MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE, PROCUREMENT BRANCH, WASC, PO BOX 25165, MS 2730, DFC, DENVER, CO 80225-0165

99 -- 99-GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL DATA SOL 6-8100-1017 1435-02-96-RP-40285 DUE 090996 POC Contract Specialist, MARY A. HADEN, (303)275-7376 The Minerals Management Service intends to award a contract to Western Atlas International, Inc., P.O. Box 2469, Houston, Texas 77252-2469, utilizing other than full and open competition for the purchase of approximately 121 line miles of final processed proprietary common-in-depth-point permit data. The subject data is within the State of Alaska jurisdiction and adjacent to Federal OCS jurisdiction waters. This data was acquired under and in conjunction with OCS data acquired under OCS Permits 90-05 and 80-01. No solicitation is available for this sole source acquisition. Authority for this non-competitive acquisition is found under 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) and (5).(0205)

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