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D -- CONUS METEOROLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTAL DATA SYSTEM (COMEDS) POC Lora Timmermann Benhoff, 618-229-9499 The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization will issue a six month sole-source extension to the COMEDs contract DCA200-91-D-0019. The contractor is GTE Federal Systems Corp, Federal Systems Division, 15000 Conference Center Drive, Chantilly VA 22021-3808. This contract provides leased telecommunications circuits (hybrid full duplex satellite connectivity and landline circuits) and PC workstations providing alphanumeric weather forecast and Notice to Airman Messages (NOTAM) required for aircrews' flight planning & safety of flight information for 225 locations within the United States, Alaska and Canada. The sole-source extension is required until this service can be transitioned to the competitively awarded Meteorological Telecommunications Information Standard Terminals (MIST) program. The statutory authority for other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(C)(1). See Numbered Note 22. (0162)

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