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19 -- FISHERIES RESEARCH VESSEL SOL N00024-00-R-2301 DUE 030300 POC Contracting Officer, Jim Barnard 703/602-7517, Negotiator, Melissa Santoni 703/602-7517 WEB: NAVSEA Contracts Home Page, http://www.contracts.hq.navsea.navy.mil. E-MAIL: FRV 40 E-Mail Address, frv40@navsea.navy.mil. The Naval Sea Systems Command intends to issue solicitation N00024-00-R-2301 for the detail design and construction of a National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Forty Day Endurance Fisheries Research Vessel (FRV-40). The contract will cover one FRV-40 ship with options for three more ships. Solicitation documents will be made available under the "Solicitation" section of the NAVSEA Contracts Home Page at http://www.contracts.hq.navsea.navy.mil on or about 03 December 1999. See Numbered Note(s): 1 Posted 11/15/99 (W-SN400611). (0319)

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