All or some of the expenses below may be allowed with prior authorization from the Commonwealth Agency, but in no case will the amount be more than that allowed for Commonwealth of Massachusetts employees. (Search the website at www.mass.gov/hrd for the term “Red Book.”) Travel Meals Lodging Incidental Other expenses Sample Configurations/Scenarios for evaluation <Describe how to respond and the requirements, for example sample configurations requested for pricing purposes.> COMMBUYS Catalog Enablement and Updates <This section addresses additional issues related to catalogs continued from Section 2.6, Providing Draft Catalog Information / Punchout (G2B) Catalog Enablement.> COMMBUYS enables specified Eligible Entities to place orders using online catalogs. Contractors will be required to participate in the creation and maintenance of such catalogs as described below. Throughout the life of the contract, the SSST reserves the right to revise COMMBUYS catalog structure and type in order to optimize ordering by Eligible Entities. <For catalogs created directly from awarded Quotes> The set of Items published as part of the Bid with pricing provided by the Bidder(s) and accepted by the SSST will become basis for the contract catalog. In order to enable more effective ordering of items covered by the contract, throughout the life of the contract, the Contractor may be required to revise, or assist the SSSL in revising, the item descriptions or other information associated with the Items included in this Bid. <For catalogs created by the SSSL> Online catalogs for this contract will be set up by the SSSL based on <edit as appropriate> contract categories, product/service groups submitted by Bidders. In order to enable more effective ordering of items covered by the contract, throughout the life of the contract, the Contractor may be required to assist the SSSL in creating or revising item descriptions or other information associated with the products and/or services included in this Bid. The development of PunchOut catalogs must be approved and performed in consultation with the Operational Services Division.>
All or some of the expenses below may be allowed with prior authorization from the Commonwealth Agency, but in no case will the amount be more than that allowed for Commonwealth of Massachusetts employees. (Search the website at www.mass.gov/hrd for the term “Red Book.”) Travel Meals Lodging Incidental Other expenses Sample Configurations/Scenarios for evaluation <Describe how to respond and the requirements, for example sample configurations requested for pricing purposes.> COMMBUYS Catalog Enablement and Updates <This section addresses additional issues related to catalogs continued from Section 2.6, Providing Draft Catalog Information / Punchout (G2B) Catalog Enablement.> COMMBUYS enables specified Eligible Entities to place orders using online catalogs. Contractors will be required to participate in the creation and maintenance of such catalogs as described below. Throughout the life of the contract, the SSST reserves the right to revise COMMBUYS catalog structure and type in order to optimize ordering by Eligible Entities. <For catalogs created directly from awarded Quotes> The set of Items published as part of the Bid with pricing provided by the Bidder(s) and accepted by the SSST will become basis for the contract catalog. In order to enable more effective ordering of items covered by the contract, throughout the life of the contract, the Contractor may be required to revise, or assist the SSSL in revising, the item descriptions or other information associated with the Items included in this Bid. <For catalogs created by the SSSL> Online catalogs for this contract will be set up by the SSSL based on <edit as appropriate> contract categories, product/service groups submitted by Bidders. In order to enable more effective ordering of items covered by the contract, throughout the life of the contract, the Contractor may be required to assist the SSSL in creating or revising item descriptions or other information associated with the products and/or services included in this Bid. The development of PunchOut catalogs must be approved and performed in consultation with the Operational Services Division.>
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