Rural Development, USDA, Property, Procurement, and Mail Management Branch, FC-702, 1520 Market Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63103

D -- CREATE MEDIA TO STORE, RESEARCH, READ AND RETAIN RECORDS AND FILES SOL RD-FO-99-03 DUE 070999 POC Beverly Jones 314-539-2592 Rural Development intends to issue a solicitation to Create media for USDA to store, research, read and retain records and files. The solicitation will be performance based services and a fixed price indefinite quantity contract is anticipated. Currently, the contractor picks up magnetic tapes daily from our agency in St. Louis, MO, creates microfice and return the final product within a set schedule. (turnaround on some items will be 3 hours) It will be the vendors resposibility to review the solicitation and propose services to provide an end result to meet our Agency's need. The period of performance is October 1, 1999 through September 30, 2000, with four additional option periods. The SIC code is 7379 and the size standard is unrestricted, therefore, a large business must comply with FAR 52.219 with regards to subcontracting plans. All responsible sources may submit an offer for consideration. All requests for the solicitation must be in writing. FAX 314-539-2480, email: beverly.jones@stl.rural.usda.gov. Posted 05/27/99 (W-SN336397). (0147)

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