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59 -- ROUTERS AND SWITCHES Contact Point, David Wm. Loines, Procurement Analyst, (202) 205-6475 or FAX (202) 205-7324. The Small Business Administration (SBA) seeks small business manufacturers of Routers and Switches (SIC 3661, PSC 5805). The SBA may grant a waiver of the Non manufacturer Rule for Routers and Switches if no small business manufacturers are available to supply this class of products to the Federal Government. A waiver would allow otherwise qualified regular dealers to supply other than the product of a domestic small business manufacturer on a Federal contract set-aside for small businesses or awarded through the SBA 8(a) Program. ``Classes of products'' is a Product and Service Code (PSC) established for use by the Federal Procurement Data Center or the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code established by the Office of Management and Budget. Comments and/or information on possible small business sources must be submitted on or before 15 days after date of publication in the Commerce Business Daily. (326)

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