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NEW TENDERS (36 New)
TELSTRA BUSINESS AWARDS
The Telstra Business Awards program was introduced by Telstra in 1992 to recognise the achievements and enterprising spirit of small businesses across Australia. Formerly known as the Telstra Small Business Awards, the program was developed to help profile Australian businesses.
There are five categories in the 2007 Telstra Business Awards Program. The winner of each category is eligible to be named the State or Territory Telstra Business of the Year (except for the AMP Innovation Award Winners). The Telstra Australian Business of the Year Award will be awarded to one of the eight State or Territory winners. To enter the Awards, the first step is to nominate your business or nominate another business.
POLICY AND ASSOCIATION NEWS
COONAN - ABS SURVEY SHOWS AUSTRALIAN APPETITE FOR BROADBAND
The Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Helen Coonan, today welcomed the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Internet Activity Survey report showing broadband Internet use is booming in households and businesses across Australia. The report shows far more Australians are subscribing to broadband (3.91 million) as opposed to dial-up (2.75 million). This represents an increase of 1.8 million broadband subscribers from March 2005 to September 2006.
MACFARLANE - AUSTRALIAN EXPERTISE SHOWCASED AT NANOTECH JAPAN
The capabilities of Australia's nanotechnology companies will be on display over the next few days at Nanotech Japan, the largest Nanotechnology Trade Show in the Asia Pacific. Australian Industry, Tourism and Resources Minister Ian Macfarlane said the involvement of companies such as Ansell, Cochlear, Merit Merrell Technology and Orica, shows the vibrancy and capability of Australia's nanotechnology sector.
IIA - AGM DELIVERS POWERHOUSE BOARD FOR ELECTION YEAR
The Internet Industry Association's AGM on February 15 has delivered the association a powerful and experienced Board for 2007. IIA chief executive, Peter Coroneos, said the range and quality of the candidates elected will enable the IIA to build on its strong record of policy achievements and provide the industry with purpose and direction in an important year.
ATS - 3 QLD ATS MEMBERS FEATURED
The Queensland Secretariat is pleased to announce its participation in an upcoming episode of the long running Channel Nine program Your Business Success (Sundays, 8.30am ), which has a national viewership of over 350,000.
FULL TENDER INFORMATION
Tender 01 | |
| Description: | ITSA is the government agency responsible for the administration and regulation of the personal insolvency system in Australia. It operates the bankruptcy registry, where debtors petitions are lodged, debt agreement proposals are processed and public records on insolvency are maintained, and acts as a trustee in bankruptcy. ITSA is committed to become a totally client driven organisation. It is using electronic delivery of services to assist this commitment. A key aspect of ITSA's electronic service delivery is having appropriate electronic document management practices and systems. A range of methods are in place from hard copy document receipt and storage through to the use of electronic transactions. ITSA is currently using, for its core services, a case management system which provides adequate electronic records management. |
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| Special Notes: | |
| Due Date: | 16 March 2007, 5:30:00 PM EST |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | Graeme Webster (02) 6270 3406 graeme.webster@itsa.gov.au |
Tender 02 | |
| Description: | You are invited to submit resumes for suitably qualified personnel to be located within the Client Account Services Business Line of the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). We are seeking to engage 2 experienced Business Analysts. |
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| Special Notes: | |
| Due Date: | 26 February 2007, 2:00:00 PM EST |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | Anthony Marchese (02) 6216 4351 Anthony.Marchese@ato.gov.au |
Tender 03 | |
| Description: | You are invited to submit resumes for suitably qualified personnel to be located within the Client Account Services Business Line of the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager. |
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| Special Notes: | |
| Due Date: | 26 February 2007, 2:00:00 PM EST |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | Anthony Marchese (02) 6216 4351 Anthony.Marchese@ato.gov.au |
Tender 04 | |
| Description: | You are invited to submit resumes for suitably qualified personnel to be located within the Business Solutions Business Line of the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). We are seeking a Senior Solutions Designer/Enterprise Business Architect to work as part of, or lead a project team to articulate technological design solutions that are practical, sensible and aligned with the project intent. |
