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M -- EXTENSION OF CONTRACT NO. DE-AC05-96OR22464 WITH LOCKHEED MARTIN ENERGY RESEARCH CORP. POC Contact Susan Hiser, 423-576-6367/Contracting Officer WEB: Department of Energy, Oak Ridge Operations Office, Procurement Home Page, http://www.doe/procurement/oro_home.html. E-MAIL: Department of Energy, Oak Ridge Operations Office, Procurement and Contracts Division, hisersg@oro.doe.gov. The U.S. Department of Energy plans to extend Contract No. DE-AC05-96OR22464 with Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corporation (LMERC) until March 31, 2000. The contract currently expires on March 31, 1998. LMERC manages the missions of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) which is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC). ORNL is a multi program DOE national laboratory which supports DOE missions for enhancing energy security and advancing the frontiers of science and technology and other research and development missions. ORNL has been operated by Lockheed Martin from April 1, 1984, until present. The authority to noncompetitively extend the contract is based on 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) and Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1, which authorizes other than full and open competition when there is only one source and no other services will satisfy agency requirements. LMERC is the incumbent contractor and is the only source qualified to perform the required services and continue to meet established program milestone dates during the extension period before award of a competitive follow-on contract. The availability of the solicitation for the follow-on contract will be published in the Commerce Business Daily. (0233)

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