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70 -- ELECTRONIC DISSEMINATION OF PATENT AND TRADEMARK INFORMATION SOL 50-PAPT-4-00027 POC Thomas A. Sowa, Contracting Officer, 703-305-8441 The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Dataware Technologies, Inc. (Dataware) to add two (2) additional option periods to Contract 50-PAPT-4-00027. This contract is for maintenance services for proprietary CD-ROM indexing software (CD-AUTHOR, CD-PREPARE, and CD-ANSWER) and for securing multiple run-time licenses as needed for the Cassis series of CD-ROM products made with Dataware software. This contract was conducted under the authority of 41 USC 253 (c) (1). See Note 22. (0085)

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