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D -- DATABASE INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SERVICES POC Contracting Officer (202) 512-5102 The U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) in Washington, D.C. intends to issue a non-competitive delivery order against an existing basic ordering agreement through the Library of Congress FEDLINK contract to renew the subscription with the Dial Corporation. This will provide for the on line electronic retrieval of information from databases covering virtually every subject area including general reference, business information, and medical information in formats ranging from full text to numeric. Services will be continued through September 30, 1999. It is believed that there are no other sources capable of providing the required services. See Numbered Note 22. Posted 10/06/98 (I-SN259060). (0279)

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