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M -- EXTENSION OF CONTRACT NO. DE-AC05-84OR21400 WITH LOCKHEED MARTIN ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC. POC Contact Bill Wistrom, 423-576-0760/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, wistromww@oro.doe.gov. The U.S. Department of Energy plans to extend Contract No. DE-AC05-84OR21400 with Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc. (LMES) until March 31, 2000. The contract currently expires on March 31, 1998. This extension is for the management of the Y-12 Plant. The mission of the plant is to support national security programs through stockpile evaluation and maintenance; stockpile surveillance; dismantlement; core competency; and nuclear materials management, storage, and disposition. The Y-12 Plant has been operated by LMES, formerly Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., 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. LMES 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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