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D -- ON-LINE SERVICES DUE 091997 POC Jim Morgan, Tel.: (202) 619-4363 This synopsis is a notification of intent to enter into a sole source procurement using simplified acquisition procedures (FAR) Part 13, for GaleNet Onlines Services with Gale Research, and in accordance with the FAR subpart 6.302-1 (only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirement). GaleNet consistes of online versions of many of Gale's traditional print and CDRom products such as Encyclopedia of Associations, Research Centers Directory, and Contemporary Authors. If any other publisher or vendor can provide these products which are widely used in American libraries and information resource centers throughout the world, please give a written notification to the Contracting Officer stated in this notice within 20 calendar days from the date of this synopisis. Contracting Officer: Eloise Eskridge, 202-619-5521, U.S. Information Agency, Office of Information Resources (I/G) 301 4th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20547. This is not a formal solicitation -- This notice may represent the only official notice of this proposed procurement. (0241)

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