Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration (MARAD), Headquarters -- Office of Acquisition, MAR-380 Rm. 7310, 400 7th Street S. W., Washington, DC, 20590

R -- THE MARITIME ADMINISTRATION (MARAD) INTENDS TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE ORDER TO EDGE BUSINESS SERVICES INC., FOR CONSULTING SERVICES RELATED TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FACTS II AT THE MARAD. SOL Reference-Number-SPTPR300990235 DUE 092799 POC Delores Bryant, Contract Specialist, Phone (202) 366-2660, Fax (202) 366-3889, Email delores.bryant@marad.dot.gov -- Tracey Ford, Contracting Officer, Phone (202) 366-5757, Fax (202) 366-3889, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=R&;ProjID=Reference-Num ber-SPTPR300990235&LocID=29. E-MAIL: Delores Bryant, delores.bryant@marad.dot.gov. The Maritime Administration (MARAD) intends to award a sole source purchase order to Edge Business Services Inc., for consulting services related to the implementation of FACTS II at the MARAD. The contractor will consult with MARAD on categorizing their accounting and budget transactions. They will also recommend necessary modifications to the recording of the MARAD accounting and budget transactions to facilitate the mapping of their existing general ledger and budget records to the standard general ledger. All firms who posses the knowledge and are capable of performing the described work are encouraged to submit capabilities statements and price quotations at the designated address by the close of business September 27, 1999. This purchase order will be awarded on a best value basis. Posted 09/15/99 (D-SN380711). (0258)

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