U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contracts Management Division (MD-33), Attention: OARSC, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

76 -- CURRENT CONTENTS ON CD-ROM -- ALL FOUR EDITIONS, 1-3 SIMULTANEOUS USERS SOL PR-RT-98-JPX59 DUE 060898 POC Starry M. Jones, Contract Administrator,(919)541-2897/Julio Lopez, Contracting Officer, (919)541-4474 E-MAIL: click here to contact the contract administrator via e-mail, jones.starry@epamail.epa.gov. The Environmental Protection Agency intends to negotiate sole source with ISI Corporation, 3501 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, for "Current Contents" On Disk (CC0D), this particular version requested is on CD-ROM and is for use on a LAN FOR 1 TO 3 simultaneous users at a time (no one index/abstract service covers all the journals). This product subscription will provide a full year of complete-text articles, abstracts and citations. This subscription shall include the following: Life Sciences, Physical Chemical & Earth Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences Engineering and Computation and Technology. The period of performance is expected to be from July 1, 1998 through June 30, 1999. By browsing Current Contents EPA reasearchers can view the tables of contents of this publication they think are relevant to the projects they are working on. No other service provides table of content listings of scientific publications. Other abstract/index services require searcher to have a topicto search, CCOD lets you explore for the topics and then search. EPA believes that ISI Corporation is the only vendor capable of satisfying the requirements stated above. This request for quotation will be carried out under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures. All interested parties must submit a written request for the RFQ within fifteen (15)days of the date of this announcement to the Attention of Starry M. Jones, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contracts Management Division, MD-33, 79 T. W. Alexander Drive,Research Triangle Park, NC 27711. No telephone request will be honored. All responsible sources may submit a quote which shall be considered by the Agency. (0142)

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