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R -- MECHANICAL DESIGN AND DRAFTING SUPPORT SOL 53SBNB867028 POC Sandra L. Febach, (301) 975-6326/Fax (301) 963-7732 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to award a purchase order, on or about January 30, 1998 to NESCO Service Co. on a sole-source basis to continue design and drafting support at the NIST Center for Neutron Research for a three-month period. NIST intends to solicit only one source pursuant to FAR 13.106-2(a)(5), which permits solicitation from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available. See numbered Note 26. (0022)

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