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R -- ASSEMBLY, DISTRIBUTION, AND PROCESSING OF NHSC SCHOLARSHIPS PROGRAM APPLICATIONS SOL HRSA-231-BPHC-4(8) DUE 120197 POC Frank Murphy (301)443-5165 The Health Resources and Services Administration intends to negotiate with Houston Associates, Inc., 1010 Wayne Avenue, Suite 1200, Silver Spring, MD 20910 for a nine month extension to Contract 240-93-0016 for the continued assembly, distribution, and processing of the NHSC scholarship program application. Authority: 41 U.S.C. 253 (c) (1), as set forth in FAR 6.302-1(a) (2)(iii). This extension will continue the current contract until a new contract is in place. This effort will be recompeted under RFP-HRSA-231-BPHC-5(8) on or about September 1998. Contractors with the capability to perform this effort are encouraged to request the RFP mentioned above (this RFP will be sent to those requestors after issuance date set in a future publication for this competition) . See Note 22 (0289)

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