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D -- ECOLOGICAL DATABASE DEVELOPMENT AND ANALYTICAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT SOL R6-97-868 DUE 062797 POC Contact, Procurement and Property Management, 503/326-3581 The USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, intends to award a sole source contract to Buffalo Jump, LLC, for further development of an ecological database and analytical software for the Ecosystem Characterization and Description System (ECADS) on a PC, DOS platform. ECADS, which will is being further developed to support ecological assessment and land use planning efforts, was initially developed by Buffalo Jump, LLC, for the USDA-Forest Service Columbia River Basin Assessment Project. See Note(s): 22. (0143)

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