PURCHASE OF AUTOMATED DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE FROM PROJECT 615 CCONTRACT The USDA Forest Service intends to extend the use of the Project 615 Contract to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Under this initiative, the Department of Agriculture and the BLM are restricted from purchasing items off of each others contracts which are common items. The Department of Agriculture is currently piloting co-location of offices with the BLM under the Trading Post Initiative in Colorado and in the process of co-locating the BLM Oregon State Office with the Forest Service Region 6 Office. Both the Department of Agriculture and the BLM have common RISC6000 systems. Both the Department of Interior and the Department of Agriculture have commonality of mission concerning land management. Contact Richard Salazar, Contracting Officer, at 703-235-1192 for information.

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