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J -- MAINTENANCE, REPAIR & REBUILDING OF EQUIPMENT SOL 001141 DUE 022200 POC Sally Huber 301-713-0855, Lawrence Frazier 301-713-0851 J U. S. Dept of Commerce/NOAA/NESDIS/ORA/ORAD intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with University of Hawaii, Honolulu Hawaii, to provide an outdoor storage area, an outdoor work area, machine shop assistance, equipment rental to assistance with the Marine Optical Buoy (MOBY) project. The University will provide heavy equipment which includes cranes and forklifts for servicing the buoy and loading and unloading the buoy on and off the ship for making repairs. This is a notice of intent and cannot be considered a solicitation, therefore no solicitation package exist. Award will be made using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Reference 001141 Posted 02/10/00 (W-SN424013). (0041)

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