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| Special Notes: | |
| Due Date: | 01 March 2007, 10:00:00 AM EST |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | Anthony Marchese (02) 6216 4351 Anthony.Marchese@ato.gov.au |
Tender 05 | |
| Description: | Information System Division (ISD), Common Services Identity Management and Messaging (CS-IMM) Program is seeking the services of a Business Process Analyst to review, analyse and create detailed documentation of business systems and processes, user needs, including workflow, program functions, and steps required to develop or modify directory environments. |
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| Special Notes: | Documents available from Program Support, on (02) 6266 4916. |
| Due Date: | 13 March 2007, 12:00:00 PM EST |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | Project Support - CSIMM (02) 6266 3378 |
Tender 06 | |
| Description: | IP Australia is seeking the Supply, Installation and Maintenance of WAN Services and Associated Equipment for its data network between the Central Office in Canberra and State Offices, and between the Central Office and Remote Based Workers (RBWs) in diverse locations around Australia. |
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| Special Notes: | |
| Due Date: | 20 March 2007, 1:00:00 PM EST |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | Michael Sherwood (02) 6283 2517 michael.sherwood@ipaustralia.gov.au |
Tender 07 | |
| Description: | The Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (the Department) invites suitably qualified organisations/Service Providers to submit a proposal for designing and delivering a Telework Awareness Initiative (the initiative) in the Australian business and working environment |
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| Special Notes: | |
| Due Date: | 23 March 2007, 10:00:00 AM EST |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | Edwina Barton edwina.barton@dcita.gov.au |
Tender 08 | |
| Description: | The National Archives of Australia is seeking a single service provider to coordinate, manage and deliver maintenance services, repairs and alterations/modifications to the electrical, data and telecommunications systems and the electro-pneumatic Shelving components at its Chester Hill office, as outlined in Schedule 2, involving the equipment identified in Schedule 3. |
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| Special Notes: | |
| Due Date: | 27 March 2007, 2:00:00 PM EST |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | Cindy Dennis (02) 9645 0103 cindy.dennis@naa.gov.au |
Tender 09 | |
| Description: | Proposals are invited from suitably experienced and qualified companies wishing to provide: - Module I: Internet Services, Fixed Voice Carriage, Mobile Voice and Data Services, Mobile Device Procurement; and/or - Module II: Voice Switching Systems, CPE and Support |
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| Special Notes: | |
| Due Date: | 03 April 2007, 10:00:00 AM EST |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | Michael MacLean (02) 9806 5315 mmaclean@parracity.nsw.gov.au |
Tender 10 | |
| Description: | Tenders are invited for IT suppliers to partner with Sydney Water to provide document management delivery and support services on the IBM DB2 CM/DM platform. |
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| Special Notes: | |
| Due Date: | 08 March 2007, 9:30:00 AM EST |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | David Jones (02) 9350 6128 david.jones@sydneywater.com.au |
Tender 11 | |
| Description: | Provision of Design, supply, installation and commissioning of incident management systems and fibre optic at Windsor Flood Evacuation Route - Windsor Rd to Rouse Hill. Tenders are called from experienced contractors to undertake the design, supply, installation and commissioning of Incident Management Systems to monitor traffic flows during flood and normal conditions on the newly constructed Windsor Flood Evacuation Route. |
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| Special Notes: | |
| Due Date: | 12 March 2007, 2:30:00 PM EST |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | Gemma Herrera (02) 8814 2474 gemma_herrera@rta.nsw.gov.au |
Tender 12 | |
| Description: | This Request For Tender (RFT) covers requirement to design, install and integrate, test and commission as well as provide 24x7x365 support and maintenance for a speech recognition IVR system for the DoCS HelpLine. The Contractor will provide a service for the whole of the State. |
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| Special Notes: | |
| Due Date: | 14 March 2007, 9:30:00 AM EST |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | Phil McConachie (02) 9372 7591 Philip.McConachie@commerce.nsw.gov.au |
