Upgrade to C.Award

The Department of Commerce is approaching the Comprizon.Award (C.Award) acquisition management system implementation (a state-of-the-art enterprise acquisition management system) that increases the timeliness and quality of acquisition processing in the Bureaus.  Initial implementation is targeted for the beginning of FY2012.  To support C.Award implementation, on-site training sessions are being planned and scheduled for NOAA system users in Silver Springs, MD, Norfolk, VA, Kansas City, MO, Boulder, CO and Seattle, WA.  NOAA AGO’s goal is to provide just-in-time training on the C.Award application.

• Request New C.Suite Account
  The C.Suite includes both C.Request and C.Award. Access is dependent on need.
• C.Award Reports
• C.Award Migrations
  • Training Classes and Registrants
• C.Award Emergency Procurement Process
• System for Award Management (SAM)
• Release Notes to Upgrade to C.Suite 8.10 SP2 (3/11/2012)

C.Suite Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) are now available on the web. This listing of Questions & Answers provides information regarding C.Suite in general as well as more specific C.Request and C.Award questions. 

You can find the C.Suite FAQs at http://www.corporateservices.noaa.gov/finance/training_materials.html

Please check back often as we will continue to update this document regularly.

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System Maintenance Dates to follow

**Next General Scheduled Maintenance**
Commerce Business Systems (CBS)
Enterprises Application Systems (EAS)

May

• DOC NOC: Friday, May 11, 2012, 9:00pmET until Sunday, May 13, 2012: HCHB Data Move - Intermittent Network Service Disruption
• DOC NOC: Friday, May 18, 2012, 9:00pmET until Sunday, May 20, 2012: HCHB Data Move - Sysyem Unavailable
• CBS: Friday, May 11, 2012, 8:00pm-12:00am ET: System Maintenance - Commit/Submit will result in awaiting response
• CBS: Friday, May 25, 2012, 8:00pm-12:00am ET: System Maintenance - Commit/Submit will result in awaiting response
• EAS: Sunday, May 27, 2012, 5:00pmET until-10:00pmET: Microsoft Windows Updates - System Unavailable

June

• CBS: Friday, June 08, 2012, 8:00pm-12:00am ET: System Maintenance - Commit/Submit will result in awaiting response
• CBS: Friday, June 22, 2012, 8:00pm-12:00am ET: System Maintenance - Commit/Submit will result in awaiting response
• EAS: Sunday, June 29, 2012, 5:00pmET until-10:00pmET: Apply Oracle Patches - System Unavailable

For C.Award help, contact Client Services:
Phone: 301-444-3400 (Choose Option 1 for password resets or Option 3 for all other CRequest and CBuy issues.)
e-mail: clientservices@noaa.gov
Hours: 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET, Monday - Friday