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76 -- LEGAL PUBLICATION SOL JEJMD-98-0019 POC Miles Stroman (202) 307-1969 The Department of Justice, Justice Management Division, intends to negotiate with Lexis Law Publishing, for subscriptions to the updates and supplements for various legal publications. The Lexis Law publications contain copyright protected information which is utilized by Department attorneys for research and trial preparation. The following list representatives the publications required: Federal Criminal Trails, 1998/99, Federal Courtroom Evidence 1998/99 and United States Code service. These publications contain narrative analysis, criticism or evaluation of current legal issues, case law and/or statutes which are organized and indexed for research. The required Lexis Law publications are all copyright protected and thus Lexis Law Publishing is the only known source for the updates and supplements to the Departments existing Lexis publications. The statutory authority for the proposed procurement is 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), only one responsible source. This is not a formal solicitation, however, interested concerns must respond withing 45 days from the date of this synopsis with written documentation, detailed data and pricing information, which clearly demonstrates their ability to perform this requirement. Responses received as a result to this notice of intent shall be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Responses will not be considered as either bids or proposals. A determination by the Government not to open this requirement to competition based upon the written responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The proposed contract will supply Department locations nationwide. The anticipated period of performance under any resultant contract will be for a base year and two options years. Responses must be submitted to the address show in this announcement. Posted 07/20/98 (W-SN225440). (0201)

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