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S -- OVERSEAS LOCAL GUARD SERVICE - INFORMATION NOTICE POC stuart.toleman@dos.us-state.gov or robert.lloyd@dos.us-state.gov. The Department of State is initiating an automation project to streamline the solicitation process for overseas local guard contracts for American Embassies and Consulates worldwide. The Department plans to post overseas local guard solicitations on the A/SDBU Bulletin Board System (BBS), which may be dialed up via modem at 703-875-4945. Instructions for downloading RFPs will be made available upon request by emailing or faxing the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (email anthony.jones@dos.us-state.gov or fax 703-875-6825). In addition, overseas local guard solicitations may appear on the Department's acquisition home page (at the following URL: http://www.statebuy.Inter.net/home.htm). (Note that all letters are lower case except the ''I'' in ''Inter''.) Hard copies may not be issued; however, firms that are unable to use the BBS or Internet will be sent a diskette by the Embassy or Consulate, which will generally be the RFP files prepared in Word for Windows (2.0 or 6.0), although other formats may be available. The Department expects this process to be advantageous to both the Government and industry. Interested firms are strongly encouraged to use the BBS and Internet to avoid the delays involved in receiving solicitations by mail. Comments or questions about the Internet home page may be sent by email to stuart.toleman@dos.us-state.gov or robert.lloyd@dos.us-state.gov via Internet email. (0155)

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