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R -- FEDLINK INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SERVICES DELIVERY ORDER SOL SSLV/DT POC Charles Wilson, Contract Specialist WEB: Federal Library and Information Center Committee/Federal, http://lcweb.loc.gov/flicc/mmcontr.html. The Library of Congress intends to issue a delivery order against an existing Basic Ordering Agreement to renew a subscription with NewsEdge Corporation for the continued use and access of their service by the Social Security Administration, Library, Baltimore, MD.(SSLV). NewsEDGE is a personal computer-based information gateway service that captures and combines different newswire services delivered by X.25 telephone lines, FM broadcast, or satellite transmission. NewsEDGE alerts users to important incoming stories that match multiple interest profiles created by the user, organizes the news on the user's PC for easy viewing and searching, and operates in the background on standalone or LAN based PC's, constantly delivering news to the user without tying up the PC. NewsEDGE works on standalone PCs, PCs connected to a LAN, and over many email systems. Recent addition is the "Reuters Business Information" products and updates to the COMTEX newswire."NewsEDGE/Web," an enterprise service that agencies canuse to distribute a variety of news services. Service will be continued through September 30, 2000. WRITTEN RESPONSES SHOULD INCLUDE PRICES AND TECHNICAL DATA SUFFICIENT TO DETERMINE CAPABILITY. No telephone calls will be accepted. No award will be based on any offer or proposal received in response to this notice. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENT EXISTS. (See Note 22). REF: SSLV/DT. Posted 10/15/99 (W-SN392059). (0288)

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