Specifications include, but are not limited to: 2. Reliability of Service Bidder must have a history of supplying reliable service through the internet with very minimal periods of unavailability or slowness of the service. 3. Search Capabilities Bidder’s service must allow users flexibility in searching for documents and the ability to be either specific or general in specifying search criteria, depending on the needs of the user. The service should give users the ability to (in approximate order of importance) • Search by word or phrase; • Search using common or natural language; • Search synonyms and alternative spellings to the search terms entered by the user; • Use root expanders and universal characters; • Search using Boolean connectors (and, or, and preferably but not); • Specify proximity between search terms; • Search by field or document segment;
