Abstract: Systems and methods to pay a vendor for items shipped to a customer by receiving an order from the customer for items supplied by the vendor; placing the order with the vendor; receiving an acceptance from the vendor; accessing data from a Central Contract Registry (CCR) Database to retrieve vendor payment data; and paying the vendor using the CCR database.

Abstract: Systems and methods to support an electronic market place include a communication network to communicate purchase requests; one or more buyers coupled to the network to issue a purchase order specifying items from two or more suppliers; and a server coupled to the network to receive the purchase order, the server generating sub-orders from the purchase order and sending the sub-orders to the two or more suppliers for fulfillment.