Rural Development, USDA, Property, Procurement, and Mail Management Branch, FC-702, 1520 Market Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63103

D -- SOFTWARE/HARDWARE UPGRADES & MAINTENANCE SOL RD-FO-98-07 DUE 071098 POC Beverly Jones, Contracting Officer, (314)539-3827 Rural Development, USDA, St. Louis, MO intends to acquire on a sole source basis from Melita International proprietary software/hardware maintenance and upgrades on a Predictive Dialing Unit, 390 Universal Server, VPU and Command Post. Award will be made for base year plus 4 option years. Qualified vendors have 15 days to submit capability statements delineating their ability to provide these services. Authority is 41 USC 253(c)(1). Requests for solicitation will be considered non-responsive. Only written or facsimile information will be received. FAX 314-539-2480. See Note 22. Posted 06/25/98 (0176)

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