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70 -- COMPUTER MAGNETIC CARTRIDGE TAPES SOL 52-PAPT-8-00001 DUE 111497 POC Becky Morehart, Contract Specialist, 703/305-8555 WEB: CBD Notices, http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/comp/proc/cbd.htm. E-MAIL: click here to contact the contract specialist via e-mail, Becky.Morehart@uspto.gov. The purpose of this amendment is to clarify "The items to be procured" portion of the original synopsis issued in the Commerce Business Daily on October 31, 1997 and to request that all interested Offerors submit offers in the Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) format shown at http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/comp/proc/cbd.htm (along with the other requested information listed in the original synopsis) to the Washington, DC or Arlington, VA addresses (as applicable) stated in the original synopsis. Please note that for security reasons, the CLIN format document cannot be submitted to the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) electronically via the Internet. The due date (Friday, November 14, 1997, 2:00PM Eastern Standard Time) for receipt of offers remains unchanged. (0311)

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