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J -- MAINTENANCE OF COMPUTER SOL N00173-96-Q-0001 DUE 102395 POC Teri Thomas, Purchasing Agent, (202) 767-2303, Fax (202) 404-8158. Naval Research Laboratory intends to award sole source to Intel Corp. for maintenance on the following: Model 32 supercomputer system part #IPSC850 Qty. 12 months, ethernet interface part #PSCENET Qty. 12 months and system resource manager part# PSCSRM Qty. 12 months. Award will be made on the sole source basis because the system is a prototype manufactured by the Intel Corporation and is not commercially available See Numbered Note(s): 22. (0269)

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