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58 -- TRUNKED LAND MOBILE RADIO SYSTEMS SOL 52SBNB6C9058 DUE 082696 POC Debra A. Hoffman (301) 975-4648/Pauline E. Mallgrave, Contracting Officer (301) 975-6330 THIS ANNOUNCEMENT INITIALLY APPEARED IN THE 25 AUGUST 1995 COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY (CBD) AND THEN WAS SUBSEQUENTLY MODIFIED IN THE 25 JANUARY 1996 AND 18 JUNE 1996 CBDs. This amendment is to give potential sources the ability to submit a capability statement to be received within forty-five (45) days after the date of publication of this synopsis. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to enter into a Sole-Source contract with Pegasus for the operation and maintenance of a Trunked Land Mobile Radio System at NO COST to the Government. The authority of this sole-source action is 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1)--Only One Responsible Source. Pegasus is the only responsible source capable of meeting the agency's requirements since they are purchasing the system from its current owner, Motorola. See Numbered Notes 22 and 26. (0194)

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