Executive Office of the President, Office of Administration, Procurement Branch, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503

D -- DATA DISTRIBUTION SOL EOPOA-97-16 POC Point of Contact-Cynthia R. Tarr, 202-395-7666 The Office of Administration, intends to extend Contract W5C001 with U.S. Newswire, Washington, DC, on a non-competitive basis pursuant to FAR 6.302-1. This extension will allow for award of a replacement contract and phase-in/phase-out. The extension will be effective October 1, 1997, for a minimum period of three months, not to exceed a maximum of six months. This is a notice of intent and not a request for proposals. See Note 22. (0262)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0017 19970923\D-0005.SOL)