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Meadows, NY, February 3rd, 2000 - Data Conversion Laboratory is
pleased to announce the award of its Federal Government General
Services Administration ("GSA") Schedule. The GSA schedule
enables any Federal Government employee to utilize the
pre-negotiated rates as a contracting means for conversion work.
Quite literally, having a GSA schedule enables Government
agencies to buy DCL's services out of a catalogue. The GSA schedule
system is a modern concept in Government in that it was initiated in
order to speed up the process of contracting work for Government
agencies. DCL President Mark Gross had this to say: "In the old
days, the Government had to generate a long Request for Proposals
("RFP") for every job, then circulate it, and then wait
for vendors to respond. After the vendors responded, there was a
lengthy selection process which incorporated many levels of
bureaucracy and the task of checking vendor references and other
credentials. Before you knew it, a year had passed, and the job had
not even been awarded."
This new approach does away with much of the bureaucracy. While
getting the GSA schedule awarded is itself a lengthy process, once
you've been approved, contracting with the Government becomes much
more straightforward.
Reflecting on the significance of the award, Gross spoke of how
much of the Government's typical conversion work ties right in to
DCL's core competencies. "This company has always been best at
converting complex technical documentation. Complex tables,
mathematical expressions and special graphics requirements - our
process is built to handle these kinds of issues, and to do so at
high volumes. A significant portion of the Government's
documentation is like that. The US Military, for example, has
millions of pages of technical orders and technical manuals, and
they're currently looking to convert to structured formats like SGML
and XML. DCL is now in a position to assist them migrate the
data."
DCL's GSA schedule number is GS-25F-0102M
ABOUT DCL - Data Conversion Laboratory is a leader in managing
and implementing large scale, complex conversion projects. The
company looks to be the first choice for organizations serious about
mining, extracting and collecting data, and reorganizing and
repurposing it for evolving new applications and technologies.
Specializing in XML and SGML, the company supports all major
electronic formats, and services a wide range of industries that
include eCommerce providers, publishers, manufacturers, technical
documentation developers, the US Military and the US Government.
DCL clients include: the Library of Congress, Lucent
Technologies, Lockheed Martin, McDonnell Douglas, Gulfstream
Aerospace, United Technologies, the Xerox Corporation, John Deere,
the British Medical Association, New York Public Library and New
York University.
The company is located at 61-18 190th St., 2nd Floor, in
Fresh Meadows, N.Y. and is privately owned. For more information
about Data Conversion Laboratory and its services, please visit the
company website at www.dclab.com, or call
1-718-357-8700.
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About
the GSA - The US General Services Administration is a central
management agency that sets Federal policy in such areas as
Federal procurement, real property management, and information
resources management. Founded in 1949, the agency is
headquartered in Washington DC with regional offices in 11 US
states. |
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