Abstract: An electronic procurement session is conducted between a host and a user needing to procure products or services on behalf of an organization. An established contract for the purchase and sales of products/services between a supplier and the organization is the basis for constructing a set of pre-priced items that may be supplied to the organization. A bi-directional electronic communication interface using protocols of the World Wide Web is established between the host and the user and provides the user with access to web-pages which are displayed on the user's computer using a standard Web browser. In response to user information, a subset of the set of pre-priced items is displayed on web-pages and served by the host to the user. Orders for user-selected items from the displayed web-pages are forwarded to a vendor for order fulfillment.

Abstract: An electronic procurement session is conducted between a host and a user needing to procure products or services on behalf of an organization. An established contract for the purchase and sales of products/services between a supplier and the organization is the basis for constructing a set of pre-priced items that may be supplied to the organization. A bi-directional electronic communication interface using protocols of the World Wide Web is established between the host and the user and provides the user with access to web-pages which are displayed on the user's computer using a standard Web browser. In response to user information, a subset of the set of pre-priced items is displayed on web-pages and served by the host to the user. Orders for user-selected items from the displayed web-pages are forwarded to a vendor for order fulfillment.