USDA,ARS,PPD, Procurement and Property Branch 6303 Ivy Lane, Room 715-A, Greenbelt, MD 20770-1433

R -- OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION SERVICES POC Contact, Douglas J. Joyner, Contract Officer on (301) 344- 2850 The USDA,ARS, intends to negotiate with only one source, Conversion Plus, under the authority of FAR 6.302-1,to process Research Resumes,Financial Reports, Progress and Publications Data. Approximately 8,500 documents will be read utilizing the Palantir Optical Character Recognition Reader System. Interested parties should submit requests in writing. Verbal requests will be not be accepted. Award is anticipated by August 17, 1996. (0199)

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