Tender 13 | |
| Description: | The requirement is to design, install and integrate, test and commission - as well as provide 24x7x365 support and maintenance for - a speech recognition IVR system for the DoCS HelpLine. The Contractor will provide a service for the whole of the State. |
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| Special Notes: | |
| Due Date: | 15 March 2007, 9:30:00 AM EST |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | Andy Andriejunas (02) 9372 8964 Andy.andriejunas@commerce.nsw.gov.au |
Tender 14 | |
| Description: | This Request for Tender (“RFT”) is for the development, integration and deployment of a Notifiable Conditions Information Management System to support the management of communicable disease outbreaks and routine surveillance of notifiable conditions. The NSW Department of Health requires a web based solution that will reside in the NSW Health Data Centre. |
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| Special Notes: | A briefing session for all prospective Tenderers will be held to enable clarification or amplification of the NSW Department of Health requirements. Details of the briefing session are as follows: Place: Mary MacKillop Place Conference Centre Auditorium 9 Mount Street North Sydney NSW 2060 Date: Tuesday 27th February 2007; Time: 10:00 am to midday |
| Due Date: | 04 April 2007, 9:30:00 AM EST |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | Deanne Allan (02) 9372 7566 Deanne.Allan@commerce.nsw.gov.au |
Tender 15 | |
| Description: | Darwin - Provision of Application Development and Maintenance, Technical Infrastructure Support, Project Management, Business Analysis and Other Related Services for a Period of 24 Months. |
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| Special Notes: | |
| Due Date: | 07 March 2007, 2:00:00 PM CST |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | Contact Officer (08) 8999 1922 |
Tender 16 | |
| Description: | Alice Springs, Darwin - Royal Darwin Hospital, Building 6, Server Room - Supply of Switch upgrade to existing HP EVA4000 Storage Area Network. |
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| Special Notes: | |
| Due Date: | 14 March 2007, 2:00:00 PM CST |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | Contact Officer (08) 8999 1947 |
Tender 17 | |
| Description: | Tender: I70101-06/07 – Internet Services are a core business requirement as it underpins many of the services provided by Council to its customers, e.g. Library Internet access, OurBrisbane.com and support staff in the performance of their daily duties. |
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| Special Notes: | |
| Due Date: | 02 March 2007, 12:00:00 PM EST |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | Pamela Biggs-Chapman (07) 3403 4214 pamela.biggs-chapman@brisbane.qld.gov.au |
Tender 18 | |
| Description: | Supply, Delivery and Commissioning of a Digital Echocardiographic System on account of Princess Alexandra Hospital Health Service District. |
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| Special Notes: | |
| Due Date: | 07 March 2007, 2:00:00 PM EST |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | Peter Kellermeyer (07) 3240 7789 peter_kellermeyer@health.qld.gov.au |
Tender 19 | |
| Description: | Disability Services Queensland is seeking offers from suitably qualified Contractors for the development of a Critical Incident Recording, Management and Reporting System (an external-facing web-based system). |
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| Special Notes: | |
| Due Date: | 26 March 2007, 2:00:00 PM EST |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | Disability Services Queensland (07) 3239 0052 Procurement@corporateLink.qld.gov.au |
Tender 20 | |
| Description: | Gippsland ports would like to invite tenders for the Specification for Design, Supply and Installation of Offshore Buoy Monitoring System for Port of Corner Inlet and Port Albert. |
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| Special Notes: | |
| Due Date: | 12 March 2007, 4:00:00 PM EST |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | Alan Smith (03) 5688 1303 alans@gippslandports.vic.gov.au |
Tender 21 | |
| Description: | Tenders are invited for the supply of specialist software that provides an integrated performance monitoring and reporting system as part of the Corporate Planning System. The software must link strategies and actions to enable reporting by Council Plan, strategy, service unit and responsible officer. Tenderers must be able to demonstrate successful application of their product in a local government environment. The successful product will be used by both City Of Greater Bendigo and Mount Alexander Shire Council. |
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| Special Notes: | Direct mail to Karen Crook, Organisation Development Officer, at City of Greater Bendigo, 195 Lyttleton Terrace, (PO Box 733) Bendigo, 3552. |
