for implementation.</p>
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