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B -- COMMUTE EMPLOYMENT: IMPLICATIONS AND BEST PRACTICE APPROACHES SOL 0100RQ17067 DUE 031300 POC Dotty Quinn, Contracting Officer, (703) 787-1365 This notice is amending the original announcement by adding additional information. Award shall be made to the responsible offeror whose offer, in conforming to this RQ, is most advantageous to the Government, technical evaluation factors, cost, and other factors considered. The Government's objective is to obtain the highest scientific and technical quality considered necessary to achieve the study objectives, with a realistic and reasonable cost. Scientific and technical evaluation factors are, as a whole, more important then cost; however, between proposals that are evaluated as technically equal in quality, cost and other factors will become the major considerations in selecting the successful offeror Posted 02/15/00 (W-SN425446). (0046)

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