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X -- RENTAL OF HOTEL AND MEETING ROOMS SOL NB-01 DUE 020899 POC Nancy Booth, Contracting Officer, (202) 720-4955 The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, is seeking a hotel in the Washington, DC area to provide the following: 1. 25 single rooms, 4 nights, March 1-5, 1999 2. 30 single rooms, March 9, 1999 3. 60 single rooms, 7 nights, March 10-17, 1999 4. 30 single rooms, March 17, 1999 5. 1 meeting room with seating for 40, classroom style, A/V projector and screen, for the following 6 days: March 2, 4, 10, 11, 17, and 18, 1999. 6. The hotel must have easy access to metro(1/2 block or less) and be in a close proximity to the USDA South Building, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC. This is a combination synopsis and request for quotation. A written RFQ will not be issued. Quotes may be faxed to the contact point in item #11 at (202)720-3987. Responses are due no later than February 8, 1999. Posted 01/22/99 (W-SN290292). (0022)

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