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R -- FOREIGN AFFAIRS DOCUMENTATION CENTER (FADC) SOL IA2508-S7234715-Z DUE 113096 POC Karen S. Rose (202)205-9030 The U.S. Information Agency intends to negotiate on a sole source basis under the authority of 41 USC 253 (c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 (one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy the governments needs) with Center For National Research Initiatives for the creation of a Digital Library, The Foreign Affairs Documentation Center (FADC) software, an authenticated collection of documents which represent in their totality the Foreign Policy of the United States (with the exception of classified materials). It would include documentation from the White House; the Departments of States, Defense, justice, Treasury and Commerce; the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; the National Security Council; the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Drug Enforcement Administration; the Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Trade Representative as well as relevant congressional hearings and Supreme Court decisiions. FOB Destination - Washington, DC. Performance period - approximately two years. Numbers Note 22. (0324)

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