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J -- MICROSCOPE MAINTENANCE SOL N00173-00-Q-0008 POC Darlene Copp, 202-767-2374 WEB: click here for copy of RFP, http://heron.nrl.navy.mil/supply/Simplified_Acquisition.html&;nbs_p;. E-MAIL: click here to contact contracting officer via e-mail, c34dsc@labmis.nrl.navy.mil. The Naval Research Laboratory intends to award to Jeol USA, Inc. on other than full and open competitive basis for the purchase of a 1 year maintenance contract on a Jeol Scanning/Transmission Electron Microscope. Award will be made on the sole source basis because equipment is proprietary to Jeol. See Note(s) 22. Posted 11/30/99 (W-SN404537). (0334)

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