US Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, PGAS/Procurement Operations Division, 1325 East West Highway - Station 4301, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910

D -- 64 KBPS CIRCUIT POC LaMar Carlson The U.S. Department of Commerce/NOAA intends to negotiate on a non-competitive basis with IDB International, 15245 Shady Grove Road, Rockville, MD 20805 to modify an existing fixed price contract (50DDNW-0-00021) to upgrade an existing circuit from Silver Spring, MD to Buenos Aires, Argentina from 9.6 to 64 Kbps. The period of performance shall be from June 1, 1995 to October 15, 1995. Vendors who believe they can provide the required upgraded circuit are invited to submit, in writing an affirmative response demonstrating an ability to immediately provide the required service without disruption to current operations and demonstrating cost benefits to the Government. Any written responses must be received no later than 45 days after publication of this synopsis. In order to be responsive, the correspondence must be accompanied by written narrative statement of capability, including detailed technical information and other technical literature, sufficient to permit agency analysis in order to determine a bona fide capability to meet the Government's requirements. Responses without documentation will be considered non-responsive. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement competition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Please reference Contract No. 50DDNW-0-00021 in your response. See Note 22.(0089)

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