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T -- COMPLIMENTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE (IAP) SOL RFQ70074-NS DUE 052097 POC Patricia Haun, Contracting Officer, 301-496-8613 The National Cancer Institute (NCI) intends to issue a sole source solicitation to the Oxford University Press, Journals Dept., Information Associates Program, 2001 Evans Road, Cary, NC 27513, for services to provide physicians and the public with state-of-the-art information on the treatment of particular forms of cancers. The NCI Information Associates Program (IAP) is a for-fee membership program to which provides health professionals with one-step access to NCI's eletronic cancer information products, including the PDQ (NCI's comprehensive cancer database). The IAP has been in existence for three years and currently has over 8,000 members. It recently became part of the Cooperative Research and Development Agreement the NCI has with Oxford University Press to publish the JNCI. The Oxford University Press as publisher of the JNCI and provider of the IAP membership services, is the only source available for access to these services. This is not a solicitation for competiive proposals. Award will be made within 20 days of this notice. See Note 22. (0119)

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