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D -- RENEWAL OF THE WASHINGTON REPORT NEWS WIRE SERVICE, THE ENERGY ALERT SERVICE, AND THE NEWSDESK SOFTWARE SOL DE-RP01-99AD75016 DUE 060499 POC Patricia E. Wyatt, Contract Specialist, 202-426-0133 or David Tyma, Contracting Officer, 202-426-0130 The U.S. Department of Energy intends to award a sole source contract to Press Association, Inc., 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York 10020-1666, for the renewal of Energy Alert, NewsDesk software, and access to the Washington Report News Wire Service. The proposed contract is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the competitive proposal, however, all interested parties submitting a capability statement, along with price quotes for the above services, after the date of publication of this synopsis, will be to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. See Note(s): 22. Posted 05/20/99 (W-SN333970). (0140)

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