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R -- NIDCD INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE POC John P. DeCenzo, Contracting Officer; Telephone: 301/496-4487; Fax: 301/402-0178 The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, intends to negotiate with Eagle Design & Management, Inc., for a 6 1/2-month continuation of Contract No. N01-DC-4-2101 to maintain the NIDCD Information Clearinghouse to ensure continuity of services pending award of the follow-on contract (RFP No. NIH-DC-96-07). Authority: 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), as set forth in FAR 6.302-1. Inherent duplication of cost to the Government and unacceptable delays in ser vice make competition unfeasible for the extension period. See Numbered Note 22.(0318)

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