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16 -- THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO ADD ADDITIONAL ITEMS TO AN EXISTING CORPORATE CONTRACT SOL ARG0000069053500 DUE 051300 POC Mark Kanuck, Corporate Contract Specialist, 804-279-4948 WEB: DSCR Homepage, http://www.dscr.dla.mil. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contracting Officer via, mkanuck@dscr.dla.mil. The purpose of this solicitation is to add additional items onto the existing Vickers Corporation (Tedeco Division) Corporate Contract. The items are sole source to Vickers Corporation. The following numbered notes apply: 22; The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within forty-five days (thirty days if award is issued under an existing basic ordering agreement) after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. 26; Based upon market research, the Government is not using the policies contained in Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, in its solicitation for the described supplies or services. However, interested persons may identify to the contracting officer their interest and capability to satisfy the Government's requirement with a commercial item within 15 days of this notice. Posted 03/13/00 (W-SN433804). (0073)

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