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D -- OUTSOURCING THE DESKTOP INITATIVE FOR NASA (ODIN) SOL RFP5-ODIN039 DUE 010798 POC Karen M. Smith, Contracting Officer, Phone (301)286-8162, Fax (301)286-1654, Email Karen.M.Smith.1@gsfc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/GSFC/date.html#RFP5-ODIN039. E-MAIL: Karen M. Smith, Karen.M.Smith.1@gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA and GSA have agreed to make the ODIN contract available for use by other agencies as approved by FTS, thus expanding the successful Government Wide Agency Contracts program by providing increased flexibility for agencies. The ODIN contract will be available for other Federal Government use on a non-mandatory basis. Other agencies will coordinate their use of ODIN through the GSA FTS group. The GSA portion will accommodate up to 500,000 additional seats over the contract life. The RFP is now scheduled for release on November 28, 1997 with proposals due in early January. The RFP will be available at <http://outsource.gsfc.nasa.gov&;gt;. Please note that NASA will not be releasing hard copies, but a hard copy will be located in the Bid Room at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Bldg. 17, Room S142. (0325)

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