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B -- AUDIENCE SURVEY DATA OF MEDIA USE IN CHINA POC William Bell, Tele.: (202) 619-2200; Lorraine Mullen, Tel.: (202) 260-2933 B -- The International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB), Contracts and Procurement Division intends to negotiate a purchase order on a non-competitive basis with SRG China (Survey Research Group of Hong Kong) for audience survey data. To obtain this data, SRG will place questions about listening to Mandarin language programs of the Voice of America on it's regular omnibus surveys of media use in China and provide resulting data to IBB. SRG China is the only known source conducting such surveys on a regular basis and is the only known source for this data. The authority for use of other than full and open competition is 41 U.S.C. 253 (c)(1) only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals, however, all proposals received by September 2, 1997 shall be considered by the Government. (0231)

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