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D -- FULL DUPLEX, DIGITAL 1.544 MBPS POC Janet Biegler, 618-229-9497 The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO) intends to issue a seven-month, with a six-month option sole-source extension to Contract DCA200-93-C-0016. This contract provides one 1.544 Mbps full duplex digital circuit between service points at Onizuka AFB CA and the Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel MD and associated equipment, installation, and maintenance. The contractor is GE American Communications, Inc., Four Research Way, Princeton, NJ 08540-6684. The statutory authority for other than full and open competition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). This contract action continues service to provide sufficient time to pursue a solicitation for the follow-on service on a competitive basis. See Numbered Note 22. (0283)

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