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D -- SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTION DUE 012299 POC Patricia Goree, Fax 703/648-7901 The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has a requirement to renew software subscription for StarView software installed on equipment located at U.S. Geological Survey in Rapid City, SD. The USGS anticipates awarding a purchase order to VISTA Information Solutions, Inc. which owns the proprietary source code to the software. This announcment is for informational purposes only. Vendors who may own the source code and who have been certified by VISTA Information Solutions, Inc. are invited to provide an affirmative response to this notice by faxing a request for the software. An affirmative response must include, but not limited to offered products, price lists, warranties, and any additional information indicting a bona fide ability to meet this requirement. All responses must be received in this office within 10 calendar days from date this publication first appears. All responses must be in writing, no telephone requests will be accepted. Posted 01/12/99 (W-SN287040). (0012)

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