Notice to DoC Contractors of Transition to IPP

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Summary from the notice

Dear DoC Contractors, The Department of Commerce (DoC) is implementing a financial systems modernization project that will result in use of the Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) for the submittal and payment of invoices.* Please note that, beginning October 2026 the bureaus and offices** listed below will transition to use of IPP: Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) International Trade Administration (ITA) Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) National Technical Information Service (NTIS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Office of the Secretary (OS) IPP is a secure, Web-based electronic invoicing system provided to federal agencies and their vendors at no charge, by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service. By using IPP, vendors can receive electronic Purchase Orders (POs) and send electronic invoices, either through file exchange or by pulling data for invoices directly from POs. IPP also provides online access to invoice status and payment information, including offsets. Prior to transition to use of IPP the clause entitled Invoice Processing Platform-Alternate I (Dec 2022) shall apply to all existing contract actions for these bureaus/offices. After transition to IPP the clause entitled Invoice Processing Platform (Dec 2022) shall apply to all contract actions for these bureaus/offices. The full text of these clauses is attached here for reference. In anticipation of these bure…