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D -- VETERANS AFFAIRS TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT SOL DE-RP26-97FT97419 DUE 070297 POC Raymond D. Johnson, Contracting Officer, 412/892-6209 or Martin J. Byrnes, Contract Specialist, 412/892-4486 WEB: click here for homepage (solicitations), http//www.petc.doe.gov/business.html. E-MAIL: click here to contact the contracting officer or contract specialist, johnson@fetc.doe.gov or byrnes@fetc.doe.gov. This amendment is being issued to clarify the medium to be used by DOE in issuing the solicitation. The solicitation will be mailed on a 3.5" double-sided/high density diskette in W.P. 6.1 format to all requestors. This document will not be distributed in paper form. If a copy of the solicitation has been requested, no additional request is required as a result of this amendment. Previous requests to the original announcement will be honored. The RFP will also be available via Internet. It is anticipated that solicitation DE-RP26-97FT97419 will be accessible as a Word Perfect 6.1 (Windows) document or in the Portable Document Format (PDF) on the World Wide Web (WWW) at http://www.petc.doe.gov/business.html (select "solicitations") on or about June 2, 1997, and that the closing date for submission of proposals will be on or about July 2, 1997 . Any amendments to the solicitation will be placed at the above site. All interested proposers including those who receive a diskette containing the RFP should check the location frequently for any amendments. Any amendments will not be issued via diskette. (0133)

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