U.S. Department Of Energy, Document Control Specialist, Washington, DC 20585

D -- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, INCLUDING TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES SOL DE-RP01-99AD75001 DUE 041399 POC Patricia E. Wyatt, Contract Specialist, 202/426-0133, or David Tyma, Contracting Officer, 202/426-0130 The US Department of Energy intends to award a two year contract with Standard & Poor' s/DRI for renewal of the following types of econometric forecasting and modelling commercial timesharing services or equivalent: World Economic Forecast Service; European Macroeconomic Limited Service; Canadian Macroeconomic Limited Service; Japanese Macroeconomic Limited Service, US Economic Service; Platt's Price Data Banks; European Energy Service; Drilling, Core Energy and Coal Package, Long-Term Interindustry Service; and Basic Cost Information Service Long-Range Focus. This is a notice of intent and not a request for competitive proposals. This proposed contract is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302. Interested parties that feel they can provide these services may respond by submitting their capability statement to the address in this notice, including prices. All submissions must be received within fifteen(15) days of the publication date of this synopsis. A determination by the Government to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely the discretion of the Government. See Note (s) : 22.The US Department of Energy intends to award a two year contract with Standard & Poor' s/DRI for renewal of the following types of econometric forecasting and modelling commercial timesharing services or equivalent: World Economic Forecast Service; European Macroeconomic Limited Service; Canadian Macroeconomic Limited Service; Japanese Macroeconomic Limited Service, US Economic Service; Platt's Price Data Banks; European Energy Service; Drilling, Core Energy and Coal Package, Long-Term Interindustry Service; and Basic Cost Information Service Long-Range Focus. This is a notice of intent and not a request for competitive proposals. This proposed contract is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302. Interested parties that feel they can provide these services may respond by submitting their capability statement to the address in this notice, including prices. All submissions must be received within fifteen (15) days of the publication date of this synopsis. A determination by the Government to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely the discretion of the Government. See Note (s) : 22. Posted 03/30/99 (W-SN314392). (0089)

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