Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road,Mail Stop 285, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3591

58 -- SATELLITE RADIO TRANSMITTER, PTT100, 95G POC Richard C. Schwaberow, Contracting Officer, (650) 329-4171, fax (650) 329-5517 The US Geological Survey (USGS), Menlo Park, California, intends to place on a sole-source basis, a purchase order with Microwave Telemetry, Columbia, Maryland This is the only product that can be used in the Corvallis, Oregon Branch of Forest & Rangeland Ecosystem project currently in place. No RFQ sill be issued for this solicitation. A response date of receipt of bids will not be given since this is a sole source (0029)

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