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B -- TOURIST INFORMATION SOL TATD69-397 DUE 091097 POC Sally Huber, 301/713-0855, Ina Merson 301/713-0839, WEB: Sally Huber@noaa.gov, TATD69-397. The U.S.Dept of Commerce/ITA proposes to negotiate on a non-competitive bases using Simplifies Acquisition Procedure with the WEFA Group, Eddystone, PA to provide from a econometric model two forecasts with executive summaries and associated reports of international tourism arrivals for more than 20 countries, to the U.S. and to update and maintain that model for Tourism Industries. The WEFA has provided this service for the last 10 years, thus has gained experience in providing this service. Time is of the essence and past experience uniquely qualifies the WEFA Group to provide this service. Vendors who believe they can provide the required services are invited to submit in writing and affirmative response demonstrating and ability to immediately undertake these duties while demonstrating a cost benefit to the Government. Any written responses must be received no later than 15 days after the publication of this synopsis. No solicitation document exists: therefore a request for such document will not be considered.SS See Note 22. (0237)

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