Products

LAMLINKS Bid Matching Service

LAMLINKS Bid Matching Services search and identify all federal solicitations that match a customer's sales capabilities. They use a variety of search techniques to ensure that no match to a customer’s profile is overlooked and that every item from a customer's award history is identified.  The search results are available daily or twice a week and can be obtained either from our website or received via email. Customers use the LAMLINKS software to incorporate the data into their computer, sort the solicitation information in various ways, identify "hard hits" and print all items of interest.  In addition to information on new solicitations, theLAMLINKS Bid Matching Services provide award history, part number cross-reference information, and any available technical specifications at no extra cost. When connected to the Internet, theLAMLINKS Bid Matching software can link directly to the appropriate host site so that customers can easily quote or download an available drawing. Lamlinks searches ALL public EDI solicitations, ALL solicitations from the Defense Logistics Agency and the FedBizOps site. Search results are presented the same way, regardless of the source, so that the customer has one, easy- to-use interface to identify all relevant government sales opportunities- a true single face to industry. There are twoLAMLINKS Bid Matching options to chose from LAMLINKS 3 or LamlinksPro :

LAMLINKS 3 –cost-effective and user friendly, LAMLINKS 3 is our basic bid matching service that includes all of the features listed above.  There is no set-up fee, hidden cost or long-term contract required for LAMLINKS 3. Satisfaction is guaranteed.   Service is priced on a monthly basis at $125/month or $1,375/year.  We offer a free trial of this service

LamlinksPro Front End - more than just a bid matching service and bundled software program LamlinksPro is a cost-effective, state-of-the-art total office solution.  Offering the latest features in bid matching technology LamlinksPro was designed to integrate the different aspects of your business into one software program and provide clients with a high level of office automation.  After receiving a custom tailored setup specifically for your business the software program will act like a new employee.  On a daily basis LamlinksPro will download new, open, available solicitations as well as any drawings (TDPs) associated with the items from the DoD.  LamlinksPro will sort the solicitations into custom designed color coded categories allowing you a simple, visible way to divide up your duties.  LamlinksPro will fax and/or email RFQs for new parts being solicited including the items’ drawings to predetermined, specifically chosen suppliers.  For easy record keeping LamlinksPro will create and maintain all of this information within an SQL database as well as back it up for you on a daily basis.  And LamlinksPro will do these things automatically.  Additionally, LamlinksPro gives you visibility into your business’ work cycle allowing you to track all of you RFQs, enter supplier quotes and quote items to the government.  Because this is a sophisticated product there is an initial one-time, non-refundable fee of $1500 that includes three months of bid matching service, custom setup, configuration, training, and technical support. Thereafter, the fee is only $250/ month or $2750/ year. Sorry, there is no free trial available. Call 323-469-4560 for more information.

LamlinksPro Contracts Module   Demo

After automatically importing your government awards into a database the LamlinksPro Contracts module extracts all available data.  This means that minimal to no data entry is required to print MSLs (with or without RFID tags), container and item labels as well as packing slips and the ability to upload to WAWF (810s and 856s).  The Contracts module contains the only commercially available automated interface to DPMS on the market, allowing you to send and receive data without re-entry!  Whether you do your own shipping or use an outside representative this module will save you time.  The monthly fee is $125 .  For new LamlinksPro customers there is a $750 one-time setup fee that includes the first three months of service, training and tech support.

LamlinksPro Purchasing Module

LamlinksPro purchasing may be used in conjunction with contracts to provide an integrated material requirements and supply system. Or it may function independantly to perform any necessary purchasing. In either case the Purchase Order database provides the control point for printing POs, receiving material, controlling inventory and paying suppliers. The monthly fee is $125.  For new LamlinksPro customers there is a $750 one-time setup fee that includes the first three months of service, training and tech support.

LAMLINKS Quotation Service (Defense Logistics Agency and Navy)

For Bid Matching customers only, this popular add-on service is a hassle free way of maximizing productivity. The   LAMLINKS software constructs Quotation files from the information contained within the bid matching notices. After entering default demographic information one time, a quote can be generated by entering only the unit price and delivery period. The extension price is even automatically calculated! Quotation files can contain virtually any number of quotes and when complete can either be exported and emailed to Lamlinks Servers or sent via FTP for upload. With this service, the repetitious input of data is eliminated, the possibility of clerical error reduced, and there is no time spent batching, sorting, and uploading quotes by Agency.  Upon receipt of a quotation file, Lamlinks Servers sort the contents, uploads the quotes to the correct agency and returns an acknowledgment to the customer. The LAMLINKS software automatically keeps a detailed history of all quotation files so that customers can closely monitor their business. All Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) quotes, except "R" proposals, as well as Navy EDI solicitations are accepted.  Prices start at $75/month.

EDI Services

Basic EDI includes EDI transactions flowing only in one direction - from the government to the vendor - and therefore requires no software installation. All transactions are translated into text and are sent to customers via email. Basic EDI service includes transaction sets: 820(Remittance Advice), 836 (Notice of Contract Award), 840 (Request for Quotation), 850 (Purchase Order), and 997 (Acknowledgement). This service is all that is needed for POPS contracts that don't require electronic invoicing or notice of shipment. It is also the ideal way to get the earliest possible notification of a purchase order or to keep track of who got the award on DLA solicitations that you have quoted. Basic EDI is attractively priced at either $25 or $50 per month, depending on whether or not you are also a Bid Matching customer.

 EDI Quoting allows the vendor to quote back to the government. It utilizes the LAMLINKS software for complete mapping and translation services so that no other software or product is required. This service includes all the transaction sets in the Basic EDI service as well as the transaction 843 (Quotation). The service is priced at $50 per month.

Contract Support EDI supports all DLA contract transaction sets. This service includes all the transaction sets in the Basic EDI service as well as transactions 856 (Shipment Notice) and 810 (Invoice). Contract Support EDI is priced at $75 a month.

With all  levels of service there are no set up fees, registration fees or hidden costs of any kind. Get a month free if you subscribe to a one year term contract.

On-Line Library

On-Line Library with TDP Access

This product allows subscribers to the On-Line Library to download unrestricted data packages at any time. It is priced on a monthly basis and is based upon the number of “clicks” used to download, not on the number of drawings within a data package. The monthly fee is additional to that of the On-Line Library and is priced at $5.00 for 10 clicks; $25 for 100 clicks; and $50 for 250 clicks.

Awards Notice

Once a week, Lamlinks Servers send out an email notification of newly issued awards that match the items found in your previous LAMLINKS notices.  Sent as an Excel spreadsheet, this an easy way to keep current on award prices for items of interest to you. This service is priced at $25 per month and requires that you be a Bid Matching customer.

Custom Data Reports

Lamlinks Corp can build reports that are tailored to the customer's specifications from available government data files. Examples include analysis of procurement for a particular stock class or individual item by year, a summation of the amount of money spent for an item or class of items, and research relative to a manufacturer's sales.