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R -- TECHNICAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES SOL DTCG39-99-R-E00219 DUE 070999 POC Dinah Mulligan (860) 441-2885 See Note 22. The U.S.C.G. Research & Development Center intends to award a sole source contract to the Massachusetts Institute of Technolgy for development of technology and analytical models for structural performance of ships in groundings and collisions. (Crashworthiness of Tankers). This contract will further ongoing research that MIT has been conducting for the development of the technology. Posted 06/25/99 (W-SN347221). (0176)

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