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58 -- COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT SOL DEA-98-B-0002 DUE 032498 POC Lisa Taylor, Contract Specialist, (202) 307-7820 The Drug Enforcement Administration has a requirement to monitor multiple microwave video transmitters from a central location. The proposed contract period will be from date of award through 365 days with four twelve month option periods. Bid samples are required with each proposal for technical evaluation purposes. The Government intends to use the Two Step Sealed Bid method. Request for the invitation for bids should be submitted within 15 calendar days from this notice. Step one, receipt of Technical Proposal and Bid Samples, is anticipated on or about March 24, 1998. Technical proposals shall not include prices or pricing information. Step two, the opening of bids, is anticipated on or about April 8, 1998. In the step II, bids will be requested only from those offerors technical proposals and bid samples passed the evaluation test in step I and have been determined to be acceptable, will be considered for award and each bid in the second step must be based on the bidder's own technical proposals. The Microwave Automated Repeater System (MARS) will satisfy this requirement. See Note 12 (0040)

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