| Due Date: | 05 March 2007, 4:00:00 PM EST |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | Karen Cook |
Tender 22 | |
| Description: | The Australian Bureau of Meteorology seeks to build on and enhance the capabilities of its recently implemented SAP 4.7 Human Resource Management System (HRMS) through the implementation of: - Basic Employee Self Service (ESS) functionality such as access to personal details, payslips, and entitlements (leave and salary); - Customised services providing secure online leave and Temporary Assignment Duty (TAD) (including Higher Duties Assignment (HDA)) processing (including submission and approval workflows); and - A range of core HR system enhancements that will further automate payroll processing tasks. |
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| Special Notes: | |
| Due Date: | 20 March 2007, 3:00:00 PM EST |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | Mr Eduardo Cablao (03) 9669 4456 contracts@bom.gov.au |
Tender 23 | |
| Description: | Original proposals are required for the supply, installation, and maintenance of a Large Scale Data Storage System (LSDSS) for the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. The purpose of the LSDSS project is to acquire an integrated and highly automated data storage and data management system that will enable migration of the facility from traditional machine-specific storage architecture to data-centric storage architecture, and provide for increasing storage capacity requirements through September 2012. The LSDSS will be an integrated system including hardware, fabric and networks, software, virtualisation capabilities, licenses, professional services including training for Bureau staff, and system support and maintenance services. |
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| Special Notes: | A Vendor Briefing Conference will be conducted at the Bureau of Meteorology, 700 Collins Street, Docklands, Victoria on Friday 2 March 2007 from 09:00 to 13:00 (AEDT) |
| Due Date: | 15 May 2007, 4:00:00 PM EST |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | Shane Russell (03) 9669 4438 s.russell@bom.gov.au |
Tender 24 | |
| Description: | The City of Geraldton (COG) and the Shire of Greenough (SOG) will amalgamate on July 1st 2007, to form the City of Geraldton Greenough (CGG). We are seeking expressions of interest (EOI) from companies with relevant experience to recommend the technology path we should follow and the outline of what a solution might be for all or part of our communications needs. Companies may register an EOI for the supply of one or both of the following · Telephony system · Enhanced Network |
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| Special Notes: | |
| Due Date: | 06 March 2007, 9:00:00 AM WST |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | Paul Sheriff 0417 096 411 eoi@cgg.wa.gov.au |
Tender 25 | |
| Description: | Lotterywest requires the provision of and installation of new inverter, monitoring, switching, and communications equipment to support an upgrade to the Lotterywest computer data centre. |
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| Special Notes: | |
| Due Date: | 08 March 2007, 2:30:00 PM WST |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | David Fudge (08) 9340 5139 fudge_d@lotterywest.wa.gov.au |
Tender 26 | |
| Description: | The WA Department of Industry and Resources would like invited tenders for JAVA/J2EE Application Development and Design Services. |
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| Special Notes: | Invited tender only. No contact details available. |
| Due Date: | 27 February 2007, 2:30:00 PM WST |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | No contact name provided |
Tender 27 | |
| Description: | The WA Department of Treasury and Finance would like invited tenders for the maintenance of Sun Servers and Related Equipment under the SPIRIT Framework. |
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| Special Notes: | Invited tender only. No contact details available. |
| Due Date: | 01 March 2007, 11:00:00 AM WST |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | No contact name provided |
Tender 28 | |
| Description: | The Department of Education and Training would like invited tenders for Two Analyst Programmer Services. |
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| Special Notes: | Invited tender only. No contact details available. |
| Due Date: | 06 March 2007, 11:00:00 AM WST |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | No contact name provided |
Tender 29 | |
| Description: | Fire and Emergency Services Authority of WA would to invite tenders for the supply of Cisco Telephones VolP for Belmont Regional Office. |
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| Special Notes: | |
