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70 -- GENERAL-PURPOSE ADP EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE, SUPPLIES, AND SUPPORT SOL M/OP-97-725 DUE 060297 POC Contact Point: Alfreda Thomas, 703-875-1142, Contracting Officer, Thomas Bordone, (703) 875-1150. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) intends to issue a solicitation on or about May 14, 1997 on USAID's internet. USAID's internet address is HTTP://www.info.usaid. All written comments regarding the solicitation shall be due May 27, 1997, 5:00 p.m. local time. Comments after this period shall not be considered. USAID is seeking a contractor to provide Disaster Recovery Services to support critical resources. The contractor shall provide the necessary facilities, hardware, software, telecommunications, management, and associated technical support personnel to ensure the requested Disaster Recovery (Business Recovery) services and functions are accomplished in a cost effective, timely and quality manner. Please direct all inquiries in writing regarding this procurement to the point of contact above. All comments and questions shall be submitted in writing. No phone queries will be accepted. This CBD notice can be viewed and downloaded using the Agency's internet address. The RFP, once issued, can be downloaded from the Agency's homepage. The Agency's address is http://www.info.usaid.gov. Select USAID PROCUREMENT AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES from the menu. From there, choose the heading USAID PROCUREMENTS and then DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE USAID SOLICITATIONS. The RFP can also be downloaded via Anonymous File Transfer Protocol (FTP). The FTP address is FTP.INFO.USAID.Gov. Logon using the user identification of "anonymous" and the password is your e-mail address. Look under the following directory for the RFP:pub/OP/RFP/MOP97725/mop97725.rfp. Receipt of this RFP through internet must be confirmed by written notification to the contact person noted above. It is the responsibility of the recipient of this solicitation document to ensure that it has been received from internet in its entirety and USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. The publication of this notice and/or the issuance of an RFP do not obligate the U.S. Government to award a contract. (0114)

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