U.S. Dept. of Energy, Western Area Power Admin., 200 4th St., SW, Huron, SD 57350

58 -- TELEPROTECTION CHANNEL EQUIPMENT SOL DE-RQ-65-97-WC-11604 DUE 081197 POC Dana Kostel 605/353-9250 The Western Area Power Administration intends to acquire the following RFL Electronics equipment on a sole source basis: RFL 9745 Teleprotection Channel Equipment, P/N TSH62533OX. The solicitation will be issued o/a July 30, 1997. The due date for receipt of quotes will be o/a August 11, 1997. This acquisition is 100% set-aside for Small Businesses. The SIC code for this acquisition is 3661 and the size standard is 1,000. All requests for this solicitation must be in writing and may be faxed to 605/353-9213 ATTN: Dana Kostel. Information hours are 8:00 a.m -- 4:00 p.m. (central time) Monday-Friday. (0211)

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