R -- GOVERNMENT FLEET, TRAVEL AND PURCHASE CARD/PAYMENT SYSTEMS SPECIAL NOTICE: RELEASE OF DRAFT SOLICITATION FOR COMMENT. The draft solicitation for Fleet, Travel and Purchase Card/Payment Systems is anticipated to be released on or about May 29, 1997. The draft solicitation and accompanying documents can be downloaded from the World Wide Web at the following address: http://pub.fss.gsa.gov/fm/future/index.html. Comments on the draft solicitation will be due no later than June 26, 1997. Please submit comments electronically to the e-mail address of rebecca.koses@gsa.gov and submit your comments in the following format: Identify section, paragraph number and provide your comments. Please do not use graphics or tables. Comments are preferred in a standard commercial word processing file -- GSA has Microsoft Word 7.0. Electronic comments are preferred in order to keep this procurement on its timeline track. Please check the noted web site regularly for any updates. A pre-solicitation conference will be held at the GSA Auditorium, 18th & F Streets, NW, Washington, DC, on June 17, 1997, at 9:00am Eastern Time to 12:00pm Eastern Time. A brief walk-through of the draft solicitation will be provided at this pre-solicitation conference. Please respond via e-mail to Rebecca Koses or Darlena Bikowski if you are planning to attend. Due to space limitations, please limit your attendance to 2 individuals per company. Questions and reservations to attend the pre-solicitation conference can be directed to Rebecca Koses at GSA/FSS/FCXC, Room 507, Attn: R. Koses, 1941 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202, telephone (703) 305-6681, facsimile (703) 305-5094, or e-mail rebecca.koses@gsa.gov; or contact Darlena Bikowski, same mailing address and facsimile number, telephone number (703) 305-5592, e-mail darlena.bikowski@gsa.gov. Comments on the draft solicitation will be posted on the noted web site and will not disclose the identity of the commentator. Individual responses to comments received will not be provided. For informational purposes, comments received on the draft statement of work released December 19, 1996, will also be made available on the noted web site in June 1997. This information will only be disseminated through the web address. The final solicitation is anticipated to be released the end of July 1997.

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