Department of the Treasury, U. S. Secret Service, Procurement Division, 1310 L Street, N. W., Suite 730, Washington, DC 20223

R -- PROFESSIONAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES -- SOLE SOURCE INCREASE IN SCOPE: DATA RETRIEVAL SERVICES POC Contract Specialist Sharon McDowell; (202) 435-6940. Contracting Officer Susan D. Long (202) 435-6940. The United States Secret Service (USSS) intends to negotiate an increase in scope to contract TSS970008 with Lexis-Nexis of Miamisburg, Ohio on a sole source basis. The USSS intends to participate in the Volume Bonus Plan for the duration of Option 1 (through April 30, 1999) and for Options 2-4. Lexis-Nexis owns proprietary data bases, which forms the basis of the sole source. It is expected that this increase in scope will take effect on January 1, 1999. SIC Code 7375/Size Standard $18M. There is no Request For Proposal. No telephone requests will be honored. See Note 22. Response time is changed to read 5 days from publication. Posted 12/09/98 (W-SN278724). (0343)

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