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81 -- SHIPPING, PACKAGING, PACKING SUPPLIES, SHIPPING SACKS, PAPER BAGS, ALUMINUM FOIL, WRAPPING & STRAPPING MATERIAL AND NEW TECHNOLOGY SOL 2FYP-DJ-99-0004-B POC Ralphine L. Holland, Contract Specialist (212) 264-4173 WEB: MAS 81IB, http://www.usa.gov/procurement/MAS 81IB. E-MAIL: ralphine.holland@gsa.gov, ralphine.holland@gsa.gov. This Federal Supply Schedule 81, Part I, Section B for: Shipping, Packaging, Packing Supplies, Shipping Sacks, Paper Bags, Aluminum Foil, Wrapping & Strapping Material and New Technology, will no longer have a prescribed beginning and ending date. It will not contain closing dates for receipt of offers. The issue of "late Offers" will no longer be a basis for rejection of an offer. The schedule period will be continuous, and will contain contracts with contract periods that commence on the "Date of Award" (DOA) and expire five years (exclusion of any options) from the DOA. This schedule will contain three (3) new Special Item Numbers (SINs): 617-6 Sacks, Shipping,(closes cell plastic film) Paper, Reinforced and Paper Cushioned; 617-7 Aluminum Foil (Food Handling Service); 617-8 New Technology. The issue date is October 28, 1998. Posted 10/09/98 (W-SN260948). (0282)

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