Autonomous Procurement System (APS): Pro Forma Development

The paper discloses a pending patent that was filed to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in March 2020. The proposed patent provides an autonomous solution for conducting the procurement process for services as well as materials. This paper focuses only on one activity of the autonomous procurement system (APS), namely, pro forma development. The paper also provides a brief description of a typical procurement process for services as an introduction.