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58 -- INTRA-LATA DIRECT SERVICES SOL 52SBNB6C9003 DUE 112095 POC Marsha Rodgers (301) 975-6398 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Bell-Atlantic, Silver Spring, Maryland, to provide, install, and maintain local telephone company dial tone, intra-Lata (Local Access Transport Area) Direct distance dial telephone and private line services, and access to inter-Lata direct distance dial telephone service for the period October 1, 1995 through September 30, 1996--F.O.B. Destination, Gaithersburg, Maryland--This is a sole source requirement because the Bell Atlantic Telephone Company of Maryland is the only regulated local exchange carrier serving the Gaithersburg, Maryland geographical area, which is capable of providing the required services--See Note 22. (0279)

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