U.S. Department of Justice, Procurement Services Staff, National Place, Suite 1040, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20530

D -- PROGRAM MANAGEMENT/SUPPORT SERVICES SOL DOJ-SAS-0-E-025 POC Brenda Rogers, Contracting Officer 202/307-1951 The Department of Justice subject to the availability of funds, intends to purchase premium support for Microsoft products currently being used by the Justice Consolidated Office Network (JCON) and participating JCON Components, on a sole source basis, using Simplified Acquisition Procedures (FAR Part 13), from Microsoft Corporation. Responses received as a result of this notice of intent, shall be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competition procurement. Responses will not be considered as either proposals or bids. A determination by the Government not to open this requirement to competition, based upon the written responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.***** Posted 09/27/99 (W-SN385025). (0270)

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