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76 -- AMERICAN METEOROLOGY SOCIETY JOURNALS SOL 52-DGNW-6-00050 DUE 122995 POC Eleanor E. Kaul, Contract Specialist or Gregory N. Smith, Contracting Officer, 301/713-0823 NOAA intends to award a contract on a sole source basis to the American Meteorological Society, 45 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108-3696 for 1996 yearly subscription on 172 copies each of ''Weather Forecasting'' and ''Monthly Weather Review''. These journals provide the latest, published state-of-the-art results of research and development in the field of meteorology especially addressing original research and survey papers concerning the following issues; (1) weather analysis and non-operating forecasting, (2) observed and modeled circulations including techniques development and verification studies plus seasoned-annual weather summaries, and (3) operational forecasting or weather events significant to operational forecasting problems such as operational-verification techniques, applications of new analysis methods, forecasting-verification studies, and case studies with direct application to forecasting, Vendors who believe that they can offer journals meeting these issues are invited to submit information addressing these specific issues. See Note 22. (0324)

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