Bureau of the Census, Procurement Office, Room 1541, FB#3, Washington, (Suitland, MD) DC 20233

70 -- REQUEST FOR COMMENT ON DRAFT SOW SOL DCS 2000-RFC-96-1 The BOC intends to acquire via competitive RFP a large scale, image based, data capture system to support the Year 2000 Decennial Census. The BOC intends to make available for comment a portion of the draft Statement of Work intended for use in the competitive RFP. Interested contractors must respond within 15 days from the date of this notice requesting a copy of the draft SOW for comments. Please provide the following information in your request: Company Name, Point of contact, Address, phone number, e-mail address, alternate contact person. Written comments will be due by November 30. The BOC intends to release the draft in written form and on the Internet, however, the Internet will be used for dissemination of information only. No e-mail comments received from the Internet will be accepted or addressed. The BOC will only accept and address written comments. A second CBD announcement will be published to advertise the web address. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR COMMENT ONLY AND NOT A NOTICE ANNOUNCING A FORMAL SOLICITATION. Requests must be in writing and may be faxed. FAX # (301) 457-1785. Your request should be sent to the above address and must be to the Attention of DCS 2000-RFC-96-1. (0298)

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