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D -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LEASING AND MAINTENANCE SOLUTIONS FOR THE MILITARY HEALTH SERVICES SYSTEM DUE 060297 POC Delene Snell, Contract specialist, 703-681-9535, Contracting Officer -- Joyce Ellis 703-681-0340 WEB: Information Technology Leasing and Maintenance Solutions, http://www.ha.osd.mil. The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) (OASD(HA)) intends to pursue Information Technology (IT) Leasing and Maintenance Solutions for the Military Health Services System (MHSS). It is the Government's preference to work with Industry in pursuit of the most advantageous IT solutions to both Government and Industry. OASD(HA) requests the names, addresses, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers of interested parties. Any information provided by interested parties will not be safeguarded as proprietary information by the Government and may be placed on the DoD HA home page located at http://www.ha.osd.mil. OASD (HA) intends to compile a list of all interested parties and provide invitations to an informal discussion between Government and Industry of MHSS leasing and maintenance topics. The DoD point of contact for this effort is Mr. Douglas Peardon, e-mail address: dpeardon@ha.osd.mil. Please provide the requested inforation through the DoD HA home page or e-mail address dpeardon@ha.osd.mil. Additional guidance on this subject will be communicated via the DoD Health Affairs home page. (0132)

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