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D -- STRINGENT AND DEMANDING COMMUNICATIONS FOR ABROAD TELEMEDICINE APPLICATIONS SOL DAMD17-99-R-0065 DUE 092099 POC Point of contact -- Cathy I. Collins, Contract Specialist, 301-619-2383, Contracting Officer -- George J. Bauman, 301-619-2369 The U.S. Army is planning to negotiate with Hughes Global Services, Inc. for the purchase of a Ku-band Fly-away System with transceivers, redundancy switching system, main power supplies, handheld controller, and additional accessories. This procurement shall be under other than full and open competition procedures, as Hughes Global Services is the sole manufacturer of the product. Parties purporting to have the requisite credentials to manufacture a comparable item must furnish in writing, factual information which clearly supports and demonstrates evidence of such abilities. This information must be faxed to Cathy I. Collins, fax no. (301)619-3002 by 1600 hrs on 8 September 1999. Posted 09/01/99 (W-SN375388). (0244)

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