Bureau of the Census, Procurement Office, FOB #3, Room 1541, Washington,(Suitland, MD) DC 20233

D -- ON-LINE ACCESS SOL 61-9-8670 POC Linda Catterton (301)457-1840 The purpose of this announcement is to provide notification of the Census Bureau's intent to award a sole source simplified acquisition to Thomson Financial Securities Data, Two Gateway Center, Newark, NJ 07102 for on-line access to a Domestic Mergers and Corporate Transactions database for a period of one year. This is proprietary information only available from Thomson Financial Securities. Interest parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this requirement no greater than 15 days from the published date of this announcement to the above address. As provided above, the Census Bureau anticipates awarding a sole source simplified acquisition for this service; therefore, solicitation documents are not available. Posted 08/23/99 (W-SN370978). (0235)

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