Buy American Invoice Tracking

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Education, Bureau of Food and Nutrition (BFN), issues this Request for Information (RFI) to gather information on software solutions available at the SFA level that will assist SFAs with capturing data from invoices for purposes of populating USDA’s Buy American Exceptions Tracking Standard Form Template or similar and performing extended calculations to assess for USDA Buy American compliance. BFN is seeking information on available software solutions designed to automate the capture of data that is available on food purchase invoices. The primary goal of this initiative is to provide SFAs with suggested solutions that will allow them to efficiently capture data from food invoices and populate it to USDA’s Buy American Exceptions Tracking Standard Form Template or similar while minimizing manual data entry to only data that is not captured on food invoices. This RFI is issued to understand the landscape of available technologies available to SFAs, potential costs, and implementation approaches for local non-enterprise licenses. Responses will be used for informational and planning purposes and do not constitute a commitment to procure any products or services. The purpose of this RFI is to:
•Assess the current market of available software tools and vendors.
•Compile a resource list of solutions that can be provided to SFAs for their consideration thatmay aid in their documentation efforts.