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D -- TIMESHARING SERVICES SOL SOL 01-97AD73002.000 DUE 041197 POC Patricia E. Wyatt, Contract Specialist, 202/426-0133 or Leonard J. Pastore, Contracting Officer, 202/426-0135. The U.S. Department of Energy intends to award a sole source delivery order to West Services, Inc. against their Library of Congress Master contract for access to Westlaw legal research timesharing services. This is a renewal of these services. This is a notice of intent, and not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties that feel they can supply these capabilities, may respond to the requirement and submit their capabilities in writing. Only proposals received within fifteen (15) days after the date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. See Numbered Note(s): 22. (0083)

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