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D -- TIMESHARING SERVICES SOL DE-AD01-98AD74006 DUE 043098 POC Patricia E. Wyatt, Contract Specialist, 202/426-0133 or David Tyma, Contracting Officer, 202/426-0130 The US Department of Energy intends to award a sole source contract to Reuters America Incorporated for the renewal of Energy Service, Reuters Link Service and Reuters News Wire Service. This is a notice of intent and not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties that feel they can provide these services may respond by submitting their capability statement to the address in this notice, including prices. All submissions must be received within fifteen (15) days of the publication date of this synopsis. A determination by the Government to to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely the discretion of the Government. See Note(s): 22. (0098)

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