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W -- RENEW POSTAGE METERS DUE 121798 POC MARIA HILL, 410-965-9532 WEB: Download Solicitation when/if available, http://www.ssa.gov/oag. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, SSA/OAG, MARIA.HILL@ssa.gov. The Social Security Administration (SSA) intends to negotiate a sole-source simplified acquisition with Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems, Inc., 19 Forest Parkway, Shelton, CT 06484 to renew the rental of the following postage meters: (33) of model #16463TMO, (1) of model #17563TMO, and (1) model #16463TMO. The mailing equipment is located at various sites nationwide. The period of performance shall be for one year beginning January 1, 1999 through December 31, 1999. Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems, Inc. is the only known source that can provide postage meters that are compatible with the existing Ascom Hasler mail metering/inserting machine system owned by SSA. Interested parties must respond to this notice within 10 calendars days from the date of this publication. No telephone requests will be honored. This is not a request for quotation or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation. Requests for copies of a solicitation in response hereto will not be honored or acknowledged. The Government does not intend to pay for any information submitted in response to this publication. See numbered Note 22. Posted 12/04/98 (D-SN277463). (0338)

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