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B -- RESEARCH, ADVISORY AND CONSULTING SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF SOVIET POW ACTIVITIES RESEARCH PROJECT SOL HQ0048-9274-0021 POC Major Brenda Tiongson, via e-mail (see block 20) E-MAIL: click here to contact the Contract Specialist via, TiongBK@hqda.army.mil. Defense Supply Service-Washington on behalf of the Office of Defense Prisoner of War Missing Personnel Office, plans to negotiate, on a sole source basis with Mr. Robert Bishop of the American Embassy in Moscow, for research, advisory, and consultative services, non-personal in nature, in support of the Soviet POW Activities Research Project. The required services include identification and utilization of information obtained by interviewing citizens of the former Soviet Union and analysis of Russian-language source materials dealing with American POW/MIAs from World War II, the Korean War, the Cold War, and the Vietnam War. Services also include assisting, as appropriate, in the preparation of U.S.-Russia Joint Commission on POW/MIAs (USRJC) bilateral site visits and plenary sessions, including providing escort and linguistic services and liaison. The base period of performance of the anticipated award is from on or about 29 October 1999 through 28 October 2000, with four one-year option periods. The award of a Firm-Fixed Price Purchase Order is anticipated. This notice is for informational purposes only. No solicitation will be issued. Interested parties must submit a capabilities statement, via electronic mail, which delineates the ability of the party to meet the stated requirement, including detailed pricing information, to the following: Major Brenda K. Tiongson, TiongBK@hqda.army.mil Posted 10/12/99 (W-SN390780). (0285)

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