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R -- ELECTRONIC INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SERVICES DUE 101696 POC Robyn D. Ball, Contracting Officer, (202) 208-6722. The U.S. Department of the Interior intends to issue a delivery order against an existing Basic Ordering Agreement to renew a subscription with Mead Data Central for continued use and access of their database by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC. This subscription is for online access to LEXIS/NEXIS and related services which contain an extensive array of database with nearly 60 million documents and offer a full range of legal, legislative, regulatory, company and financial, medical, news and current affairs information. The LEXIS service includes access to case laws, administrative decisions, statutes, regulations, law review, speciality publications and more. A comprehensive set of specialized libraries cover more than 30 areas of federal and state practice. In addition, the service houses international law libraries for the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth and France. Libraries and publications in NEXIS service are global in scope and cover a variety of topics including business, government, finance, politics, technology, and general news. Three new libraries are dedicated to federal and state legislation, and to federal executive and campaign materials. Full-text and abstracted medical information are housed in MEDIS. The Financial Information services include company and financial information on public and private corporations throughout the world. Services will be continued through September 30, 1997. All responsible sources may respond. Written responses should include prices and technical data sufficient to determine capability. No telephone calls will be accepted. No award will be made on the basis of any responses to this notice. No solicitation document exists. (See Numbered Note 22). (0338)

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