National Archives and Records Administration, Acquisitions Services Division -- AMD-ACQ, 8601 Adelphi Road, Room 4400, College Park, MD 20740

T -- ON-SITE VENDOR REPRODUCTIONS OF STILL PHOTOGRAPHS, AERIAL FILM, MAPS, AND DRAWINGS BY PHOTOGRAPHIC MEANS AND/OR DIGITAL SCANNING!! POC Contact Point, William T. Murphy, 301-713-7083 NARA will hold meetings with interested vendors to discuss the terms of the fourth year of privatization of reproduction services for still pictures, aerial film, maps, and drawings in NARA holdings in College Park, MD, and to distribute copies of the Memorandum of Agreement which must be completed for participation in the program. Under this privatization program, NARA has permitted vendors to set up work stations in its building located in College Park, MD, where the still photographs and cartographic and architectural records of three NARA archival units are housed and made available. The three NARA units refer customer requests for reproduction of these media to the vendors, who determine fees, collect payments, perform the copying work, and mail the reproductions to the customers. Based on a satisfactory review of the program's overall performance, NARA has decided to extend the program for another year, though with some modifications. Effective March 6, 1998, the next anniversary date, NARA will open the program to interested vendors for a fourth year. All vendors interested in this program, including vendors already participating, are invited to attend a meeting on January 7, 1998, where copies of a Memorandum of Agreement specifying the terms of the program will be distributed. A follow-up meeting has been scheduled for February 4, 1998, to answer any remaining questions from vendors. Both meetings will begin at 10 a.m. Attendance at the meetings does not require reservations. Attendance is encouraged, but not required, to participate in the program. Signed copies of the Memorandum of Agreement must be received by February 28, 1998. Copies of the Memorandum of Agreement also will be available beginning January 7, 1998, by contacting William T. Murphy, Nontextual Archives Division (301-713-7083; fax, 301-713-6904), who can provide additional information. The meetings will be held at the National Archives at College Park, in lecture room A, located at 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD.***** (0350)

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