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70 -- COMPUTER MAGNETIC CARTRIDGE TAPES SOL 52-PAPT-8-00001 DUE 112097 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 to the synopsis/solicitation issued in the Commerce Business Daily on October 31, 1997 is to: (1) revise the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code to read 3695; (2) delete the Small Business Set-aside designation and conduct the procurement as a Full and Open competition; (3) extend the proposal due date to Thursday, November 20, 1997 at 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST); and (4) correct an administrative error in the base year of the Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) Format shown at http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/comp/proc/cbd.htm). The base year in the CLIN Format is revised to read "BASE YEAR (DATE OF CONTRACT AWARD THRU 30 SEPTEMBER 1998)." All interested Offerors are requested to submit offers in the CLIN format shown at the above website (along with the other requested information listed in the original synopsis). Facsimile and electronic bids are not authorized for this acquisition. All other information in the original synopsis/solicitation remains unchanged. (0317)

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