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70 -- RENEWAL OF PROPRIETARY COMPUTER SOFTWARE LICENSES SOL DE-AF01-98AD74022 DUE 070698 POC Patricia E. Wyatt, Contract Specialist, 202/426-0133 The US Department of Energy, Office of Headquarters Procurement Services, intends to award Contract Number DE-AF01-98AD74022 to SAS Institute, Inc., SAS Campus Drive, Cary, NC 27513, for renewal of existing software maintenance for Base SAS, SAS/Graph, and Base System 2000. The period of performance will be from 10/01/98 through 9/30/99. 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 above address, including prices. All submissions must be received within thirty (30) days of the publication date of this synopsis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. See Note(s): 22. (0155)

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