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70 -- SUITE OF INTERRELATED SOFTWARE PROGRAMS THAT FUNCTION TOGETHER UNDER A COMMON VISUALIZATION ENVIORNMENT SOL N00173-00-Q-0038 POC Darlene Copp, Purchasing Agent 202-767-2374 E-MAIL: Click here to contat the contracting officer, C34DSC@LABMIS.NRL.NAVY.MIL. Naval Research Laboratory(NRL) intends to solicit and negotiate with Molecular Simulations Incorporated on other than full and open competitive basis to purchase Cerius 2 software, a suite of interrelated software programs that function together under a common visualization environment(with 3 years of upgrades), are independently stand alone modules and are essential for pursuing NRL efforts in rational materials design. The desired software will allow modeling of molecule, polymers, metals, and alloys, surfaces, and interfaces, and defect structures in crystalline solids for use in NRL research in material sciences. "See Note(S) 22" Posted 02/24/00 (W-SN428285). (0055)

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