| Due Date: | 07 March 2007, 2:30:00 PM WST |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | Lou Bonomi (08) 9323 9484 lou.bonomi@fesa.wa.gov.au |
Tender 30 | |
| Description: | Tenders are invited from competent Respondents to expand the functionality of the City of Joondalup's Geographic Information System (GIS) by providing a web-based technology solution incorporating basic GIS capabilities for all staff, and an Internet mapping solution for public access to spatial and related information. |
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| Special Notes: | |
| Due Date: | 13 March 2007, 10:00:00 AM WST |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | David Murnain (08) 9400 4364 |
Tender 31 | |
| Description: | Meridian’s current fleet of leased PCs and laptops (together referred to as “desktop computers”) has reached the end of its useful life and is due for replacement. |
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| Special Notes: | |
| Due Date: | 28 February 2007, 5:00:00 PM NZT |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | Bill Viggers bill.viggers@meridianenergy.co.nz |
Tender 32 | |
| Description: | Hastings District Council is seeking proposals for the provision of telecommunications services and infrastructure. Outlined in the attached specifications is the information of the proposals required. Proponents will be expected to show: • The appropriateness of solution(s) to Hastings District Council encompassing: - Three broad service areas Voice, Data and Internet, both fixed and mobile - LAN switching equipment to support voice, PABX equipment and a videoconference system • The supply, installation and integration services to ensure all supplied service and equipment is operating satisfactory; • Flexibility of any solution to be updated/re-configured to meet changing requirements; • Proponent’s ability to provide solutions to meet Hastings District Council’s future business requirements; • Proponent’s reputation in the market. |
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| Special Notes: | Briefing Session details: Tuesday 27 February 2007 commencing at 10.30am to 12.00pm and in the afternoon from 1.00pm there will be 30 minutes private session slots. Venue: The Council chamber, which is situated in the Civic Administration Building, Lyndon Road East, Hastings. |
| Due Date: | 21 March 2007, 4:00:00 PM NZT |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | Jan Rosen jan.rosen@consultel.co.nz |
Tender 33 | |
| Description: | New Zealand Police are seeking Requests for Proposals (RFP) for: - TN/07/17 – Resource Management Act 1991 - Consultancy Services from suitably experienced and resourced companies to provide assistance to New Zealand Police ICT Radio Property Management to prepare applications under the Resource Management Act (RMA) to territorial authorities nationwide. Syndicated Procurement applies: At any stage during the life of this contact, with the consent of the Prime Vendor, any Government Agency may utilise the provisions of the contract for the balance of the term. |
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| Special Notes: | |
| Due Date: | 09 March 2007, 12:00:00 PM NZT |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | Contact Officer tenders.national@police.govt.nz |
Tender 34 | |
| Description: | DOC currently has approximately 40,000 digital images in a central store plus several hundred thousand images in other databases and many thousand more scattered across servers and PCs around the country. We are looking to purchase a proven software package to help centralise and manage these images. DOC is making this request for information (“RFI”) to find out: • What systems are available to more efficiently manage our digital images; • Indicative price of those systems. Responses to this RFI will be treated as a Registration of Interest for involvement in subsequent Request for Proposal (RFP) processes. |
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| Special Notes: | |
| Due Date: | 16 March 2007, 5:00:00 PM NZT |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | Elizabeth Griffiths egriffiths@doc.govt.nz |
Tender 35 | |
| Description: | The Department of Building and Housing is seeking proposals for the supply of a Storage Area Network (SAN) or Network Attached Storage (NAS) Solution. |
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| Special Notes: | |
| Due Date: | 19 March 2007, 5:00:00 PM NZT |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | Contact Officer rft@dbh.govt.nz |
Tender 36 | |
| Description: | The Department of Building and Housing is seeking proposals for the supply of 18 Laptop and 60 Desktop Computers. |
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| Special Notes: | |
| Due Date: | 19 March 2007, 5:00:00 PM NZT |
| Documents Online: | Web Link |
| Contact Details: | Contact Officer computers.rft@dbh.govt.nz |