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J -- MAINTAIN JEOL MICROSCOPES SOL F33601-98-QX018 DUE 073098 POC Yvonne C. Thacker, AC (937) 257-6147 ext. 4203 E-MAIL: thackeyc, thackeyc@pkwsmtp.wpafb.af.mil. Non-personal service for maintenance of 2(two) JEOL Scanning Microscopes and 1(one) JEOL Electron Microscope at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio for the period 01 Oct 98 thru 30 Sep 99. Sole Source award is contemplated to JEOL USA Inc., Service Division, Peabody MA. See Numbered Note 22. PLEASE FAX REQUESTS TO ATTN: Yvonne Thacker, AC (937) 257-3926 "Mr. Stephen J. Plaisted has been appointed as Ombudsman to hear concerns from offerors, or potential offerors, during the proposal development. The purpose of the Ombudsman is to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate government personnel. Existence of an Ombudsman does not diminish the authority of the program director or the contracting officer. Accordingly, the Ombudsman does not participate in the preparation of solicitations, the evaluation of proposals or the source selection process and, therefore, for routine matters on individual solicitations, please contact [ Yvonne Thacker, (937) 257-6147 ext.4203}. When requested the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. Should you desire to contact the Ombudsman, Mr. Plaisted can be reached at (937) 255-9095, extension 232." Contractor must be registered in CCR prior to award for solicitations issued after 31 May 1998. Tel: 1-888-CCR-2423 Fax: 1-703-696-0213 Every solicitation issued after 31 May 1998 must include the clause at DFARS 252.204-7004 "Required Central Contractor Registration". Duns/CCR Website: http://ccr.edi.disa.mil/ccr/cgi-bin/query.pl (0160)

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